George Kennedy
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1925-02-18
- Décès:
- 2016-02-28
- Lieu de naissance:
- New York City, New York, USA
Biographie
George Kennedy (February 18, 1925 — February 28, 2016) was a European-American businessman, entrepreneur, A World War II veteran, actor, adviser, radio dj, and author. Kennedy at one stage in his career cornered the market at playing tough, no-nonsense characters who were either quite crooked or possessed hearts of gold. Kennedy notched up an impressive 200+ appearances in both TV and film, and was well respected within the Hollywood community. He started out in TV westerns in the late 1950s and early 1960s: Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), Rawhide (1959), Maverick (1957), Colt .45 (1957), among others; before scoring minor roles in films including Lonely Are the Brave (1962), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965). The late 1960s was a very busy period for Kennedy, and he was strongly in favor with casting agents, appearing in Hurry Sundown (1967), The Dirty Dozen (1967) and scoring an Oscar win as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Cool Hand Luke (1967). The disaster film boom of the 1970s was kind to Kennedy, too, and his talents were in demand for Airport(1970) and the three subsequent sequels, as a grizzled cop in Earthquake (1974), plus the buddy/road film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) as vicious bank robber Red Leary. The 1980s saw Kennedy appear in a mishmash of roles, playing various characters; however, Kennedy and Leslie Nielsen surprised everyone with their comedic talents in the hugely successful The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), and the two screen veterans hammed it up again in, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991), plus Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994). Kennedy remained busy in Hollywood and lent his distinctive voice to the animated Cats Don't Dance (1997) and the children's action film Small Soldiers (1998). A Hollywood stalwart for nearly 50 years, he is one of the most enjoyable actors to watch on screen. His last role was in the film The Gambler (2014), as Mark Wahlberg's character's grandfather. George Kennedy died on February 28, 2016 in Middleton, Idaho.
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Filmographie
Airports
The Gambler
Another Happy Day
Six Days in Paradise
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'
The Man Who Came Back
The Boneyard Collection
La Malédiction des sables
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
Don't come knocking
Three Bad Men
Truce
Monster Makers
Hôtesse à tout prix
Men in White
Denis la Malice sème la panique
Small Soldiers
Dallas: War of The Ewings
Hollyweird
Dany, le chat superstar
Bayou Ghost
Dallas: J.R. Returns
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Santo Bugito
WWE SummerSlam 1994
Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver Hollywood ?
Duckmann
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Distant Justice
Plan final: L'histoire Hank Recueille
Intensive Care
L'as de la crime
Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver le président ?
Driving Me Crazy
Hangfire
Haute Corruption
마유미
Hired to Kill
Wings
Brain Dead
Ministry of Vengeance
La bahía esmeralda
M.N.I. mutants non identifiés
Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver la reine ?
Le Clandestin
Top Line
Terreur sur la ville
Private Road: No Trespassing
Demonwarp
Escuadrón
Born to Race
What Price Victory
The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues
Creepshow 2
The Gunfighters
Le Dernier Missile
Liberty
Delta Force
L'Aube sauvage
International Airport
Rigged
Half Nelson
A Rare Breed
Bolero
The Jesse Owens Story
Chattanooga Choo Choo
The Jupiter Menace
Wacko
Survivance
L'Archer et la Sorcière
Modern Romance
Hotwire
Virus
Le bateau de la mort
Des Nerfs d'acier
Airport 80 Concorde
L'Exterminateur
The Double McGuffin
Backstairs at the White House
La Cible étoilée
Mort sur le Nil
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
Dallas
Purgatoire
La Preuve d'un homme
Les Naufragés du 747
La Guerre des otages
Saturday Night Live
La Sanction
The Blue Knight
The Blue Knight
The Lion Roars Again
Tremblement de terre
747 en péril
Le Canardeur
A Cry in the Wilderness
Sonic Boom
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Deliver Us from Evil
Les Cordes de la Potence
Lost Horizon
A Great American Tragedy
The Bull of the West
The Priest Killer
Le rendez-vous des dupes
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
Sarge
Dirty Dingus Magee
Zig Zag
Airport
Tick… Tick… Tick et la violence explosa
Gaily, Gaily
Un Homme fait la loi
Les Colts des sept mercenaires
La Jungle aux diamants
L'Étrangleur de Boston
Le Démon des femmes
Bandolero!
Le ranch de l'injustice
Luke la main froide
Les Douze Salopards
L'Homme de fer
Que vienne la nuit
Tarzan
Le Vol du Phénix
Mirage
Laredo
La Grande Vallée
The Legend of Jesse James
Les Quatre Fils de Katie Elder
Les prairies de l'honneur
Première Victoire
Chut, chut, chère Charlotte
See How They Run
Daniel Boone
The Rogues
Island of the Blue Dolphins
McHale's Navy
La Meurtrière diabolique
Charade
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Great Adventure
Grindl
The Man from the Diners' Club
Going My Way
The Merv Griffin Show
Suspicion
Le Virginien
Seuls sont les indomptés
The Mike Douglas Show
Règlements de comptes à Black Horse Canyon
Dr. Kildare
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Le petit berger du règne vienne
The Asphalt Jungle
Gunslinger
Route 66
Surfside 6
The Andy Griffith Show
Outlaws
Thriller
The Tall Man
Riverboat
Bonanza
Rawhide
77 Sunset Strip
Bat Masterson
L'Homme de la loi
Peter Gunn
Maverick
Perry Mason
Sugarfoot
Have Gun, Will Travel
Cheyenne
The Phil Silvers Show
Gunsmoke Police Des Plaines
Cérémonie des Oscars