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Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Actor · 1914–1990 · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

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.

Acted in 91

1980s

  1. 1989

    Signs of Life

    Owen Coughlin

  2. 1982

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1978

    Dirty World

    Senator Merelli

  3. Cave of the Sharks

    Mr. Jackson

  4. Covert Action

    CIA Chief of Station, Athens

  5. 1977
  6. 1976
  7. 1975

    Killer Cop

    Armando Di Federico

  8. 1974

    The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue

    The Inspector

  9. Nakia

    TV

  10. Nakia

    Sheriff Sam Jericho

  11. 1973

    The President's Plane Is Missing

    Gunther Damon

  12. Family Killer

    Don Angelino Ferrante

  13. 1972

    Crawlspace

    Albert Graves

  14. 1971

    A Death of Innocence

    Mark Hirsch

  15. My Old Man's Place

    Walter Pell

  16. 1970

    The Movie Murderer

    Angus MacGregor

1960s

  1. 1969

    Shark

    Doc

  2. Hail, Hero!

    Albert Dixon

  3. 1968
  4. Day of the Evil Gun

    Owen Forbes

  5. 1967

    Monday's Child

    Peter Richardson

  6. 1966
  7. 1965

    Joy in the Morning

    Patrick Brown

  8. 1964

    Cheyenne Autumn

    Doc Holliday

  9. Attack and Retreat

    Ferro Maria Ferri

  10. 1963
  11. 1962
  12. Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

    Dr. Henry Adams

  13. 1961
  14. Murder She Said

    Paul Quimper

  15. Claudelle Inglish

    Clyde Inglish

  16. 1960
  17. In the Presence of Mine Enemies

    Paul Heller

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. Home Is the Hero

    Willie O'Reilly

  3. 1958

    Some Came Running

    Frank Hirsh

  4. Twilight for the Gods

    First Mate Ramsay

  5. 1957
  6. 1956
  7. The Rawhide Years

    Rick Harper

  8. 1955

    The Naked Dawn

    Santiago

  9. Trial

    Barney Castle

  10. Crashout

    Joe Quinn

  11. 1954

    Impulse

    Alan Curtis

  12. 1953

    General Electric Theater

    Whitney Barton · 1 episode

  13. 1952

    The Lusty Men

    Wes Merritt

  14. The Girl in White

    Dr. Ben Barringer

  15. 1951

    Red Mountain

    Lane Waldron

  16. Bright Victory

    Larry Nevins

  17. 1950

    The Glass Menagerie

    Tom Wingfield

1940s

  1. 1949

    Chicago Deadline

    Tommy Ditman

  2. Champion

    Connie Kelly

  3. The Walking Hills

    Chalk

  4. 1947
  5. Boomerang!

    John Waldron

  6. 1946

    It's Your America

    Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)

  7. Devotion

    Branwell Brontë

  8. 1945

    The Last Bomb

    Crewman (voice)

  9. 1944

    Resisting Enemy Interrogation

    Sgt. Alfred Mason

  10. 1943

    Air Force

    Bombardier

  11. Reconnaissance Pilot

    Decoration Announcer (voice)

  12. 1942

    Desperate Journey

    Flight Officer Jed Forrest

  13. 1941
  14. Highway West

    George Foster

  15. Strange Alibi

    Sgt. Joe Geary

  16. High Sierra

    Red

  17. 1940
Appearances3

1980s

  1. 1987

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    Self (archive footage)

1960s

  1. 1965

    The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles

    Narrator (voice)

1940s

  1. 1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

    Self