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