George Kennedy
Biografía
George Kennedy (February 18, 1925 — February 28, 2016) was a European-American businessman, entrepreneur, A World War II veteran, actor, adviser, radio dj, and author. Kennedy at one stage in his career cornered the market at playing tough, no-nonsense characters who were either quite crooked or possessed hearts of gold. Kennedy notched up an impressive 200+ appearances in both TV and film, and was well respected within the Hollywood community. He started out in TV westerns in the late 1950s and early 1960s: Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), Rawhide (1959), Maverick (1957), Colt .45 (1957), among others; before scoring minor roles in films including Lonely Are the Brave (1962), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965). The late 1960s was a very busy period for Kennedy, and he was strongly in favor with casting agents, appearing in Hurry Sundown (1967), The Dirty Dozen (1967) and scoring an Oscar win as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Cool Hand Luke (1967). The disaster film boom of the 1970s was kind to Kennedy, too, and his talents were in demand for Airport(1970) and the three subsequent sequels, as a grizzled cop in Earthquake (1974), plus the buddy/road film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) as vicious bank robber Red Leary. The 1980s saw Kennedy appear in a mishmash of roles, playing various characters; however, Kennedy and Leslie Nielsen surprised everyone with their comedic talents in the hugely successful The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), and the two screen veterans hammed it up again in, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991), plus Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994). Kennedy remained busy in Hollywood and lent his distinctive voice to the animated Cats Don't Dance (1997) and the children's action film Small Soldiers (1998). A Hollywood stalwart for nearly 50 years, he is one of the most enjoyable actors to watch on screen. His last role was in the film The Gambler (2014), as Mark Wahlberg's character's grandfather. George Kennedy died on February 28, 2016 in Middleton, Idaho.
Filmografía
Airports
(2025)
El jugador
Ed (2014)
Otro día feliz
Joe Baker (2011)
Six Days in Paradise
Monty Crenshaw (2010)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage) (2010)
A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'
Self (2008)
The Man Who Came Back
Judge Duke (2008)
The Boneyard Collection
Professor Zebediah Jones (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight") (2008)
La maldición del desierto
John Tevis (2007)
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
Self (2006)
Llamando a las puertas del cielo
Director (2005)
Three Bad Men
Ed Fiske (2005)
Truce
Dr. Peter Gannon (2005)
Monster Makers
Dexter Brisbane (2003)
Amor en el aire
Passenger Requesting Vodka (uncredited) (2003)
Los Hombres de Blanco
Army (1998)
Daniel el travieso ataca de nuevo
Mr. Johnson (1998)
Pequeños guerreros
Brick Bazooka (voice) (1998)
Dallas: War of The Ewings
Carter McKay (1998)
Hollyweird
George Kennedy (1998)
Los gatos no bailan
L.B. Mammoth (voice) (1997)
Bayou Ghost
Officer Lowe (1997)
Dallas: J.R. Returns
Carter McKay (1996)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
General Axton (voice) (1996)
Santo Bugito
Ralph (voice) (1995)
WWE SummerSlam 1994
Himself (1994)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Ed Hocken (1994)
Duckman
Movie Director (voice) (1994)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest (1993)
Distant Justice
Tom Bradfield (1992)
Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story
Father Dave Hagan (1992)
Intensive Care
Dr. Bruckner (1991)
The Commish
Al Scali (1991)
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Ed Hocken (1991)
Los locos de la carretera
John McCready (1991)
Hangfire
Warden Barles (1991)
The Cops Are Robbers
(1990)
마유미
Bahraini Investigator (1990)
Hired to Kill
Thomas (1990)
Wings
George Kennedy (1990)
En la piel del asesino
Vance (1990)
Ministry of Vengeance
Rev. Hughes (1989)
La bahía esmeralda
Wilson (1989)
Regen: Regeneración Mortal
Hal (1989)
Agárralo como puedas
Ed Hocken (1988)
El pasajero no invitado
Mike Harvey (1988)
Top Line
Heinrich Holzmann (1988)
Pesadilla en Canyonland
Sherrif Hanks (1988)
Private Road: No Trespassing
Sam Milshaw (1988)
Endemoniados
Bill Crafton (1988)
Escuadrón
Vince Colby (1988)
Born to Race
Vincent Duplain (1988)
What Price Victory
Big Buck Brayton (1988)
The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues
General Nelson Miles (1987)
Creepshow 2
