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George Kennedy is a Actor and Director American born on 18 february 1925 at New York City (USA)
George Harris Kennedy, Jr. (born February 18, 1925) is an American actor who has appeared in more than two hundred film and television productions. His wide variety of roles include "Dragline" in Cool Hand Luke, for which he won an Academy Award; as Joe Patroni in all four of the 1970s Airport disaster films; as Police Captain Ed Hocken in the Naked Gun series of comedy films; and as corrupt oil tycoon Carter McKay on the original Dallas television series.
He was also good friends with James Stewart and his voice is featured in a TCM commercial commemorating Stewart.
Kennedy is a licensed pilot who enjoyed flying and owned a Cessna 210 and Beechcraft Bonanza.
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George Kennedy
Birth name George Harris Kennedy, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 18 february 1925 at New York City (USA)
Death 28 february 2016 (at 91 years)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nationality USA
Birth 18 february 1925 at New York City (USA)
Death 28 february 2016 (at 91 years)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
George Harris Kennedy, Jr. (born February 18, 1925) is an American actor who has appeared in more than two hundred film and television productions. His wide variety of roles include "Dragline" in Cool Hand Luke, for which he won an Academy Award; as Joe Patroni in all four of the 1970s Airport disaster films; as Police Captain Ed Hocken in the Naked Gun series of comedy films; and as corrupt oil tycoon Carter McKay on the original Dallas television series.
Biography
Kennedy resides in Eagle in Ada County in southwestern Idaho. He is married to Joan McCarthy and they have a daughter, Shaunna. The couple adopted their granddaughter, Taylor, after the incarceration of the child's mother.He was also good friends with James Stewart and his voice is featured in a TCM commercial commemorating Stewart.
Kennedy is a licensed pilot who enjoyed flying and owned a Cessna 210 and Beechcraft Bonanza.
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Filmography of George Kennedy (91 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Gambler | Actor | Ed |
| 2011 | Another Happy Day | Actor | Joe Baker |
| 2008 | The Man Who Came Back | Actor | Judge Duke |
| 2008 | The Boneyard Collection | Actor | Professor Zebediah Jones (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight") |
| 2008 | The Boneyard Collection | Actor | Professor Zebediah Jones (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight") |
| 2007 | Sands of Oblivion | Actor | John Tevis |
| 2005 | Don't Come Knocking | Actor | Director |
| 2003 | View from the Top | Actor | Passenger Requesting Vodka (uncredited) |
| 1998 | Small Soldiers | Actor | Brick Bazooka (voice) |
| 1998 | Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! | Actor | Mr. Johnson |
| 1998 | Men in White | Actor | Army |
| 1998 | Dallas - War of The Ewings | Actor | Carter McKay |
| 1997 | Cats Don't Dance | Actor | L.B. Mammoth (voice) |
| 1996 | Dallas: J.R. Returns | Actor | Carter McKay |
| 1994 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Actor | Ed Hocken |
| 1992 | Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story | Actor | Father Dave Hagan |
| 1991 | Dutch | Actor | |
| 1991 | Intensive Care | Actor | Dr. Bruckner |
| 1991 | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | Actor | Captain Ed Hocken |
| 1991 | Driving Me Crazy | Actor | John McCready |
| 1990 | Brain Dead | Actor | Vance |
| 1990 | Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist | Actor | Bahraini Investigator |
| 1989 | The Terror Within | Actor | Hal |
