Known for
Acting
Credits
102
Gender
Man
Birthday
17 Feb 1914
Day of death
5 Jan 1990 (75)
Place of birth
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as
Артур Кеннеди
John Arthur Kennedy
Arthur Kennedy
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.
Known for
Acting roles
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Grandpa | |
| 1989 | Signs of Life | Owen Coughlin |
| 1988 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1979 | The Humanoid | Dr. Kraspin |
| 1978 | Cyclone | Priest |
| 1978 | Cave of the Sharks | Mr. Jackson |
| 1978 | Dirty World | Senator Merelli |
| 1978 | Last Angels | Il nonno |
| 1978 | Covert Action | CIA Chief of Station, Athens |
| 1977 | The Sentinel | Monsignor Franchino |
| 1977 | Nine Guests for a Crime | Uberto |
| 1976 | Rome, Armed to the Teeth | Vice questore Ruini |
| 1976 | Emmanuelle on Taboo Island | Antonio |
| 1976 | Blackmail Chase | Mike Jannacone |
| 1975 | Killer Cop | Armando Di Federico |
| 1974 | The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue | The Inspector |
| 1974 | The Antichrist | Bishop Ascanio Oderisi |
| 1974 | Nakia | |
| 1974 | The Man from Independence | Tom Pendergast |
| 1974 | Nakia | Sheriff Sam Jericho |
| 1973 | Ricco | Don Vito |
| 1973 | Family Killer | Don Angelino Ferrante |
| 1973 | The President's Plane Is Missing | Gunther Damon |
| 1972 | Crawlspace | Albert Graves |
| 1971 | My Old Man's Place | Walter Pell |
| 1971 | A Death of Innocence | Mark Hirsch |
| 1970 | The Movie Murderer | Angus MacGregor |
| 1969 | Shark | Doc |
| 1969 | Hail, Hero! | Albert Dixon |
| 1968 | Anzio | Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley |
| 1968 | Day of the Evil Gun | Owen Forbes |
| 1968 | A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die | Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby |
| 1967 | Monday's Child | Peter Richardson |
| 1966 | Fantastic Voyage | Dr. Duval |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | Bill Bowdre |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | Lieutenant Hammond |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | |
| 1965 | Murieta | Capt. Love |
| 1965 | The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles | Narrator (voice) |
| 1965 | Joy in the Morning | Patrick Brown |
| 1965 | F.D.R. | Narrator |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Doc Holliday |
| 1964 | Attack and Retreat | Ferro Maria Ferri |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Dr. Walter Meade Taylor |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | Jackson Bentley |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Keith Hollands |
| 1962 | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Dr. Henry Adams |
| 1961 | Murder She Said | Paul Quimper |
| 1961 | Barabbas | Pontius Pilate |
| 1961 | Claudelle Inglish | Clyde Inglish |
| 1960 | Elmer Gantry | Jim Lefferts |
| 1959 | A Summer Place | Bart Hunter |
| 1959 | Home Is the Hero | Willie O'Reilly |
| 1958 | Some Came Running | Frank Hirsh |
| 1958 | Twilight for the Gods | First Mate Ramsay |
| 1957 | Peyton Place | Lucas Cross |
| 1956 | The Rawhide Years | Rick Harper |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sam Carter |
| 1955 | The Man from Laramie | Vic Hansbro |
| 1955 | The Desperate Hours | Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard |
| 1955 | Crashout | Joe Quinn |
| 1955 | The Naked Dawn | Santiago |
| 1955 | Trial | Barney Castle |
| 1954 | Impulse | Alan Curtis |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Whitney Barton |
| 1952 | Bend of the River | Emerson Cole |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious | Vern Haskell |
| 1952 | The Lusty Men | Wes Merritt |
| 1952 | The Girl in White | Dr. Ben Barringer |
| 1951 | Bright Victory | Larry Nevins |
| 1951 | Red Mountain | Lane Waldron |
| 1950 | The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield |
| 1949 | Champion | Connie Kelly |
| 1949 | Too Late for Tears | Alan Palmer |
| 1949 | The Window | Ed Woodry |
| 1949 | The Walking Hills | Chalk |
| 1949 | Chicago Deadline | Tommy Ditman |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self (archive footage) |
| 1947 | Boomerang! | John Waldron |
| 1947 | Cheyenne | The Sundance Kid |
| 1946 | Devotion | Branwell Brontë |
| 1946 | It's Your America | Soldier / Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Last Bomb | Crewman (voice) |
| 1945 | Target - Invisible | Air Force Officer / Narrator |
| 1944 | The Memphis Belle | (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Resisting Enemy Interrogation | Sgt. Alfred Mason |
| 1944 | Ditch and Live | Captain Scott H. Reynolds |
| 1944 | Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane | Bob Chilton |
| 1944 | Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure | Capt. Mathews |
| 1943 | Air Force | Bombardier |
| 1943 | How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations) | Instructor |
| 1943 | How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations) | Instructor |
| 1943 | Reconnaissance Pilot | Decoration Announcer (voice) |
| 1942 | Desperate Journey | Flight Officer Jed Forrest |
| 1942 | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self |
| 1941 | High Sierra | Red |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Ned Sharp |
| 1941 | Knockout | Johnny Rocket |
| 1941 | Bad Men of Missouri | Jim Younger |
| 1941 | Highway West | George Foster |
| 1941 | Strange Alibi | Sgt. Joe Geary |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Eddie Kenny |