
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

The Sentinel (1977)
as Monsignor Franchino

Fantastic Voyage (1966)
as Dr. Duval

Nevada Smith (1966)
as Bill Bowdre

Barabbas (1961)
as Pontius Pilate

A Summer Place (1959)
as Bart Hunter

High Sierra (1941)
as Red

Elmer Gantry (1960)
as Jim Lefferts

Murder She Said (1961)
as Paul Quimper

The Man from Laramie (1955)
as Vic Hansbro

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

Peyton Place (1957)
as Lucas Cross

Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
as Doc Holliday

The Window (1949)
as Ed Woodry

Cyclone (1978)
as Priest

Air Force (1943)
as Bombardier

Bend of the River (1952)
as Emerson Cole

The Lusty Men (1952)
as Wes Merritt

Rancho Notorious (1952)
as Vern Haskell

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

The Desperate Hours (1955)
as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

The Antichrist (1974)
as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi

Some Came Running (1958)
as Frank Hirsh

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

Hail, Hero! (1969)
as Albert Dixon

The Humanoid (1979)
as Dr. Kraspin

Signs of Life (1989)
as Owen Coughlin

Anzio (1968)
as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley

Shark (1969)
as Doc

Murieta (1965)
as Capt. Love

Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
as Self

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

Trial (1955)
as Barney Castle

The Rawhide Years (1956)
as Rick Harper

Red Mountain (1951)
as Lane Waldron

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

Desperate Journey (1942)
as Flight Officer Jed Forrest

Champion (1949)
as Connie Kelly

City for Conquest (1940)
as Eddie Kenny

Dirty World (1978)
as Senator Merelli

Boomerang! (1947)
as John Waldron

Reconnaissance Pilot (1943)
as Decoration Announcer (voice)

Day of the Evil Gun (1968)
as Owen Forbes

Emmanuelle on Taboo Island (1976)
as Antonio

Too Late for Tears (1949)
as Alan Palmer
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane (1944)
as Bob Chilton

Bright Victory (1951)
as Larry Nevins

The Walking Hills (1949)
as Chalk

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

Attack and Retreat (1964)
as Ferro Maria Ferri

Strange Alibi (1941)
as Sgt. Joe Geary

Impulse (1954)
as Alan Curtis

The Memphis Belle (1944)
as (uncredited)

Nine Guests for a Crime (1977)
as Uberto

Cave of the Sharks (1978)
as Mr. Jackson

Ricco (1973)
as Don Vito

Cheyenne (1947)
as The Sundance Kid

Chicago Deadline (1949)
as Tommy Ditman

Joy in the Morning (1965)
as Patrick Brown

Nakia (1974)
as Sheriff Sam Jericho

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

Crashout (1955)
as Joe Quinn

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

A Death of Innocence (1971)
as Mark Hirsch

The Movie Murderer (1970)
as Angus MacGregor

Highway West (1941)
as George Foster

Devotion (1946)
as Branwell Brontë

Crawlspace (1972)
as Albert Graves

Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
as Jim Younger

The Naked Dawn (1955)
as Santiago

Home Is the Hero (1959)
as Willie O'Reilly

Knockout (1941)
as Johnny Rocket
Ditch and Live (1944)
as Captain Scott H. Reynolds

Family Killer (1973)
as Don Angelino Ferrante

Resisting Enemy Interrogation (1944)
as Sgt. Alfred Mason

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

Killer Cop (1975)
as Armando Di Federico

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

Claudelle Inglish (1961)
as Clyde Inglish

Twilight for the Gods (1958)
as First Mate Ramsay

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

The Glass Menagerie (1950)
as Tom Wingfield

The Last Bomb (1945)
as Crewman (voice)

Blackmail Chase (1976)
as Mike Jannacone

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

Monday's Child (1967)
as Peter Richardson
The Man from Independence (1974)
as Tom Pendergast

The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles (1965)
as Narrator (voice)
Target - Invisible (1945)
as Air Force Officer / Narrator
Last Angels (1978)
as Il nonno
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
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure (1944)
as Capt. Mathews
Grandpa (1990)
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