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George Kennedy

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2/18/1925, New York City, USA

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Biography

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George's Parents were an orchestra leader and a ballet dancer. Starting at the age of two, he was on the stage and was a radio performer. During WWII he enlisted in the Army and stayed for 16 years. He saw combat and later was an Armed Forces radio…more

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Star (53)

Role
- Another Happy Day
  Star
  2012
- Mirage
  Star
  2010
- The Man Who Came Back
  Star
  2008
- Sands of Oblivion
  Star
  2007
- The Boston Strangler
  Star
  2006
- Santo Bugito
  Ralph
  - S 1: Ep 13 Buenos Roaches
    1/1/06
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Carnivore Kid
    1/1/06
  - S 1: Ep 12 Bugged Bug
  - S 1: Ep 11 My Name is Revenge
  - S 1: Ep 10 How to Eat People & Make New Friends
  - + 8 More Credits
- Dallas
  Carter McKay
  - S 14: Ep 25 Dallas: War of the Ewings
    4/24/98
  - S 14: Ep 24 Dallas: J.R. Returns
    11/15/96
  - S 14: Ep 23 Conundrum (2)
    5/3/91
  - S 14: Ep 21 The Decline and Fall of the Ewing Empire
    4/26/91
  - S 14: Ep 19 Farewell, My Lovely
    4/12/91
  - + 38 More Credits
- Dennis the Menace Strikes Again
  Grandpa
  1998
- Cats Don't Dance
  Star
  1997
- Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
  Ed Hocken
  1994
- The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
  Det. Captain Ed Hocken
  1991
- Ministry of Vengeance
  Star
  1989
- Terror Within
  Star
  1989
- Naked Gun from the files of Police Squad
  Ed Hocken
  1988
- Nightmare at Noon
  Star
  1988
- Uninvited
  Star
  1988
- Born to Race
  Star
  1988
- Creepshow 2
  Ray Spruce
  1987
- The Gunfighters
  Star
  1987
- Bolero
  Star
  1984
- Wacko
  Star
  1983
- Just Before Dawn
  Star
  1982
- Modern Romance
  Himself and Zeron
  1981
- The Concorde: Airport '79
  Star
  1979
- The Human Factor
  Star
  1979
- The Double McGuffin
  Star
  1979
- Dallas
  Carter McKay (1989-1991)
- Airport '77
  Joe Patroni
  1977
- The Blue Knight
  Bumper Morgan
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Rose and the Gun
    10/20/76
  - S 2: Ep 3 Upward Mobility
    10/13/76
  - S 2: Ep 2 A Slight Case of Murder
    9/29/76
  - S 2: Ep 1 Bullseye
    9/22/76
  - S 1: Ep 14 Everybody Needs a Little Attention
    3/31/76
  - + 20 More Credits
- The Bull of the West
  Star
  1975
- The Eiger Sanction
  Star
  1975
- Thunderbolt And Lightfoot
  Star
  1974
- Airport 1975
  Joe Patroni
  1974
- Earthquake
  Lew Slade
  1974
- Cahill: U.S. Marshall
  Star
  1973
- Sarge
  Father Samuel 'Sarge' Cavanaugh
  - S 1: Ep 15 Napoleon Never Wanted To Be A Cop
    1/11/72
  - S 1: Ep 14 An Accident Waiting To Happen
    1/4/72
  - S 1: Ep 13 A Party To The Crime
    12/28/71
  - S 1: Ep 12 A Company Of Victims
    12/7/71
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Combatants
    11/30/71
  - + 12 More Credits
- Airport
  Joe Patroni
  1970
- Dirty Dingus Magee
  Star
  1970
- ...tick...tick...tick...
  Star
  1970
- Guns of the Magnificent Seven
  Chris
  1969
- Gaily, Gaily
  Star
  1969
- Bandolero!
  Star
  1968
- The Ballad of Josie
  Star
  1968
- Cool Hand Luke
  Dragline
  1967
- The Dirty Dozen
  Major Max Armbruster
  1967
- Hurry Sundown
  Star
  1967
- The Flight of the Phoenix
  Bellamy
  1965
- Shenandoah
  Star
  1965
- The Sons of Katie Elder
  Star
  1965
- In Harm's Way
  Star
  1965
- Strait-Jacket
  Star
  1964
- Charade
  Herman Scobie
  1963
- Lonely Are the Brave
  Star
  1962
Recurring Role (6)

Role
- Dallas
  Carter McKay
  - S 12: Ep 19 Three Hundred
    3/17/89
- Match Game '73
  Himself
- Gunsmoke
  Ben Payson
  - S 11: Ep 27 Harvest
    3/26/66
- Gunsmoke
  Cyrus Degler
  - S 10: Ep 2 Crooked Mile
    10/3/64
- Gunsmoke
  Stark
  - S 9: Ep 33 The Warden
    5/16/64
- The Asphalt Jungle
  Detective Kolb
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Gomez Affair
    4/23/61
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Friendly Gesture
    4/16/61
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Burglary Ring
    4/2/61
Guest Star (104)

