George Kennedy

Nazione: United States

Genere: M

Compleanno: 1925-02-18

Morto: 2016-02-28

Biografia
Sandy-haired, tall and burly George Harris Kennedy, Jr. was born in New York City, to Helen A. (Kieselbach), a ballet dancer, and George Harris Kennedy, an orchestra leader and musician. He had German, Irish, and English ancestry. A World War II veteran, 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.

Attore:

  1. ...
    Big Jim
  2. ...
    Hawk
  3. ...
    Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez
  4. 4. Sciarada (1963), film
    ...
    Herman Scobie
  5. ...
    Foreman
  6. ...
    Leo Krause
  7. ...
    Henri Le Clerc
  8. ...
    Colonel Gregory
  9. ...
    Bellamy
  10. ...
    Curley
  11. 11. Mirage (1965), film
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    Willard
  12. ...
    Major Max Armbruster
  13. ...
    Dragline
  14. ...
    Sheriff Coombs
  15. ...
    Arch Ogden
  16. ...
    Sheriff July Johnson
  17. ...
    Phil DiNatale
  18. ...
    Phil DiNatale
  19. ...
    Ryderbeit
  20. ...
    Chris
  21. ...
    Axel P. Johanson
  22. ...
    Carter McKay
  23. 23. Airport (1970), film
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    Patroni
  24. ...
    John Little
  25. ...
    Paul R. Cameron
  26. ...
    Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill
  27. ...
    'Doc' Council
  28. ...
    Sam Cornelius
  29. ...
    Fraser
  30. ...
    Red Leary
  31. 31. Terremoto (1974), film
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    Slade
  32. ...
    Joe Patroni
  33. ...
    Ben Bowman
  34. ...
    John Kinsdale
  35. ...
    Gen. George S. Patton
  36. ...
    Andrew Pennington
  37. 37. Dallas (1978), serie
    ...
    Carter McKay
  38. ...
    Capt. Joe Patroni
  39. ...
    Big Lew Cassidy
  40. ...
    Adm. Conway
  41. ...
    Captain Ashland
  42. ...
    George Kennedy / Zeron
  43. ...
    Mr. Doctor Graves
  44. ...
    Cotton
  45. ...
    Spade Chandler
  46. ...
    Father O'Malley
  47. ...
    Deke Turner
  48. ...
    Ray Spruce
  49. 49. Uninvited (1987), film
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    Mike Harvey
  50. ...
    Gen. Nelson Miles
  51. ...
    Capt. Ed Hocken
  52. 52. Top line (1988), film
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    Heinrich Holzmann
  53. ...
    Sheriff Hanks
  54. ...
    Hal
  55. ...
    Ed Hocken
  56. ...
    John McCready
  57. 60. HANGFIRE (1991), film
    ...
    Warden E. Barles
  58. ...
    Ed Hocken
  59. ...
    Carter McKay
  60. ...
    Grandpa
  61. ...
    Carter McKay
  62. ...
    Dexter Brisbane
  63. ...
    Director
  64. ...
    John Tevis
  65. ...
    Joe Baker
  66. ...
    Ed

Doppiatori:

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    Brick Bazooka

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