Ray Spruce (1987)
The Gunfighters
Deke Turner (1987)
Sueños radiactivos
Spade Chandler (1986)
Liberty
Seamus Reilly (1986)
Delta Force
Father O'Malley (1986)
Amanecer salvaje
Tick Rand (1985)
International Airport
Rudy Van Leuven (1985)
Rigged
Ben (1985)
Half Nelson
Parsons (1985)
Rare Breed
(1984)
Bolero
Cotton (1984)
The Jesse Owens Story
Charles 'Charley' Riley (1984)
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Bert (1984)
The Jupiter Menace
Himself (1982)
Wacko
Mr. Doctor Graves (1982)
Pánico antes del amanecer
Roy McLean (1981)
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
Brakus (1981)
Modern Romance
George Kennedy / Zeron (1981)
Hotwire
Farley & Harley Fontenot (1980)
Exterminio (Virus)
Admiral Conway (1980)
El barco de la muerte
Captain Ashland (1980)
Acero
Big Lew Cassidy (1979)
Aeropuerto 79. Concorde
Joe Patroni (1979)
Search and Destroy
Anthony Fusqua (1979)
The Double McGuffin
Chief Talasek (1979)
Backstairs at the White House
Pres. Warren G. Harding (1979)
Objetivo: Patton
Gen. George S. Patton (1978)
Muerte en el Nilo
Andrew Pennington (1978)
Dallas
Carter McKay (1978)
Caza sin piedad
Captain Omar Kinsman (1978)
人間の証明
Ken Shuftan (1977)
Aeropuerto 77
Joe Patroni (1977)
Víctimas del terrorismo
John Kinsdale (1975)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host (1975)
Licencia para matar
Ben Bowman (1975)
The Blue Knight
Officer Bumper Morgan (1975)
The Blue Knight
Bumper Morgan (1975)
The Lion Roars Again
Self (1975)
Terremoto
Sgt. Lew Slade (1974)
Aeropuerto 75
Joe Patroni (1974)
Un botín de 500.000 dólares
Red Leary (1974)
A Cry in the Wilderness
Sam Hadley (1974)
Sonic Boom
Ben Dover (1974)
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self (1973)
Deliver Us from Evil
Walter 'Cowboy' McAdams (1973)
La soga de la horca
Abe Fraser (1973)
Horizontes perdidos
Sam Cornelius (1973)
A Great American Tragedy
Brad Wilkes (1972)
Huellas de fuego
'Bear' Suchette (1972)
Sarge
Samuel Cavanaugh (1971)
The Priest Killer
Father Samuel Cavanaugh (1971)
Cerco de fuego
Dallas 'Doc' Council (1971)
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
Sarge Swanson (1971)
Duelo de pillos
Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill (1970)
Falso testimonio
Paul R. Cameron (1970)
Aeropuerto
Joe Patroni (1970)
Tic, tic, tic
John Little (1970)
Los locos años de Chicago
Axel P. Johanson (1969)
Un hombre impone la ley
McKay (1969)
La furia de los siete magníficos
Chris (1969)
Fiebre de codicia
Sammy Ryderbeit (1968)
El Estrangulador De Boston
Det. Phil DiNatale (1968)
La leyenda de Lylah Clare
Matt Burke (1968)
Bandolero!
Sheriff July Johnson (1968)
Desafio en el rancho
Arch Ogden (1968)
La leyenda del indomable
Dragline (1967)
Doce del patíbulo
Major Max Armbruster (1967)
Ironside
Father Samuel Cavanaugh (1967)
La noche deseada
Sheriff Coombs (1967)
Tarzan
(1966)
El vuelo del Fénix
Bellamy (1965)
Espejismo
Willard (1965)
Laredo
(1965)
The Legend of Jesse James
Blodgett (1965)
Los cuatro hijos de Katie Elder
Curley (1965)
El valle de la violencia
Col. Fairchild (1965)
Primera victoria
Colonel Gregory (1965)
Canción de cuna para un cadáver
Foreman (1964)
See How They Run
Rudy (1964)
Daniel Boone
Zach Morgan (1964)
The Rogues
Major Vyx (1964)
La isla de los delfines azules
Aleut Captain (1964)
McHale's Navy
Henri Le Clerc (1964)
El caso de Lucy Harbin
Leo Krause (1964)
Charada
Herman Scobie (1963)
La hora de los famosos
Der (1963)
The Great Adventure
Sergeant Muldaney (1963)
Grindl
(1963)
Solo contra el hampa
George (1963)
Going My Way
(1962)
The Merv Griffin Show
Self (1962)
La hora de Alfred Hitchcock
George Martin (1962)
El Virginiano
Huck Harkness (1962)
Los valientes andan solos
Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self (1961)
Duelo en el cañón
Hawk (1961)
Dr. Kildare
Sergeant Hensley (1961)
Kraft Mystery Theatre
(1961)
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
Nathan Dillon (1961)
The Asphalt Jungle
(1961)
Gunslinger
Sheriff (1961)
Route 66
(1960)
Rompeolas
Gabe Buchanan (1960)
The Andy Griffith Show
State Police Detective (1960)
Outlaws
(1960)
Thriller
John Paterson (1960)
The Tall Man
(1960)
Riverboat
Gunner Slagle (1959)
Bonanza
Peter Long (1959)
Cuero crudo
George Wales (1959)
77 Sunset Strip
(1958)
Bat Masterson
Sheriff Zeke Armitage (1958)
Lawman
(1958)
Peter Gunn
(1958)
Maverick
(1957)
Perry Mason
George Spangler (1957)
Sugarfoot
Sykes (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel
Sam Tarnitzer (1957)
Cheyenne
Lee Nelson (1955)
The Phil Silvers Show
Kennedy (uncredited) (1955)
La ley del revólver
Ben Payson (1955)
The Oscars
Self (1953)
The Big Valley
Thatcher