Burt Kennedy
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-09-03
Day of Death
2001-02-15 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Muskegon, Michigan, USA
Burt Kennedy
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Burt Kennedy (September 3, 1922 - February 15, 2001) was an American screenwriter and director known for mainly directing film Westerns. After World War II service in the 1st Cavalry Division, Muskegon, Michigan-born Kennedy found work writing for radio, then used his training as a cavalry officer to secure a job as a fencing trainer and fencing stunt doubles in films. That led to Kennedy being hired to write for a television program with a fencing theme for John Wayne's Batjac productions. Although the TV program was never produced it led the young writer to write screenplays for a number of Batjac films starting with the 1956 film Seven Men from Now. In the 1960s, after also becoming a film director, Kennedy moved on to write for western television programs.
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Known For
Acting
The Making of Comanche
as Himself
(1997)
(1991)
(1973)
Wayne Train
as Self
(1948)
Crew
(2000)
Comanche
Director, Screenplay
(1991)
Suburban Commando
Director
(1990)
Big Bad John
Director, Screenplay
(1990)
White Hunter, Black Heart
Screenplay
(1988)
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Director, Writer
(1988)
Once Upon a Texas Train
Producer, Director, Writer
(1987)
The Trouble with Spies
Director, Writer, Producer
(1987)
(1986)
(1980)
More Wild Wild West
Director
(1980)
Wolf Lake
Director, Writer
(1979)
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Director
(1979)
Concrete Cowboys
Director
(1979)
Ramblin’ Man
Director
(1978)
(1976)
The Killer Inside Me
Director
(1976)
(1974)
All the Kind Strangers
Director
(1974)
Sidekicks
Director, Producer
(1974)
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Director
(1973)
The Train Robbers
Director, Writer
(1971)
Hannie Caulder
Director, Screenplay
(1971)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Director, Executive Producer
(1970)
Dirty Dingus Magee
Director, Producer
(1970)
The Deserter
Director
(1969)
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Director
(1969)
Young Billy Young
Director, Screenplay
(1969)
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Director
(1967)
The War Wagon
Director
(1967)
Welcome to Hard Times
Director, Writer
(1967)
(1966)
Return of the Seven
Director
(1965)
The Rounders
Director, Screenplay
(1965)
The Money Trap
Director
(1964)
Mail Order Bride
Director, Writer
(1962)
Six Black Horses
Writer
(1961)
The Canadians
Director, Writer
(1960)
Comanche Station
Screenplay
(1959)
Ride Lonesome
Writer
(1959)
Yellowstone Kelly
Screenplay
(1958)
Fort Dobbs
Screenplay
(1957)
The Tall T
Screenplay
(1956)
Seven Men from Now
Original Story, Screenplay
(1956)
Man in the Vault
Screenplay
(1956)
Gun the Man Down
Screenplay