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.

Known For

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

MGM Parade

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Lawrence of Arabia

Espionage

ABC Stage 67

General Electric Theater

All Movies (94)

• Grandpa1990
• Signs of Life1989 · as Owen Coughlin
• James Stewart: A Wonderful Life1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Humanoid1979 · as Dr. Kraspin
• Dirty World1978 · as Senator Merelli
• Cyclone1978 · as Priest
• Cave of the Sharks1978 · as Mr. Jackson
• Last Angels1978 · as Il nonno
• Covert Action1978 · as CIA Chief of Station, Athens
• Nine Guests for a Crime1977 · as Uberto
• The Sentinel1977 · as Monsignor Franchino
• Rome, Armed to the Teeth1976 · as Vice questore Ruini
• Emmanuelle on Taboo Island1976 · as Antonio
• Blackmail Chase1976 · as Mike Jannacone
• Killer Cop1975 · as Armando Di Federico
• The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue1974 · as The Inspector
• The Antichrist1974 · as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
• Nakia1974 · as Sheriff Sam Jericho
• The Man from Independence1974 · as Tom Pendergast
• The President's Plane Is Missing1973 · as Gunther Damon
• Ricco1973 · as Don Vito
• Family Killer1973 · as Don Angelino Ferrante
• Crawlspace1972 · as Albert Graves
• A Death of Innocence1971 · as Mark Hirsch
• My Old Man's Place1971 · as Walter Pell
• The Movie Murderer1970 · as Angus MacGregor
• Shark1969 · as Doc
• Hail, Hero!1969 · as Albert Dixon
• Anzio1968 · as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley
• Day of the Evil Gun1968 · as Owen Forbes
• A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die1968 · as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby
• Monday's Child1967 · as Peter Richardson
• Fantastic Voyage1966 · as Dr. Duval
• Nevada Smith1966 · as Bill Bowdre
• Joy in the Morning1965 · as Patrick Brown
• Murieta1965 · as Capt. Love
• The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles1965 · as Narrator (voice)
• Cheyenne Autumn1964 · as Doc Holliday
• Attack and Retreat1964 · as Ferro Maria Ferri
• Lawrence of Arabia1962 · as Jackson Bentley
• Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man1962 · as Dr. Henry Adams
• Barabbas1961 · as Pontius Pilate
• Murder She Said1961 · as Paul Quimper
• Claudelle Inglish1961 · as Clyde Inglish
• Elmer Gantry1960 · as Jim Lefferts
• In the Presence of Mine Enemies1960 · as Paul Heller
• A Summer Place1959 · as Bart Hunter
• Home Is the Hero1959 · as Willie O'Reilly
• Some Came Running1958 · as Frank Hirsh
• Twilight for the Gods1958 · as First Mate Ramsay
• Peyton Place1957 · as Lucas Cross
• The Rawhide Years1956 · as Rick Harper
• The Naked Dawn1955 · as Santiago
• Trial1955 · as Barney Castle
• The Desperate Hours1955 · as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
• The Man from Laramie1955 · as Vic Hansbro
• Crashout1955 · as Joe Quinn
• Impulse1954 · as Alan Curtis
• The Lusty Men1952 · as Wes Merritt
• The Girl in White1952 · as Dr. Ben Barringer
• Rancho Notorious1952 · as Vern Haskell
• Bend of the River1952 · as Emerson Cole
• Red Mountain1951 · as Lane Waldron
• Bright Victory1951 · as Larry Nevins
• The Glass Menagerie1950 · as Tom Wingfield
• Chicago Deadline1949 · as Tommy Ditman
• Too Late for Tears1949 · as Alan Palmer
• The Window1949 · as Ed Woodry
• Champion1949 · as Connie Kelly
• The Walking Hills1949 · as Chalk
• Cheyenne1947 · as The Sundance Kid
• Boomerang!1947 · as John Waldron
• It's Your America1946 · as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)
• Devotion1946 · as Branwell Brontë
• Target - Invisible1945 · as Air Force Officer / Narrator
• The Last Bomb1945 · as Crewman (voice)
• Resisting Enemy Interrogation1944 · as Sgt. Alfred Mason
• The Memphis Belle1944 · as (uncredited)
• Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane1944 · as Bob Chilton
• Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure1944 · as Capt. Mathews
• Ditch and Live1944 · as Captain Scott H. Reynolds
• Air Force1943 · as Bombardier
• Reconnaissance Pilot1943 · as Decoration Announcer (voice)
• 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
• Breakdowns of 19421942 · as Self
• Desperate Journey1942 · as Flight Officer Jed Forrest
• They Died with Their Boots On1941 · as Ned Sharp
• Highway West1941 · as George Foster
• Bad Men of Missouri1941 · as Jim Younger
• Strange Alibi1941 · as Sgt. Joe Geary
• Knockout1941 · as Johnny Rocket
• High Sierra1941 · as Red
• City for Conquest1940 · as Eddie Kenny

All TV Shows (10)

• Nakia1974
• CBS Playhouse1966 · as Rome Harper
• ABC Stage 671966 · as Lieutenant Hammond
• F.D.R.1965 · as Narrator
• Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Dr. Walter Meade Taylor
• Espionage1963 · as Ed Pierce
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Keith Hollands
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Sam Carter
• MGM Parade1955
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Whitney Barton