
Arthur Kennedy
Known for Acting · 105 credits
- Born
- 1914-02-17
- Died
- 1990-01-05
- Place of birth
- Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Артур Кеннеди · John Arthur Kennedy · Джон Артур Кеннеди
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (11)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Keith Hollands

American Playhouse
1982
as Owen Coughlin

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sam Carter

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Dr. Walter Meade Taylor

MGM Parade
1955

ABC Stage 67
1966
as Lieutenant Hammond
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Rome Harper

Espionage
1963
as Ed Pierce

General Electric Theater
1953
as Whitney Barton

Nakia
1974
F.D.R.
1965
as Narrator
Movies (94)

Lawrence of Arabia
1962
as Jackson Bentley

Murieta
1965
as Capt. Love

A Summer Place
1959
as Bart Hunter

The Man from Laramie
1955
as Vic Hansbro

Fantastic Voyage
1966
as Dr. Duval

Barabbas
1961
as Pontius Pilate

Cyclone
1978
as Priest

Nevada Smith
1966
as Bill Bowdre

Some Came Running
1958
as Frank Hirsh

Trial
1955
as Barney Castle

Bend of the River
1952
as Emerson Cole

Reconnaissance Pilot
1943
as Decoration Announcer (voice)

Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Doc Holliday

The Sentinel
1977
as Monsignor Franchino

Knockout
1941
as Johnny Rocket

Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self

The Movie Murderer
1970
as Angus MacGregor

Crawlspace
1972
as Albert Graves

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
1974
as The Inspector

The Desperate Hours
1955
as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

Day of the Evil Gun
1968
as Owen Forbes

They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Ned Sharp

Emmanuelle on Taboo Island
1976
as Antonio

Peyton Place
1957
as Lucas Cross

Elmer Gantry
1960
as Jim Lefferts

Murder She Said
1961
as Paul Quimper

The Walking Hills
1949
as Chalk

Attack and Retreat
1964
as Ferro Maria Ferri

Red Mountain
1951
as Lane Waldron

The Humanoid
1979
as Dr. Kraspin

The Last Bomb
1945
as Crewman (voice)

Anzio
1968
as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley

Rancho Notorious
1952
as Vern Haskell

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as Dr. Henry Adams

The Lusty Men
1952
as Wes Merritt

My Old Man's Place
1971
as Walter Pell

The Antichrist
1974
as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
Target - Invisible
1945
as Air Force Officer / Narrator

High Sierra
1941
as Red

Signs of Life
1989
as Owen Coughlin

The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
1965
as Narrator (voice)

The Rawhide Years
1956
as Rick Harper

Air Force
1943
as Bombardier

City for Conquest
1940
as Eddie Kenny
Ditch and Live
1944
as Captain Scott H. Reynolds

It's Your America
1946
as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)

Killer Cop
1975
as Armando Di Federico

Desperate Journey
1942
as Flight Officer Jed Forrest

Devotion
1946
as Branwell Brontë

Bright Victory
1951
as Larry Nevins

The Naked Dawn
1955
as Santiago

Bad Men of Missouri
1941
as Jim Younger

Claudelle Inglish
1961
as Clyde Inglish

Rome, Armed to the Teeth
1976
as Vice questore Ruini

Ricco
1973
as Don Vito
Last Angels
1978
as Il nonno

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
1968
as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)

The Glass Menagerie
1950
as Tom Wingfield

Twilight for the Gods
1958
as First Mate Ramsay

Joy in the Morning
1965
as Patrick Brown

Champion
1949
as Connie Kelly

Shark
1969
as Doc

Home Is the Hero
1959
as Willie O'Reilly

In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960
as Paul Heller

A Death of Innocence
1971
as Mark Hirsch

Too Late for Tears
1949
as Alan Palmer

The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as Gunther Damon
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
1944
as Bob Chilton

Hail, Hero!
1969
as Albert Dixon

The Window
1949
as Ed Woodry
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
1944
as Capt. Mathews

Dirty World
1978
as Senator Merelli

Boomerang!
1947
as John Waldron
Grandpa
1990

The Girl in White
1952
as Dr. Ben Barringer

Nine Guests for a Crime
1977
as Uberto

Cheyenne
1947
as The Sundance Kid

Crashout
1955
as Joe Quinn

Chicago Deadline
1949
as Tommy Ditman

Family Killer
1973
as Don Angelino Ferrante

The Memphis Belle
1944
as (uncredited)

Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1944
as Sgt. Alfred Mason

Cave of the Sharks
1978
as Mr. Jackson

Nakia
1974
as Sheriff Sam Jericho

Blackmail Chase
1976
as Mike Jannacone

Covert Action
1978
as CIA Chief of Station, Athens

Highway West
1941
as George Foster

Monday's Child
1967
as Peter Richardson

Strange Alibi
1941
as Sgt. Joe Geary

Impulse
1954
as Alan Curtis
The Man from Independence
1974
as Tom Pendergast
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations)
1943
as Instructor
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations)
1943
as Instructor
About Arthur Kennedy
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. With 105 credits spanning from 1940 to 1990, Arthur Kennedy has appeared in 94 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Arthur Kennedy Movies
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — as Jackson Bentley
- Murieta (1965) — as Capt. Love
- A Summer Place (1959) — as Bart Hunter
- The Man from Laramie (1955) — as Vic Hansbro
- Fantastic Voyage (1966) — as Dr. Duval
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