Role
- Hollywood Greats
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 3 Tony Curtis
    4/16/02
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
  General Axton
  - S 2: Ep 9 DNA Doomsday
    12/23/96
- Wings
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 21 What About Larry?
    4/9/96
- Duckman
  Voice of Unknown
  - S 2: Ep 7 In the Nam of the Father
    4/24/95
- The Commish
  Allen Scali
  - S 4: Ep 14 The Golden Years
    2/2/95
- WWE Pay-Per-View
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 4 Summerslam 1994
    8/29/94
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 January 18, 1989
    1/18/89
- Dallas
  Carter McKay
  - S 12: Ep 1 Carousel
    10/28/88
- Good Morning America
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 67 April 3, 1986
    4/3/86
- The Love Boat
  Guest Star
  - S 8: Ep 2 Vicki and the Fugitive/Lady in the Window/Stolen Years/Dutch Treat (1)
    9/29/84
- Fantasy Island
  Adam Cobb
  - S 7: Ep 4 God Child / Curtain Call
    10/29/83
- Police Squad!
  Captain Ed Hocken
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 3 George Kennedy/Miles Davis
    10/17/81
- The Toni Tennille Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 24 October 17, 1980
    10/17/80
- Over Easy
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 64 February 8, 1979
    2/8/79
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 71 January 10, 1979
    1/10/79
  - S 15: Ep 145 Week of March 28, 1977
    3/28/77
  - S 13: Ep 69 December 5, 1974
    12/5/74
  - S 12: Ep 142 March 21, 1973
    3/21/73
- Match Game '73
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 9 MG78-9
    3/2/78
  - S 5: Ep 38 MG77-38
    9/20/77
  - S 4: Ep 48 MG76-48
    12/1/76
  - S 4: Ep 26 MG76-26
    6/25/76
  - S 4: Ep 11 MG76-11
    3/10/76
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 127 March 28, 1977
    3/28/77
  - S 2: Ep 192 July 19, 1976
    7/19/76
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 25 October 8, 1976
    10/8/76
  - S 8: Ep 180 May 31, 1971
    5/31/71
  - S 8: Ep 63 December 10, 1970
    12/10/70
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 4 September 15-19, 1975 (NBC-TV)
    9/15/75
  - S 9: Ep 30 December 16-20, 1974 (NBC-TV)
    12/16/74
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 2 Telly Savalas
    11/15/74
  - S 1: Ep 9 Wilt Chamberlain
    11/8/73
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 90 Show #2090
    5/27/74
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 9 Wilt Chamberlain (Celebrity Roast)
    11/9/73
- The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 5 George Kennedy guest
    9/1/73
- Ironside
  Sarge
  - S 5: Ep 1 Priest-Killer
    9/14/71
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 81 April 24, 1970
    4/24/70
- Match Game PM
  panelist
  - S 1: Ep 32 Match Game PM #1-32
- Lonesome Dove: The Series
  Hangin' Judge
  - S 1: Ep 5 Judgment Day
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 153 April 7, 1969
    4/7/69
  - S 2: Ep 239 August 22, 1968
    8/22/68
  - S 2: Ep 147 April 15, 1968
    4/15/68
  - S 2: Ep 70 December 27, 1967
    12/27/67
- Hawaii Five-O
  Larry Fredericks
- Hawaii Five-O
  Lieutenant Parrish
- Hawaii Five-O
  Commander Lokepa
- Hawaii Five-O
  Commander Fredericks
- Hawaii Five-O
  John Gerald Lott
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 40: Ep 1 The 40th Annual Academy Awards
    4/10/68
  - S 75: Ep 1 The 75th Annual Academy Awards
    3/23/03
  - S 70: Ep 1 The 70th Annual Academy Awards
    3/23/98
- Tarzan (1966)
  Crandell
  - S 2: Ep 3 Thief Catcher
    9/29/67
- The Virginian
  Harkness
  - S 5: Ep 8 Trail to Ashley Mountain
    11/2/66
- Tarzan (1966)
  Convict
- Dr. Kildare
  Sgt. Hensley
  - S 5: Ep 56 A Strange Sort Of Accident (2)
    3/29/66
  - S 5: Ep 55 Mercy Or Murder (1)
    3/28/66
- The Big Valley
  Jack Thatcher
  - S 1: Ep 21 Barbary Red
    2/16/66
- Laredo
  Jess Moran
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Pride of the Rangers
    12/16/65
- A Man Called Shenandoah
  Mitchell Canady
  - S 1: Ep 12 A Special Talent for Killing
    12/6/65
- Daniel Boone
  Zach Morgan
  - S 2: Ep 11 A Rope for Mingo
    12/2/65
- The Virginian
  Tom Suchette
  - S 4: Ep 8 Nobility of Kings
    11/10/65
