George Kennedy

🎂 Data nașterii: 1925-02-18 (New York City, New York, USA)

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.

Filme în care a jucat

George Kennedy

Filme în care a jucat

Luke, mână rece

Duzina de ticăloși

The Flight of the Phoenix

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Aeroportul

Moarte pe Nil

Șarada

The Eiger Sanction

Cutremurul

Shenandoah

Bolero

Brain Dead

Cahill: United States Marshal

Soldați mici

Nisipurile uitării

Pe urmele banilor

Airport '77

The 'Human' Factor

Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'

Death Ship

Armele celor șapte magnifici

The Boston Strangler

Aeroport '75

Don't Come Knocking

Demonwarp

The Terror Within

The Concorde... Airport '79

Un polițist cu explozie întârziată 33 1/3

Strait-Jacket

Bandolero!

復活の日

Încă o zi fericită

Lonely are the Brave

Un polițist cu explozie întârziată

Un poliţist cu explozie întârziată 2 1/2

Forța Delta

The Sons of Katie Elder

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!

Creepshow 2

Uninvited

The Man Who Came Back

Radioactive Dreams

Fools' Parade

Just Before Dawn

Dirty Dingus Magee

Mirage

Băieți buni, băieți răi

The Ballad of Josie

Nightmare at Noon

Brass Target

The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire

Zig Zag

Search and Destroy

Wacko

… tick… tick… tick…

The Gunfighters

Savage Dawn

A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'

Hired to Kill

The Double McGuffin

Lost Horizon

Steel

Born to Race

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

Monster Makers

Top Line

The Bull of the West

Gaily, Gaily

Intensive Care

Hurry Sundown

Mean Dog Blues

The Man from the Diners' Club

Hotwire

Private Road: No Trespassing

Deliver Us from Evil

The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues

The Jupiter Menace

Ministry of Vengeance