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
A Summer Place (1959)
as Bart Hunter
Barabbas (1961)
as Pontius Pilate
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
as Dr. Duval
The Man from Laramie (1955)
as Vic Hansbro
The Sentinel (1977)
as Monsignor Franchino
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
as Doc Holliday
Murder She Said (1961)
as Paul Quimper
Nevada Smith (1966)
as Bill Bowdre
The Desperate Hours (1955)
as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
Bend of the River (1952)
as Emerson Cole
Elmer Gantry (1960)
as Jim Lefferts
High Sierra (1941)
as Red
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Ned Sharp
Murieta (1965)
as Capt. Love
Rancho Notorious (1952)
as Vern Haskell
Cyclone (1978)
as Priest
Peyton Place (1957)
as Lucas Cross
Some Came Running (1958)
as Frank Hirsh
The Lusty Men (1952)
as Wes Merritt
Air Force (1943)
as Bombardier
Anzio (1968)
as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley
Attack and Retreat (1964)
as Ferro Maria Ferri
Too Late for Tears (1949)
as Alan Palmer
Champion (1949)
as Connie Kelly
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
as Dr. Henry Adams
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974)
as The Inspector
The Antichrist (1974)
as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
Day of the Evil Gun (1968)
as Owen Forbes
Boomerang! (1947)
as John Waldron
Trial (1955)
as Barney Castle
The Rawhide Years (1956)
as Rick Harper
Red Mountain (1951)
as Lane Waldron
The Walking Hills (1949)
as Chalk
The Humanoid (1979)
as Dr. Kraspin
Knockout (1941)
as Johnny Rocket
The Naked Dawn (1955)
as Santiago
The President's Plane Is Missing (1973)
as Gunther Damon
Desperate Journey (1942)
as Flight Officer Jed Forrest
The Window (1949)
as Ed Woodry
Reconnaissance Pilot (1943)
as Decoration Announcer (voice)
Bright Victory (1951)
as Larry Nevins
Crawlspace (1972)
as Albert Graves
City for Conquest (1940)
as Eddie Kenny
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island (1976)
as Antonio
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968)
as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby
The Movie Murderer (1970)
as Angus MacGregor
Cheyenne (1947)
as The Sundance Kid
Chicago Deadline (1949)
as Tommy Ditman
My Old Man's Place (1971)
as Walter Pell
Twilight for the Gods (1958)
as First Mate Ramsay
Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
as Self
Signs of Life (1989)
as Owen Coughlin
Shark (1969)
as Doc
Devotion (1946)
as Branwell Brontë
Rome, Armed to the Teeth (1976)
as Vice questore Ruini
Resisting Enemy Interrogation (1944)
as Sgt. Alfred Mason
Ricco (1973)
as Don Vito
The Girl in White (1952)
as Dr. Ben Barringer
Killer Cop (1975)
as Armando Di Federico
Hail, Hero! (1969)
as Albert Dixon
Dirty World (1978)
as Senator Merelli
The Glass Menagerie (1950)
as Tom Wingfield
Highway West (1941)
as George Foster
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles (1965)
as Narrator (voice)
Ditch and Live (1944)
as Captain Scott H. Reynolds
Crashout (1955)
as Joe Quinn
Joy in the Morning (1965)
as Patrick Brown
Strange Alibi (1941)
as Sgt. Joe Geary
A Death of Innocence (1971)
as Mark Hirsch
Claudelle Inglish (1961)
as Clyde Inglish
Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
as Jim Younger
Last Angels (1978)
as Il nonno
Nine Guests for a Crime (1977)
as Uberto
Cave of the Sharks (1978)
as Mr. Jackson
Covert Action (1978)
as CIA Chief of Station, Athens
Blackmail Chase (1976)
as Mike Jannacone
Impulse (1954)
as Alan Curtis
Nakia (1974)
as Sheriff Sam Jericho
The Man from Independence (1974)
as Tom Pendergast
Monday's Child (1967)
as Peter Richardson
In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1960)
as Paul Heller
The Memphis Belle (1944)
as (uncredited)
It's Your America (1946)
as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)
The Last Bomb (1945)
as Crewman (voice)
Family Killer (1973)
as Don Angelino Ferrante
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane (1944)
as Bob Chilton
Home Is the Hero (1959)
as Willie O'Reilly
Grandpa (1990)
Actor
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations) (1943)
as Instructor
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations) (1943)
as Instructor
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure (1944)
as Capt. Mathews
Target - Invisible (1945)
as Air Force Officer / Narrator