Arthur Kennedy
Acting
Born: February 17, 1914 · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Died: January 5, 1990 (aged 75)
Highest Rated
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
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
Fantastic Voyage
1966
High Sierra
1941
The Man from Laramie
1955
Murder She Said
1961
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
1974
The Sentinel
1977
Bend of the River
1952
Elmer Gantry
1960
Nevada Smith
1966
The Desperate Hours
1955
Barabbas
1961
Photos (5)
Movies (83)
Lawrence of Arabia
Jackson Bentley
A Summer Place
Bart Hunter
Barabbas
Pontius Pilate
Knockout
Johnny Rocket
Fantastic Voyage
Dr. Duval
The Sentinel
Monsignor Franchino
The Desperate Hours
Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
Cheyenne Autumn
Doc Holliday
The Man from Laramie
Vic Hansbro
Cyclone
Priest
Nevada Smith
Bill Bowdre
They Died with Their Boots On
Ned Sharp
Some Came Running
Frank Hirsh
Elmer Gantry
Jim Lefferts
High Sierra
Red
Murder She Said
Paul Quimper
The Lusty Men
Wes Merritt
Bend of the River
Emerson Cole
Rancho Notorious
Vern Haskell
Peyton Place
Lucas Cross
Reconnaissance Pilot
Decoration Announcer (voice)
Boomerang!
John Waldron
Murieta
Capt. Love
Air Force
Bombardier
The Antichrist
Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
Anzio
Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley
The Glass Menagerie
Tom Wingfield
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
The Inspector
Day of the Evil Gun
Owen Forbes
Red Mountain
Lane Waldron
Champion
Connie Kelly
Attack and Retreat
Ferro Maria Ferri
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Dr. Henry Adams
Trial
Barney Castle
The Naked Dawn
Santiago
The Window
Ed Woodry
The Humanoid
Dr. Kraspin
Desperate Journey
Flight Officer Jed Forrest
Shark
Doc
Too Late for Tears
Alan Palmer
Strange Alibi
Sgt. Joe Geary
The Rawhide Years
Rick Harper
Cheyenne
The Sundance Kid
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island
Antonio
Chicago Deadline
Tommy Ditman
Bright Victory
Larry Nevins
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby
Crashout
Joe Quinn
Twilight for the Gods
First Mate Ramsay
The Movie Murderer
Angus MacGregor
My Old Man's Place
Walter Pell
The Walking Hills
Chalk
City for Conquest
Eddie Kenny
Rome, Armed to the Teeth
Vice questore Ruini
Cave of the Sharks
Mr. Jackson
Signs of Life
Owen Coughlin
The President's Plane Is Missing
Gunther Damon
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Sgt. Alfred Mason
The Girl in White
Dr. Ben Barringer
Killer Cop
Armando Di Federico
Crawlspace
Albert Graves
Nine Guests for a Crime
Uberto
Highway West
George Foster
Ricco
Don Vito
Hail, Hero!
Albert Dixon
Devotion
Branwell Brontë
Family Killer
Don Angelino Ferrante
Dirty World
Senator Merelli
It's Your America
Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)
Joy in the Morning
Patrick Brown
Claudelle Inglish
Clyde Inglish
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
Narrator (voice)
Covert Action
CIA Chief of Station, Athens
Blackmail Chase
Mike Jannacone
Bad Men of Missouri
Jim Younger
The Memphis Belle
(uncredited)
Impulse
Alan Curtis
Nakia
Sheriff Sam Jericho
A Death of Innocence
Mark Hirsch
The Last Bomb
Crewman (voice)
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Paul Heller
Home Is the Hero
Willie O'Reilly
Monday's Child
Peter Richardson
TV Shows (9)
American Playhouse
Owen Coughlin · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Keith Hollands · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam Carter · 1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Dr. Walter Meade Taylor · 1 eps
MGM Parade
2 eps
ABC Stage 67
Lieutenant Hammond · 1 eps
Espionage
Ed Pierce · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Whitney Barton · 1 eps
Nakia
14 eps
