Arthur Kennedy

Acting

February 17, 1914 – January 5, 1990 (died at 75)

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Male

95 Movies

10 TV Shows

John Arthur Kennedy (February 17, 1914 – January 5, 1990) was an American stage and film actor known for his versatility in supporting film roles and his ability to create "an exceptional honesty and naturalness on stage", especially in the original casts of Arthur Miller plays on Broadway. He won the 1949 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Miller's Death of a Salesman. He also won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for the 1955 film Trial, and was a five-time Academy Award nominee.

The Man from Laramie

1955 7.2

as Vic Hansbro

Age 41 (now 75)

Murder She Said

1961 7.3

as Paul Quimper

Age 47 (now 75)

Bend of the River

1952 7.0

as Emerson Cole

Age 37 (now 75)

Lawrence of Arabia

1962 8.0

as Jackson Bentley

Age 48 (now 75)

High Sierra

1941 7.1

as Red

Age 26 (now 75)

Elmer Gantry

1960 7.3

as Jim Lefferts

Age 46 (now 75)

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue

1974 6.4

as The Inspector

Age 60 (now 75)

The Desperate Hours

1955 7.0

as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

Age 41 (now 75)

Barabbas

1961 6.9

as Pontius Pilate

Age 47 (now 75)

Rancho Notorious

1952 6.5

as Vern Haskell

Age 38 (now 75)

Nevada Smith

1966 6.7

as Bill Bowdre

Age 52 (now 75)

They Died with Their Boots On

1941 6.7

as Ned Sharp

Age 27 (now 75)

Rome, Armed to the Teeth

1976 6.6

as Vice questore Ruini

Age 62 (now 75)

Fantastic Voyage

1966 6.7

as Dr. Duval

Age 52 (now 75)

Champion

1949 6.7

as Connie Kelly

Age 35 (now 75)

The Lusty Men

1952 6.7

as Wes Merritt

Age 38 (now 75)

Grandpa

1990 10.0

Age 76 (now 75)

Signs of Life

1989 4.9

as Owen Coughlin

Age 74 (now 75)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987 6.5

as Self (archive footage)

Age 73 (now 75)

Assault with a Deadly Weapon

1982

Director

Age 67 (now 75)

The Humanoid

1979 3.7

as Dr. Kraspin

Age 65 (now 75)

Dirty World

1978 4.8

as Senator Merelli

Age 64 (now 75)

Cyclone

1978 5.1

as Priest

Age 64 (now 75)

Cave of the Sharks

1978 4.6

as Mr. Jackson

Age 64 (now 75)

Last Angels

1978 6.5

as Il nonno

Age 64 (now 75)

Covert Action

1978 7.0

as CIA Chief of Station, Athens

Age 64 (now 75)

Nine Guests for a Crime

1977 5.3

as Uberto

Age 62 (now 75)

The Sentinel

1977 6.1

as Monsignor Franchino

Age 62 (now 75)

Rome, Armed to the Teeth

1976 6.6

as Vice questore Ruini

Age 62 (now 75)

Emmanuelle on Taboo Island

1976 4.2

as Antonio

Age 62 (now 75)

Blackmail Chase

1976 9.0

as Mike Jannacone

Age 62 (now 75)

Killer Cop

1975 6.5

as Armando Di Federico

Age 61 (now 75)

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue

1974 6.4

as The Inspector

Age 60 (now 75)

The Antichrist

1974 6.1

as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi

Age 60 (now 75)

Nakia

1974 9.0

as Sheriff Sam Jericho

Age 60 (now 75)

The Man from Independence

1974

as Tom Pendergast

Age 60 (now 75)

The President's Plane Is Missing

1973 6.3

as Gunther Damon

Age 59 (now 75)

Ricco

1973 5.9

as Don Vito

Age 59 (now 75)

Family Killer

1973 6.1

as Don Angelino Ferrante

Age 59 (now 75)

Crawlspace

1972 5.8

as Albert Graves

Age 57 (now 75)

A Death of Innocence

1971 7.0

as Mark Hirsch

Age 57 (now 75)

My Old Man's Place

1971 6.8

as Walter Pell

Age 57 (now 75)

The Movie Murderer

1970 6.9

as Angus MacGregor

Age 55 (now 75)

Shark

1969 4.3

as Doc

Age 55 (now 75)

Hail, Hero!

