Arthur Kennedy

from Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Artwork for Lawrence of ArabiaImage of 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.

Timeline

1990Aged 76

1989Aged 75

  • Poster for Signs of Life

    Owen Coughlin

1987Aged 73

  • Poster for James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    Self (archive footage)

1982Aged 68

1979Aged 65

  • Poster for The Humanoid

    Dr. Kraspin

1978Aged 64

  • Poster for Covert Action

    CIA Chief of Station, Athens

  • Last Angels

    Il nonno

  • Poster for Cave of the Sharks

    Mr. Jackson

  • Poster for Cyclone

    Priest

  • Poster for Dirty World

    Senator Merelli

1977Aged 63

  • Poster for The Sentinel

    Monsignor Franchino

  • Poster for Nine Guests for a Crime

    Uberto

1976Aged 62

  • Poster for Blackmail Chase

    Mike Jannacone

  • Poster for Emmanuelle on Taboo Island

    Antonio

  • Poster for Rome, Armed to the Teeth

    Vice questore Ruini

1975Aged 61

  • Poster for Killer Cop

    Armando Di Federico

1974Aged 60

1973Aged 59

  • Poster for Family Killer

    Don Angelino Ferrante

  • Poster for Ricco

    Don Vito

  • Poster for The President's Plane Is Missing

    Gunther Damon

1972Aged 58

  • Poster for Crawlspace

    Albert Graves

1971Aged 57

  • Poster for My Old Man's Place

    Walter Pell

  • Poster for A Death of Innocence

    Mark Hirsch

1970Aged 56

  • Poster for The Movie Murderer

    Angus MacGregor

1969Aged 55

  • Poster for Hail, Hero!

    Albert Dixon

  • Poster for Shark

    Doc

1968Aged 54

  • Poster for A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die

    Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby

  • Poster for Day of the Evil Gun

    Owen Forbes

  • Poster for Anzio

    Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley

1967Aged 53

  • Poster for Monday's Child

    Peter Richardson

1966Aged 52

  • Poster for Nevada Smith

    Bill Bowdre

  • Poster for Fantastic Voyage

    Dr. Duval

1965Aged 51

  • Poster for The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Murieta

    Capt. Love

  • Poster for Joy in the Morning

    Patrick Brown

1964Aged 50

  • Poster for Attack and Retreat

    Ferro Maria Ferri

  • Poster for Cheyenne Autumn

    Doc Holliday

1962Aged 48

  • Poster for Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

    Dr. Henry Adams

  • Poster for Lawrence of Arabia

    Jackson Bentley

1961Aged 47

  • Poster for Claudelle Inglish

    Clyde Inglish

  • Poster for Murder She Said

    Paul Quimper

  • Poster for Barabbas

    Pontius Pilate

1960Aged 46

  • Poster for In the Presence of Mine Enemies

    Paul Heller

  • Poster for Elmer Gantry

    Jim Lefferts

1959Aged 45

  • Poster for Home Is the Hero

    Willie O'Reilly

  • Poster for A Summer Place

    Bart Hunter

1958Aged 44

  • Poster for Twilight for the Gods

    First Mate Ramsay

  • Poster for Some Came Running

    Frank Hirsh

1957Aged 43

  • Poster for Peyton Place

    Lucas Cross

1956Aged 42

  • Poster for The Rawhide Years

    Rick Harper

1955Aged 41

  • Poster for Crashout

    Joe Quinn

  • Poster for The Man from Laramie

    Vic Hansbro

  • Poster for The Desperate Hours

    Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

  • Poster for Trial

    Barney Castle

  • Poster for The Naked Dawn

    Santiago

1954Aged 40

  • Poster for Impulse

    Alan Curtis

1952Aged 38

  • Poster for Bend of the River

    Emerson Cole

  • Poster for Rancho Notorious

    Vern Haskell

  • Poster for The Girl in White

    Dr. Ben Barringer

  • Poster for The Lusty Men

    Wes Merritt

1951Aged 37

  • Poster for Bright Victory

    Larry Nevins

  • Poster for Red Mountain

    Lane Waldron

1950Aged 36

  • Poster for The Glass Menagerie

    Tom Wingfield

1949Aged 35

  • Poster for The Walking Hills

    Chalk

  • Poster for Champion

    Connie Kelly

  • Poster for The Window

    Ed Woodry

  • Poster for Too Late for Tears

    Alan Palmer

  • Poster for Chicago Deadline

    Tommy Ditman

1947Aged 33

  • Poster for Boomerang!

    John Waldron

  • Poster for Cheyenne

    The Sundance Kid

1946Aged 32

  • Poster for Devotion

    Branwell Brontë

  • Poster for It's Your America

    Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)

1945Aged 31

1944Aged 30

1943Aged 29

1942Aged 28

  • Poster for Desperate Journey

    Flight Officer Jed Forrest

  • Poster for Breakdowns of 1942

    Self

1941Aged 27

  • Poster for High Sierra

    Red

  • Poster for Knockout

    Johnny Rocket

  • Poster for Strange Alibi

    Sgt. Joe Geary

  • Poster for Bad Men of Missouri

    Jim Younger

  • Poster for Highway West

    George Foster

  • Poster for They Died with Their Boots On

    Ned Sharp

1940Aged 26

  • Poster for City for Conquest

    Eddie Kenny

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