
Arthur Kennedy
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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
Credits

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
as Jackson Bentley

Emmanuelle on Taboo Island (1976)
as Antonio

Murder She Said (1961)
as Paul Quimper

The Sentinel (1977)
as Monsignor Franchino

Barabbas (1961)
as Pontius Pilate

Bend of the River (1952)
as Emerson Cole

Day of the Evil Gun (1968)
as Owen Forbes

Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
as Doc Holliday

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Ned Sharp

Fantastic Voyage (1966)
as Dr. Duval

High Sierra (1941)
as Red

Cyclone (1978)
as Priest

A Summer Place (1959)
as Bart Hunter

The Lusty Men (1952)
as Wes Merritt

The Man from Laramie (1955)
as Vic Hansbro

Nevada Smith (1966)
as Bill Bowdre

Knockout (1941)
as Johnny Rocket

Peyton Place (1957)
as Lucas Cross

Too Late for Tears (1949)
as Alan Palmer

Anzio (1968)
as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley

Trial (1955)
as Barney Castle

Attack and Retreat (1964)
as Ferro Maria Ferri

Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
as Self

Murieta (1965)
as Capt. Love
Last Angels (1978)
as Il nonno

The Movie Murderer (1970)
as Angus MacGregor

Reconnaissance Pilot (1943)
as Decoration Announcer (voice)

Desperate Journey (1942)
as Flight Officer Jed Forrest

Rancho Notorious (1952)
as Vern Haskell

The Desperate Hours (1955)
as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974)
as The Inspector

Some Came Running (1958)
as Frank Hirsh

Crawlspace (1972)
as Albert Graves

Air Force (1943)
as Bombardier

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

Elmer Gantry (1960)
as Jim Lefferts

In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1960)
as Paul Heller

The Window (1949)
as Ed Woodry

The Rawhide Years (1956)
as Rick Harper

The Humanoid (1979)
as Dr. Kraspin

Rome, Armed to the Teeth (1976)
as Vice questore Ruini

Champion (1949)
as Connie Kelly

Covert Action (1978)
as CIA Chief of Station, Athens

Red Mountain (1951)
as Lane Waldron

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

The Walking Hills (1949)
as Chalk

The Antichrist (1974)
as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi

The Naked Dawn (1955)
as Santiago

Shark (1969)
as Doc

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

My Old Man's Place (1971)
as Walter Pell

City for Conquest (1940)
as Eddie Kenny

Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
as Jim Younger

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)

Boomerang! (1947)
as John Waldron

Chicago Deadline (1949)
as Tommy Ditman

Cheyenne (1947)
as The Sundance Kid

Nine Guests for a Crime (1977)
as Uberto

Twilight for the Gods (1958)
as First Mate Ramsay

Killer Cop (1975)
as Armando Di Federico

Joy in the Morning (1965)
as Patrick Brown

Crashout (1955)
as Joe Quinn
Ditch and Live (1944)
as Captain Scott H. Reynolds

Ricco (1973)
as Don Vito

Home Is the Hero (1959)
as Willie O'Reilly
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure (1944)
as Capt. Mathews

The Girl in White (1952)
as Dr. Ben Barringer

The President's Plane Is Missing (1973)
as Gunther Damon
Grandpa (1990)
Actor

Bright Victory (1951)
as Larry Nevins

Devotion (1946)
as Branwell Brontë

Hail, Hero! (1969)
as Albert Dixon

The Memphis Belle (1944)
as (uncredited)

A Death of Innocence (1971)
as Mark Hirsch

Impulse (1954)
as Alan Curtis

The Glass Menagerie (1950)
as Tom Wingfield

The Last Bomb (1945)
as Crewman (voice)

Family Killer (1973)
as Don Angelino Ferrante

Signs of Life (1989)
as Owen Coughlin
The Man from Independence (1974)
as Tom Pendergast

Resisting Enemy Interrogation (1944)
as Sgt. Alfred Mason

Blackmail Chase (1976)
as Mike Jannacone

Strange Alibi (1941)
as Sgt. Joe Geary

Cave of the Sharks (1978)
as Mr. Jackson

Nakia (1974)
as Sheriff Sam Jericho

Highway West (1941)
as George Foster

Dirty World (1978)
as Senator Merelli
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane (1944)
as Bob Chilton

Monday's Child (1967)
as Peter Richardson

Claudelle Inglish (1961)
as Clyde Inglish
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations) (1943)
as Instructor
Target - Invisible (1945)
as Air Force Officer / Narrator
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations) (1943)
as Instructor