| 1988 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Actor | Capt. Ed Hocken |
| 1988 | Demonwarp | Actor | Bill Crafton |
| 1988 | Alien Terminator | Actor | Heinrich Holzmann |
| 1988 | Born to Race | Actor | Vincent Duplain |
| 1988 | Uninvited | Actor | Mike Harvey |
| 1988 | Counterforce | Actor | Vince Colby |
| 1987 | Creepshow 2 | Actor | Ray Spruce |
| 1987 | The Gunfighters | Actor | Deke Turner |
| 1986 | Radioactive Dreams | Actor | Spade Chandler |
| 1986 | Savage Dawn | Actor | Tick Rand |
| 1986 | The Delta Force | Actor | Father O'Malley |
| 1984 | Bolero | Actor | Cotton |
| 1984 | The Jesse Owens Story | Actor | Charles 'Charley' Riley |
| 1984 | Chattanooga Choo Choo | Actor | Bert |
| 1982 | Wacko | Actor | Mr. Doctor Graves |
| 1981 | Just Before Dawn | Actor | Roy McLean |
| 1981 | Modern Romance | Actor | George Kennedy / Zeron |
| 1981 | The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire | Actor | Brakus |
| 1980 | Virus | Actor | Admiral Conway |
| 1980 | Death Ship | Actor | Captain Ashland |
| 1979 | The Concorde... Airport '79 | Actor | Joe Patroni |
| 1979 | The Double McGuffin | Actor | Chief Talasek |
| 1979 | Steel | Actor | Big Lew Cassidy |
| 1978 | Brass Target | Actor | Gen. George S. Patton |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Actor | Andrew Pennington |
| 1978 | Mean Dog Blues | Actor | Captain Omar Kinsman |
| 1977 | Airport '77 | Actor | Joe Patroni |
| 1977 | Proof of the Man | Actor | Ken Shuftan |
| 1975 | The Eiger Sanction | Actor | Ben Bowman |
| 1975 | The Human Factor | Actor | John Kinsdale |
| 1974 | Airport 1975 | Actor | Joe Patroni |
| 1974 | Earthquake | Actor | Sgt. Lew Slade |
| 1974 | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Actor | Red Leary |
| 1973 | Cahill: United States Marshall | Actor | Abe Fraser |
| 1973 | Lost Horizon | Actor | Sam Cornelius |
| 1973 | Deliver Us from Evil | Actor | Walter 'Cowboy' McAdams |
| 1973 | Deliver Us from Evil | Actor | Walter 'Cowboy' McAdams |
| 1971 | Fools' Parade | Actor | Dallas 'Doc' Council |
| 1970 | Airport | Actor | Joe Patroni |
| 1970 | Dirty Dingus Magee | Actor | Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill |
| 1970 | Tick... Tick... Tick... | Actor | John Little |
| 1970 | Zig Zag | Actor | Paul R. Cameron |
| 1969 | Gaily, Gaily | Actor | Axel P. Johanson |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Actor, Director | McKay |
| 1969 | Guns of the Magnificent Seven | Actor | Chris |
| 1968 | The Legend of Lylah Clare | Actor | Matt Burke |
| 1968 | Bandolero! | Actor | Sheriff July Johnson |
| 1968 | The Boston Strangler | Actor | Det. Phil DiNatale |
| 1968 | The Ballad of Josie | Actor | Arch Ogden |
| 1968 | The Pink Jungle | Actor | Sammy Ryderbeit |
| 1967 | The Dirty Dozen | Actor | Major Max Armbruster |
| 1967 | Cool Hand Luke | Actor | Dragline |
| 1967 | Hurry Sundown | Actor | Sheriff Coombs |
| 1965 | Shenandoah | Actor | Col. Fairchild |
| 1965 | The Flight of the Phoenix | Actor | Bellamy |
| 1965 | In Harm's Way | Actor | Colonel Gregory |
| 1965 | Mirage | Actor | Willard |
| 1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder | Actor | Curley |
| 1964 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Actor | Foreman |
| 1964 | See How They Run | Actor | Rudy |
| 1964 | Strait-Jacket | Actor | Leo Krause |
| 1964 | McHale's Navy | Actor | Henri Le Clerc |
| 1964 | Island of the Blue Dolphins | Actor | Aleut Captain |
| 1963 | Charade | Actor | Herman Scobie |
| 1963 | The Man from the Diners' Club | Actor | George |
| 1962 | Lonely Are the Brave | Actor | Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez |
| 1961 | The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come | Actor | Nathan Dillon |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Actor | Rebel Soldier (uncredited) |