Birthday:
Feb 17, 1914
Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Lawrence of Arabia | Jackson Bentley | 1962 |
| Fantastic Voyage | Dr. Duval | 1966 |
| Murder She Said | Paul Quimper | 1961 |
| Shark | Doc | 1969 |
| Nevada Smith | Bill Bowdre | 1966 |
| Elmer Gantry | Jim Lefferts | 1960 |
| City for Conquest | Eddie Kenny | 1940 |
| Barabbas | Pontius Pilate | 1961 |
| The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue | The Inspector | 1974 |
| The Window | Ed Woodry | 1949 |
| Champion | Connie Kelly | 1949 |
| Too Late for Tears | Alan Palmer | 1949 |
| Day of the Evil Gun | Owen Forbes | 1968 |
| Crashout | Joe Quinn | 1955 |
| High Sierra | Red | 1941 |
| Chicago Deadline | Tommy Ditman | 1949 |
| Cheyenne Autumn | Doc Holliday | 1964 |
| Anzio | Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley | 1968 |
| Rancho Notorious | Vern Haskell | 1952 |
| The Memphis Belle | (uncredited) | 1944 |
| Cyclone | Priest | 1978 |
| Impulse | Alan Curtis | 1954 |
| The Lusty Men | Wes Merritt | 1952 |
| Peyton Place | Lucas Cross | 1957 |
| Air Force | Bombardier | 1943 |
| Some Came Running | Frank Hirsh | 1958 |
| Bend of the River | Emerson Cole | 1952 |
| They Died with Their Boots On | Ned Sharp | 1941 |
| Highway West | George Foster | 1941 |
| The Desperate Hours | Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard | 1955 |
| The Sentinel | Monsignor Franchino | 1977 |
| The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | 1950 |
| The Man from Laramie | Vic Hansbro | 1955 |
| A Summer Place | Bart Hunter | 1959 |
| Boomerang! | John Waldron | 1947 |
| Rome, Armed to the Teeth | Vice questore Ruini | 1976 |
| Strange Alibi | Sgt. Joe Geary | 1941 |
| Devotion | Branwell Brontë | 1946 |
| A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die | Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby | 1968 |
| The Humanoid | Dr. Kraspin | 1979 |
| Desperate Journey | Flight Officer Jed Forrest | 1942 |
| Signs of Life | Owen Coughlin | 1989 |
| The Man from Independence | Tom Pendergast | 1974 |
| Twilight for the Gods | First Mate Ramsay | 1958 |
| The Antichrist | Bishop Ascanio Oderisi | 1974 |
| Killer Cop | Armando Di Federico | 1975 |
| Crawlspace | Albert Graves | 1972 |
| Murieta | Capt. Love | 1965 |
| The Rawhide Years | Rick Harper | 1956 |
| Bright Victory | Larry Nevins | 1951 |
| The Naked Dawn | Santiago | 1955 |
| Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Dr. Henry Adams | 1962 |
| Covert Action | CIA Chief of Station, Athens | 1978 |
| Trial | Barney Castle | 1955 |
| Claudelle Inglish | Clyde Inglish | 1961 |
| Resisting Enemy Interrogation | Sgt. Alfred Mason | 1944 |
| Joy in the Morning | Patrick Brown | 1965 |
| Red Mountain | Lane Waldron | 1951 |
| Bad Men of Missouri | Jim Younger | 1941 |
| Knockout | Johnny Rocket | 1941 |
| Cheyenne | The Sundance Kid | 1947 |
| The Girl in White | Dr. Ben Barringer | 1952 |
| Monday's Child | Peter Richardson | 1967 |
| Dirty World | Senator Merelli | 1978 |
| The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles | Narrator (voice) | 1965 |
| Attack and Retreat | Ferro Maria Ferri | 1964 |
| Nakia | Sheriff Sam Jericho | 1974 |
| The Walking Hills | Chalk | 1949 |
| Blackmail Chase | Mike Jannacone | 1976 |
| Grandpa | 1990 | |
| Family Killer | Don Angelino Ferrante | 1973 |
| Last Angels | Il nonno | 1978 |
| A Death of Innocence | Mark Hirsch | 1971 |
| The Movie Murderer | Angus MacGregor | 1970 |
| Home Is the Hero | Willie O'Reilly | 1959 |
| Emmanuelle on Taboo Island | Antonio | 1976 |
| Hail, Hero! | Albert Dixon | 1969 |
| Cave of the Sharks | Mr. Jackson | 1978 |
| The President's Plane Is Missing | Gunther Damon | 1973 |
| The Last Bomb | Crewman (voice) | 1945 |
| My Old Man's Place | Walter Pell | 1971 |
| How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations) | Instructor | 1943 |
| How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations) | Instructor | 1943 |
| Reconnaissance Pilot | Decoration Announcer (voice) | 1943 |
| Ditch and Live | Captain Scott H. Reynolds | 1944 |
| Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane | Bob Chilton | 1944 |
| Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure | Capt. Mathews | 1944 |
| James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | 1988 |
| Target - Invisible | Air Force Officer / Narrator | 1945 |
| Nine Guests for a Crime | Uberto | 1977 |
| It's Your America | Soldier / Narrator (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Ricco | Don Vito | 1973 |
| Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Dr. Walter Meade Taylor | 1963 |
| General Electric Theater | Whitney Barton | 1953 |
| ABC Stage 67 | Lieutenant Hammond | 1966 |
| CBS Playhouse | 1966 | |
| Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sam Carter | 1956 |
| F.D.R. | Narrator | 1965 |
| Nakia | 1974 | |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Keith Hollands | 1962 |
