Cast

George Kennedy

Acting

Cast

George Kennedy

Known for

Acting

Born

1925-02-18

From

New York City, New York, USA

Died

2016-02-28

Also known as George Harris Kennedy Jr., جورج کندی

Biography

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.

George Kennedy

George Kennedy

Biography

The Dirty Dozen

Small Soldiers

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Death on the Nile

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Cool Hand Luke

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Charade

The Delta Force

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Bandolero!

The Gambler

The Blue Knight

Earthquake

Airport

In Harm's Way

… tick… tick… tick…

The Sons of Katie Elder

The Flight of the Phoenix

Intensive Care

View from the Top

Airport 1975

Demonwarp

The Jesse Owens Story

Fools' Parade

Cats Don't Dance

The Concorde... Airport '79

Cahill: United States Marshal

Creepshow 2

The Eiger Sanction

Don't Come Knocking

Another Happy Day

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

Bolero

Airport '77

The Boston Strangler

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!

Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist

The Priest Killer

Mirage

Just Before Dawn

Lonely are the Brave

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Bayou Ghost

Virus

Nightmare at Noon

Driving Me Crazy

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

The Double McGuffin

The Legend of Lylah Clare

The Jupiter Menace

Proof of the Man

Hired to Kill

The Gambler: The Legend Continues

Ministry of Vengeance

Top Line

The Man Who Came Back

The Boneyard Collection

Airports

Lost Horizon

Shenandoah

The Human Factor

Hurry Sundown

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Wacko

The Bull of the West

The Terror Within

Savage Dawn

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Brain Dead

Hotwire

Good Cops, Bad Cops

Strait-Jacket

Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

Sands of Oblivion

Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon