Arthur Kennedy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 17, 1914, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- January 5, 1990
- Movies
- 95
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1990 | Grandpa | |
| 1989 | Signs of Life | Owen Coughlin |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1979 | The Humanoid | Dr. Kraspin |
| 1978 | Dirty World | Senator Merelli |
| 1978 | Cyclone | Priest |
| 1978 | Cave of the Sharks | Mr. Jackson |
| 1978 | Last Angels | Il nonno |
| 1978 | Covert Action | CIA Chief of Station, Athens |
| 1977 | Nine Guests for a Crime | Uberto |
| 1977 | The Sentinel | Monsignor Franchino |
| 1976 | Rome, Armed to the Teeth | Vice questore Ruini |
| 1976 | Emmanuelle on Taboo Island | Antonio |
| 1976 | Blackmail Chase | Mike Jannacone |
| 1975 | Killer Cop | Armando Di Federico |
| 1974 | The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue | The Inspector |
| 1974 | The Antichrist | Bishop Ascanio Oderisi |
| 1974 | Nakia | Sheriff Sam Jericho |
| 1974 | The Man from Independence | Tom Pendergast |
| 1973 | The President's Plane Is Missing | Gunther Damon |
| 1973 | Ricco | Don Vito |
| 1973 | Family Killer | Don Angelino Ferrante |
| 1972 | Crawlspace | Albert Graves |
| 1971 | A Death of Innocence | Mark Hirsch |
| 1971 | My Old Man's Place | Walter Pell |
| 1970 | The Movie Murderer | Angus MacGregor |
| 1969 | Shark | Doc |
| 1969 | Hail, Hero! | Albert Dixon |
| 1968 | Anzio | Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley |
| 1968 | Day of the Evil Gun | Owen Forbes |
| 1968 | A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die | Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby |
| 1967 | Monday's Child | Peter Richardson |
| 1966 | Fantastic Voyage | Dr. Duval |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | Bill Bowdre |
| 1965 | Joy in the Morning | Patrick Brown |
| 1965 | Murieta | Capt. Love |
| 1965 | The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles | Narrator (voice) |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Doc Holliday |
| 1964 | Attack and Retreat | Ferro Maria Ferri |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | Jackson Bentley |
| 1962 | Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man | Dr. Henry Adams |
| 1961 | Barabbas | Pontius Pilate |
| 1961 | Murder She Said | Paul Quimper |
| 1961 | Claudelle Inglish | Clyde Inglish |
| 1960 | Elmer Gantry | Jim Lefferts |
| 1960 | In the Presence of Mine Enemies | Paul Heller |
| 1959 | A Summer Place | Bart Hunter |
| 1959 | Home Is the Hero | Willie O'Reilly |
| 1958 | Some Came Running | Frank Hirsh |
| 1958 | Twilight for the Gods | First Mate Ramsay |
| 1957 | Peyton Place | Lucas Cross |
| 1956 | The Rawhide Years | Rick Harper |
| 1955 | The Naked Dawn | Santiago |
| 1955 | Trial | Barney Castle |
| 1955 | The Desperate Hours | Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard |
| 1955 | The Man from Laramie | Vic Hansbro |
| 1955 | Crashout | Joe Quinn |
| 1954 | Impulse | Alan Curtis |
| 1952 | The Lusty Men | Wes Merritt |
| 1952 | The Girl in White | Dr. Ben Barringer |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious | Vern Haskell |
| 1952 | Bend of the River | Emerson Cole |
| 1951 | Red Mountain | Lane Waldron |
| 1951 | Bright Victory | Larry Nevins |
| 1950 | The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield |
| 1949 | Chicago Deadline | Tommy Ditman |
| 1949 | Too Late for Tears | Alan Palmer |
| 1949 | The Window | Ed Woodry |
| 1949 | Champion | Connie Kelly |
| 1949 | The Walking Hills | Chalk |
| 1947 | Cheyenne | The Sundance Kid |
| 1947 | Boomerang! | John Waldron |
| 1946 | It's Your America | Soldier / Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Devotion | Branwell Brontë |
| 1945 | Target - Invisible | Air Force Officer / Narrator |
| 1945 | The Last Bomb | Crewman (voice) |
| 1944 | Resisting Enemy Interrogation | Sgt. Alfred Mason |
| 1944 | The Memphis Belle | (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane | Bob Chilton |
| 1944 | Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure | Capt. Mathews |
| 1944 | Ditch and Live | Captain Scott H. Reynolds |
| 1943 | Air Force | Bombardier |
| 1943 | Reconnaissance Pilot | Decoration Announcer (voice) |
| 1943 | How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations) | Instructor |
| 1943 | How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations) | Instructor |
| 1942 | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self |
| 1942 | Desperate Journey | Flight Officer Jed Forrest |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Ned Sharp |
| 1941 | Highway West | George Foster |
| 1941 | Bad Men of Missouri | Jim Younger |
| 1941 | Strange Alibi | Sgt. Joe Geary |
| 1941 | Knockout | Johnny Rocket |
| 1941 | High Sierra | Red |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Eddie Kenny |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1982 | Assault with a Deadly Weapon | Director |
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