
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

Murieta (1965)
as Capt. Love

A Summer Place (1959)
as Bart Hunter

The Man from Laramie (1955)
as Vic Hansbro

Fantastic Voyage (1966)
as Dr. Duval

Cyclone (1978)
as Priest

Some Came Running (1958)
as Frank Hirsh

Trial (1955)
as Barney Castle

Barabbas (1961)
as Pontius Pilate

Peyton Place (1957)
as Lucas Cross

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

The Desperate Hours (1955)
as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

Bend of the River (1952)
as Emerson Cole

Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
as Doc Holliday

Nevada Smith (1966)
as Bill Bowdre

The Sentinel (1977)
as Monsignor Franchino

Day of the Evil Gun (1968)
as Owen Forbes

Anzio (1968)
as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley

The Antichrist (1974)
as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi

Reconnaissance Pilot (1943)
as Decoration Announcer (voice)

Murder She Said (1961)
as Paul Quimper

Knockout (1941)
as Johnny Rocket

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

Elmer Gantry (1960)
as Jim Lefferts

The Humanoid (1979)
as Dr. Kraspin

Red Mountain (1951)
as Lane Waldron

Crawlspace (1972)
as Albert Graves

High Sierra (1941)
as Red

Emmanuelle on Taboo Island (1976)
as Antonio

Champion (1949)
as Connie Kelly

The Rawhide Years (1956)
as Rick Harper

Attack and Retreat (1964)
as Ferro Maria Ferri

Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
as Self

The Naked Dawn (1955)
as Santiago

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

Bright Victory (1951)
as Larry Nevins
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane (1944)
as Bob Chilton

Signs of Life (1989)
as Owen Coughlin

Devotion (1946)
as Branwell Brontë

The Glass Menagerie (1950)
as Tom Wingfield

Desperate Journey (1942)
as Flight Officer Jed Forrest

Killer Cop (1975)
as Armando Di Federico

The Movie Murderer (1970)
as Angus MacGregor

Joy in the Morning (1965)
as Patrick Brown

Air Force (1943)
as Bombardier

The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles (1965)
as Narrator (voice)

Twilight for the Gods (1958)
as First Mate Ramsay

Shark (1969)
as Doc

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

City for Conquest (1940)
as Eddie Kenny

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

Too Late for Tears (1949)
as Alan Palmer

The Walking Hills (1949)
as Chalk

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

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

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

The Last Bomb (1945)
as Crewman (voice)

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

The Window (1949)
as Ed Woodry

Rancho Notorious (1952)
as Vern Haskell

Chicago Deadline (1949)
as Tommy Ditman

Claudelle Inglish (1961)
as Clyde Inglish

The Lusty Men (1952)
as Wes Merritt
Target - Invisible (1945)
as Air Force Officer / Narrator

Ricco (1973)
as Don Vito

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

Nine Guests for a Crime (1977)
as Uberto

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

Resisting Enemy Interrogation (1944)
as Sgt. Alfred Mason

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

Blackmail Chase (1976)
as Mike Jannacone

The Memphis Belle (1944)
as (uncredited)

Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
as Jim Younger
Ditch and Live (1944)
as Captain Scott H. Reynolds
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure (1944)
as Capt. Mathews

Crashout (1955)
as Joe Quinn

Monday's Child (1967)
as Peter Richardson

Hail, Hero! (1969)
as Albert Dixon

Dirty World (1978)
as Senator Merelli

Strange Alibi (1941)
as Sgt. Joe Geary

A Death of Innocence (1971)
as Mark Hirsch

Highway West (1941)
as George Foster
Last Angels (1978)
as Il nonno

Impulse (1954)
as Alan Curtis

Nakia (1974)
as Sheriff Sam Jericho

Family Killer (1973)
as Don Angelino Ferrante

Boomerang! (1947)
as John Waldron

Cave of the Sharks (1978)
as Mr. Jackson

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

Cheyenne (1947)
as The Sundance Kid
Grandpa (1990)
Actor
The Man from Independence (1974)
as Tom Pendergast
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