1969 6.5

as Albert Dixon

Age 55 (now 75)

Anzio

1968 5.6

as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley

Age 54 (now 75)

Day of the Evil Gun

1968 6.2

as Owen Forbes

Age 54 (now 75)

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die

1968 5.9

as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby

Age 53 (now 75)

Monday's Child

1967 5.4

as Peter Richardson

Age 53 (now 75)

Fantastic Voyage

1966 6.7

as Dr. Duval

Age 52 (now 75)

Nevada Smith

1966 6.7

as Bill Bowdre

Age 52 (now 75)

Joy in the Morning

1965 4.2

as Patrick Brown

Age 51 (now 75)

Murieta

1965 5.7

as Capt. Love

Age 50 (now 75)

The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles

1965 6.0

as Narrator (voice)

Age 50 (now 75)

Cheyenne Autumn

1964 6.7

as Doc Holliday

Age 50 (now 75)

Attack and Retreat

1964 6.7

as Ferro Maria Ferri

Age 50 (now 75)

Lawrence of Arabia

1962 8.0

as Jackson Bentley

Age 48 (now 75)

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

1962 5.5

as Dr. Henry Adams

Age 48 (now 75)

Barabbas

1961 6.9

as Pontius Pilate

Age 47 (now 75)

Murder She Said

1961 7.3

as Paul Quimper

Age 47 (now 75)

Claudelle Inglish

1961 5.2

as Clyde Inglish

Age 47 (now 75)

Elmer Gantry

1960 7.3

as Jim Lefferts

Age 46 (now 75)

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

1960

as Paul Heller

Age 46 (now 75)

A Summer Place

1959 6.6

as Bart Hunter

Age 45 (now 75)

Home Is the Hero

1959 8.0

as Willie O'Reilly

Age 45 (now 75)

Some Came Running

1958 7.0

as Frank Hirsh

Age 44 (now 75)

Twilight for the Gods

1958 4.7

as First Mate Ramsay

Age 44 (now 75)

Peyton Place

1957 6.8

as Lucas Cross

Age 43 (now 75)

The Rawhide Years

1956 5.6

as Rick Harper

Age 42 (now 75)

The Naked Dawn

1955 6.2

as Santiago

Age 41 (now 75)

Trial

1955 6.9

as Barney Castle

Age 41 (now 75)

The Desperate Hours

1955 7.0

as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

Age 41 (now 75)

The Man from Laramie

1955 7.2

as Vic Hansbro

Age 41 (now 75)

Crashout

1955 6.7

as Joe Quinn

Age 41 (now 75)

Impulse

1954 4.6

as Alan Curtis

Age 39 (now 75)

The Lusty Men

1952 6.7

as Wes Merritt

Age 38 (now 75)

The Girl in White

1952 7.1

as Dr. Ben Barringer

Age 38 (now 75)

Rancho Notorious

1952 6.5

as Vern Haskell

Age 38 (now 75)

Bend of the River

1952 7.0

as Emerson Cole

Age 37 (now 75)

Red Mountain

1951 6.7

as Lane Waldron

Age 37 (now 75)

Bright Victory

1951 7.1

as Larry Nevins

Age 37 (now 75)

The Glass Menagerie

1950 5.7

as Tom Wingfield

Age 36 (now 75)

Chicago Deadline

1949 6.7

as Tommy Ditman

Age 35 (now 75)

Too Late for Tears

1949 6.8

as Alan Palmer

Age 35 (now 75)

The Window

1949 6.9

as Ed Woodry

Age 35 (now 75)

Champion

1949 6.7

as Connie Kelly

Age 35 (now 75)

The Walking Hills

1949 6.1

as Chalk

Age 35 (now 75)

Cheyenne

1947 7.0

as The Sundance Kid

Age 33 (now 75)

Boomerang!

1947 7.1

as John Waldron

Age 33 (now 75)

It's Your America

1946 6.5

as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)

Age 32 (now 75)

Devotion

1946 5.9

as Branwell Brontë

Age 32 (now 75)

T-

Target - Invisible

1945

as Air Force Officer / Narrator

Age 31 (now 75)

The Last Bomb

1945 6.2

as Crewman (voice)

Age 31 (now 75)

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

1944 6.6

as Sgt. Alfred Mason

Age 30 (now 75)

The Memphis Belle

1944 6.7

as (uncredited)

Age 30 (now 75)

Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure

1944

as Capt. Mathews

Age 30 (now 75)

Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane

1944

as Bob Chilton

Age 30 (now 75)

Ditch and Live

1944

as Captain Scott H. Reynolds

Age 29 (now 75)

Air Force

1943 6.5

as Bombardier

Age 29 (now 75)

Reconnaissance Pilot

1943 7.0

as Decoration Announcer (voice)

Age 28 (now 75)

How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations)

1943 9.0

as Instructor

Age 28 (now 75)

How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations)

1943 7.0

as Instructor

Age 28 (now 75)

Breakdowns of 1942

1942 6.0

as Self

Age 28 (now 75)

Desperate Journey

1942 6.1

as Flight Officer Jed Forrest

Age 28 (now 75)

They Died with Their Boots On

1941 6.7

as Ned Sharp

Age 27 (now 75)

Highway West

1941 6.6

as George Foster

Age 27 (now 75)

Bad Men of Missouri

1941 6.2

as Jim Younger

Age 27 (now 75)

Strange Alibi

1941 7.2

as Sgt. Joe Geary

Age 27 (now 75)

Knockout

1941 5.1

as Johnny Rocket

Age 27 (now 75)

High Sierra

1941 7.1

as Red

Age 26 (now 75)

City for Conquest

1940 6.9

as Eddie Kenny

Age 26 (now 75)