George Kennedy
Acting
- Lahir:
- 1925-02-18
- Meninggal:
- 2016-02-28
- Tempat lahir:
- New York City, New York, USA
Biografi
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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Filmografi
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
Sands of Oblivion
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
Don't Come Knocking
Three Bad Men
Truce
Monster Makers
View from the Top
Men in White
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
Small Soldiers
Dallas: War of The Ewings
Hollyweird
Cats Don't Dance
Bayou Ghost
Dallas: J.R. Returns
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Santo Bugito
WWE SummerSlam 1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Duckman
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Distant Justice
Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story
Intensive Care
The Commish
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Driving Me Crazy
Hangfire
Good Cops, Bad Cops
마유미
Hired to Kill
Wings
Brain Dead
Ministry of Vengeance
La bahía esmeralda
The Terror Within
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Uninvited
Top Line
Nightmare at Noon
Private Road: No Trespassing
Demonwarp
Escuadrón
Born to Race
What Price Victory
The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues
Creepshow 2
The Gunfighters
Radioactive Dreams
Liberty
The Delta Force
Savage Dawn
International Airport
Rigged
Half Nelson
A Rare Breed
Bolero
The Jesse Owens Story
Chattanooga Choo Choo
The Jupiter Menace
Wacko
Just Before Dawn
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
Modern Romance
Hotwire
復活の日
Death Ship
Steel
The Concorde... Airport '79
Search and Destroy
The Double McGuffin
Backstairs at the White House
Brass Target
Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
Dallas
Mean Dog Blues
人間の証明
Airport '77
The 'Human' Factor
Saturday Night Live
The Eiger Sanction
The Blue Knight
The Blue Knight
The Lion Roars Again
Earthquake
Airport 1975
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
A Cry in the Wilderness
Sonic Boom
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Deliver Us from Evil
Cahill: United States Marshal
Lost Horizon
A Great American Tragedy
The Bull of the West
The Priest Killer
Fools' Parade
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
Sarge
Dirty Dingus Magee
Zig Zag
Airport
… tick… tick… tick…
Gaily, Gaily
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
The Pink Jungle
The Boston Strangler
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Bandolero!
The Ballad of Josie
Cool Hand Luke
The Dirty Dozen
Ironside
Hurry Sundown
Tarzan
The Flight of the Phoenix
Mirage
Laredo
The Big Valley
The Legend of Jesse James
The Sons of Katie Elder
Shenandoah
In Harm's Way
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
See How They Run
Daniel Boone
The Rogues
Island of the Blue Dolphins
McHale's Navy
Strait-Jacket
Charade
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Great Adventure
Grindl
The Man from the Diners' Club
Going My Way
The Merv Griffin Show
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Virginian
Lonely are the Brave
The Mike Douglas Show
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
Dr. Kildare
Kraft Mystery Theatre
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
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
Lawman
Peter Gunn
Maverick
Perry Mason
Sugarfoot
Have Gun, Will Travel
Cheyenne
The Phil Silvers Show
Gunsmoke
The Oscars