Arthur Kennedy
Known for: Acting
Born: February 17, 1914
Died: January 5, 1990
Place of birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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Filmography
95 movies · 11 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Grandpa
1990
4.9
Signs of Life
1989
6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
6.6
American Playhouse
1982NR
Assault with a Deadly Weapon
1982
3.7
The Humanoid
1979
4.8
Dirty World
1978
5.2
Cyclone
1978
4.6
Cave of the Sharks
19786.5
Last Angels
1978
7.0
Covert Action
1978
5.3
Nine Guests for a Crime
1977
6.1
The Sentinel
1977
6.6
Rome, Armed to the Teeth
1976
4.2
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island
1976
9.0
Blackmail Chase
1976
6.4
Killer Cop
1975
6.4
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
1974
6.1
The Antichrist
1974
6.0
Nakia
1974
9.0
Nakia
1974NR
The Man from Independence
1974
6.3
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
5.9
Ricco
1973
6.1
Family Killer
1973
5.8
Crawlspace
1972
7.0
A Death of Innocence
1971
6.8
My Old Man's Place
1971
6.9
The Movie Murderer
1970
4.3
Shark
1969
6.5
Hail, Hero!
1969
5.6
Anzio
1968
6.2
Day of the Evil Gun
1968
5.9
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
1968
5.4
Monday's Child
19677.0
CBS Playhouse
1966
6.8
ABC Stage 67
1966
6.7
Fantastic Voyage
1966
6.7
Nevada Smith
1966
4.3
Joy in the Morning
1965
5.7
Murieta
196510.0
F.D.R.
1965
6.0
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
1965
6.7
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
6.7
Attack and Retreat
1964
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
10.0
Espionage
1963
8.0
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
5.6
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
6.9
Barabbas
1961
7.3
Murder She Said
1961
5.2
Claudelle Inglish
1961
7.3
Elmer Gantry
1960
NR
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960
6.6
A Summer Place
1959
8.0
Home Is the Hero
1959
7.0
Some Came Running
1958
4.7
Twilight for the Gods
1958
6.7
Peyton Place
1957
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
5.6
The Rawhide Years
1956
6.2
The Naked Dawn
1955
6.9
Trial
1955
7.0
The Desperate Hours
1955
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
7.2
The Man from Laramie
1955
6.7
Crashout
1955
4.6
Impulse
1954
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
6.7
The Lusty Men
1952
7.1
The Girl in White
1952
6.5
Rancho Notorious
1952
7.0
Bend of the River
1952
6.7
Red Mountain
1951
7.1
Bright Victory
1951
5.7
The Glass Menagerie
1950
6.7
Chicago Deadline
1949
6.8
Too Late for Tears
1949
7.0
The Window
1949
6.7
Champion
1949
6.0
The Walking Hills
1949
7.0
Cheyenne
1947
7.1
Boomerang!
1947
6.5
It's Your America
1946
5.9
Devotion
1946NR
Target - Invisible
1945
6.2
The Last Bomb
1945
6.6
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1944
6.7
The Memphis Belle
1944NR
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
1944NR
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
1944NR
Ditch and Live
1944
6.5
Air Force
1943
7.0
Reconnaissance Pilot
19437.0
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations)
19439.0
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations)
1943
6.0
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
6.1
Desperate Journey
1942
6.7
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
6.6
Highway West
1941
6.2
Bad Men of Missouri
1941
7.2
Strange Alibi
1941
5.1
Knockout
1941
7.1
High Sierra
1941
6.9
City for Conquest
1940