George Kennedy

George Kennedy

Sandy-haired, tall and burly George Harris Kennedy, Jr. was born in New York City, to Helen A. (Kieselbach), a ballet dancer, and George Harris Kennedy, an orchestra leader and musician. He had German, Irish, and English ancestry. A World War II veteran, 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+ ap...

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Cool Hand Luke

As Dragline

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The Dirty Dozen

As Major Max Armbruster

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The Flight of the Phoenix

As Bellamy

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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

As Foreman

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Airport

As Joe Patroni

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Death on the Nile

As Andrew Pennington

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Charade

As Herman Scobie

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The Eiger Sanction

As Ben Bowman

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Earthquake

As Sgt. Lew Slade

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Shenandoah

As Col. Fairchild

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Bolero

As Cotton

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Brain Dead

As Vance

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Cahill: United States Marshal

As Abe Fraser

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Small Soldiers

As Brick Bazooka (voice)

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Sands of Oblivion

As John Tevis

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Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

As Self / Andrew Pennington

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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

As Red Leary

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Airport '77

As Joe Patroni

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The Human Factor

As John Kinsdale

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Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'

As Self

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Death Ship

As Captain Ashland

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Guns of the Magnificent Seven

As Chris

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The Boston Strangler

As Det. Phil DiNatale

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Airport 1975

As Joe Patroni

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Don't Come Knocking

As Director

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Demonwarp

As Bill Crafton

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The Terror Within

As Hal

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The Concorde... Airport '79

As Joe Patroni

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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

As Ed Hocken

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Strait-Jacket

As Leo Krause

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Bandolero!

As Sheriff July Johnson

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Virus

As Admiral Conway

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Another Happy Day

As Joe Baker

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Lonely Are the Brave

As Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez

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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

As Capt. Ed Hocken

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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

As Captain Ed Hocken

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The Delta Force

As Father O'Malley

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The Sons of Katie Elder

As Curley

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Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!

As Mr. Johnson

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Creepshow 2

As Ray Spruce

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Uninvited

As Mike Harvey

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The Man Who Came Back

As Judge Duke

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Radioactive Dreams

As Spade Chandler

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Fools' Parade

As Dallas 'Doc' Council

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Just Before Dawn

As Roy McLean

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Dirty Dingus Magee

As Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill

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Mirage

As Willard

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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

As McKay

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The Ballad of Josie

As Arch Ogden

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Nightmare at Noon

As Sherrif Hanks

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The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire

As Brakus

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Brass Target

As Gen. George S. Patton

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Zig Zag

As Paul R. Cameron

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Search and Destroy

As Anthony Fusqua

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Wacko

As Mr. Doctor Graves

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Tick... Tick... Tick...

As John Little

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The Gunfighters

As Deke Turner

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Savage Dawn

As Tick Rand

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A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'

As Self

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Hired to Kill

As Thomas

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The Double McGuffin

As Chief Talasek

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Lost Horizon

As Sam Cornelius

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Steel

As Big Lew Cassidy

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Born to Race

As Vincent Duplain

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The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

As Nathan Dillon

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Monster Makers

As Dexter Brisbane

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Top Line

As Heinrich Holzmann

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The Bull of the West

As 'Bear' Suchette

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Gaily, Gaily

As Axel P. Johanson

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Intensive Care

As Dr. Bruckner

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Hurry Sundown

As Sheriff Coombs

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Mean Dog Blues

As Captain Omar Kinsman

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The Man from the Diners' Club

As George

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Hotwire

As Farley & Harley Fontenot

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Private Road: No Trespassing

As Sam Milshaw

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Deliver Us from Evil

As Walter 'Cowboy' McAdams

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The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues

As General Nelson Miles

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Ministry of Vengeance

As Rev. Hughes

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The Jupiter Menace

As Himself

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A Cry in the Wilderness

As Sam Hadley

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Dallas - War of The Ewings

As Carter McKay

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Liberty

As Seamus Reilly

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The Pink Jungle

As Sammy Ryderbeit

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A Great American Tragedy

As Brad Wilkes

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See How They Run

As Rudy

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Counterforce

As Vince Colby

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Esmeralda Bay

As Wilson

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Sarge: The Badge or the Cross

As Sarge Swanson

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In Harm's Way

As Colonel Gregory

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The Legend of Lylah Clare

As Matt Burke

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Hangfire

As Warden Barles

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The Jesse Owens Story

As Charles 'Charley' Riley

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Island of the Blue Dolphins

As Aleut Captain

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Proof of the Man

As Ken Shuftan

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The Blue Knight

As Bumper Morgan

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International Airport

As Rudy Van Leuven

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The Gambler

As Ed

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Hollyweird

As George Kennedy

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Half Nelson

As Parsons

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Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story

As Father Dave Hagan

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Dallas: J.R. Returns

As Carter McKay

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Modern Romance

As George Kennedy / Zeron

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Truce

As Dr. Peter Gannon

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McHale's Navy

As Henri Le Clerc

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What Price Victory

As Big Buck Brayton

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Three Bad Men

As Ed Fiske

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View from the Top

As Passenger Requesting Vodka (uncredited)

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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

As archival footage

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Distant Justice

As Tom Bradfield

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Driving Me Crazy

As John McCready

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Chattanooga Choo Choo

As Bert

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Men in White

As Army

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Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist

As Bahraini Investigator

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Rigged

As Ben

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Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon

As Hawk

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The Cops Are Robbers

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Cats Don't Dance

As L.B. Mammoth (voice)

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Rare Breed

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Sonic Boom

As Ben Dover

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The Boneyard Collection

As Professor Zebediah Jones (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight")

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WWE SummerSlam 1994

As Himself

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The Lion Roars Again

As Self

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The Andy Griffith Show

As State Police Detective

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The Great Adventure

As Sergeant Muldaney

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77 Sunset Strip

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Cheyenne

As Lee Nelson

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Route 66

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Wings

As George Kennedy

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Surfside 6

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Gunsmoke

As Emil

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Perry Mason

As George Spangler

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The Rogues

As Major Vyx

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The Tall Man

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Laredo

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Going My Way

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Outlaws

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Rawhide

As George Wales

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Have Gun, Will Travel

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Daniel Boone

As Zach Morgan

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The Virginian

As Jack Marshman

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Thriller

As John Paterson

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Sarge

As Father Samuel Cavanaugh

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Peter Gunn

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The Big Valley

As Thatcher

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Tarzan

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Grindl

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Lawman

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Bat Masterson

As Sheriff Zeke Armitage

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Riverboat

As Gunner Slagle

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The Legend of Jesse James

As Blodgett

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Dr. Kildare

As Joe Cramer

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The Oscars

As Self

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The Asphalt Jungle

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Kraft Mystery Theatre

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Maverick

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Saturday Night Live

As Self - Host

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The Blue Knight

As Officer Bumper Morgan

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Santo Bugito

As Ralph (voice)

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Bonanza

As Waldo Watson

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The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

As General Axton (voice)

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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

As Der

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The Phil Silvers Show

As MP Sgt. Kennedy (uncredited)

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The Commish

As Al Scali

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Dallas

As Carter McKay

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Ironside

As Father Samuel Cavanaugh

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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

As Self

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Backstairs at the White House

As Pres. Warren G. Harding

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

As George Martin