- A Man Called Shenandoah
  Guest Star
- The Rogues
  Major Vyx
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Computer Goes West
    12/13/64
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  George Martin
  - S 3: Ep 8 Misadventure
    12/7/64
- The Virginian
  Jack Marshman
  - S 3: Ep 12 A Gallows for Sam Horn
    12/2/64
- Bonanza
  Waldo Watson
  - S 6: Ep 6 The Scapegoat
    10/25/64
- The Rogues
  Guest Star
- McHale's Navy
  Big Frenchy
  - S 2: Ep 28 Return of Big Frenchy
    3/24/64
  - S 2: Ep 11 French Leave for McHale
    11/26/63
- The Great Adventure
  Sergeant Mulduney
  - S 1: Ep 15 Rodger Young
    1/24/64
- The Farmer's Daughter
  Olaf Bjornsen
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Simple Life
    12/18/63
- The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
  Angus
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Day Of The Long Night
    11/10/63
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Der
  - S 1: Ep 5 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
    11/8/63
- Grindl
  Lefty
  - S 1: Ep 5 Grindl and the Counterfeiters
    10/13/63
- Dr. Kildare
  Joe Kramer
  - S 2: Ep 32 To Each His Prison
    5/23/63
- The Andy Griffith Show
  Detective
  - S 3: Ep 32 The Big House
    5/6/63
- Perry Mason
  George Spangler
  - S 6: Ep 25 The Case of the Greek Goddess
    4/18/63
- Alcoa Premiere
  Lincoln
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Broken Year
    4/4/63
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Brother Grace
  - S 6: Ep 28 The Eve of St. Elmo
    3/23/63
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Armstrong
  - S 5: Ep 18 The Night Was Six Years Long
    2/8/63
- Alcoa Premiere
  Jake
  - S 2: Ep 7 Ordeal in Darkness
    11/15/62
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Henry
- Gunsmoke
  Hug
  - S 7: Ep 34 The Boys
    5/26/62
- Thriller
  John Patterson
  - S 2: Ep 28 The Innocent Bystanders
    4/9/62
- Outlaws
  Joe Ferris
  - S 2: Ep 22 Farewell Performance
    3/15/62
- The Tall Man
  Hyram
  - S 2: Ep 27 Three For All
    3/10/62
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Big Jim
  - S 5: Ep 26 Don't Shoot the Piano Player
    3/10/62
- Rawhide
  George Wales
  - S 4: Ep 15 The Peddler
    1/19/62
- The Tall Man
  Jake Newton
  - S 2: Ep 9 Trial by Hanging
    11/4/61
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Rud Saxon
  - S 5: Ep 5 A Proof of Love
    10/14/61
- Alcoa Premiere
  Guest Star
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Deke
  - S 5: Ep 1 The Vigil
    9/16/61
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Preston
  - S 4: Ep 36 The Road
    5/27/61
- The Untouchables
  Birdie
  - S 2: Ep 30 The King Of Champagne
    5/25/61
- The Red Skelton Show
  Ship's Purser
  - S 10: Ep 24 Freddie's Shipwreck
    5/16/61
- Bat Masterson
  Zeke Armitage
  - S 3: Ep 29 The Fourth Man
    4/27/61
- Bonanza
  Peter Long
  - S 2: Ep 29 The Infernal Machine
    4/22/61
- Gunsmoke
  Pat Swarner
  - S 6: Ep 27 Big Man
    3/25/61
- Gunsmoke
  Jake Bayloe
  - S 6: Ep 22 Kitty Shot
    2/11/61
- Klondike
  Ira Shallop
  - S 1: Ep 12 Swing Your Partner
    1/9/61
- The Case of the Dangerous Robin
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 13 Jungle Quest
    1/9/61
- SurfSide 6
  Gabe Buchanan
  - S 1: Ep 15 Heels Over Head
    1/9/61
- My Sister Eileen
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 11 Ebenezer Scrooge Appopoplous
    12/21/60
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Tarnitzer
  - S 4: Ep 13 The Legacy
    12/10/60
- Riverboat
  Gunner Slagle
  - S 2: Ep 4 River Champion
    10/10/60
- Route 66
  Thad Skinner
  - S 1: Ep 1 Black November
    10/7/60
- Maverick
  Deputy Jones
  - S 4: Ep 2 Hadley's Hunters
    9/25/60
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Lt. Bryson
  - S 4: Ep 3 A Head of Hair
    9/24/60
- Gunsmoke
  Emil Wolheter
  - S 6: Ep 2 The Blacksmith
    9/17/60
- Thriller
  John Paterson
- Peter Gunn
  Karl
  - S 2: Ep 36 The Crossbow
    6/6/60
- Shotgun Slade
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 32 The Spanish Box
    5/27/60
- Sugarfoot
  Ross Kuhn
  - S 3: Ep 19 Funeral at Forty Mile
    5/24/60
- The Alaskans
  Finch
  - S 1: Ep 29 Counterblow
    4/24/60
- Laramie
  Gene
  - S 1: Ep 23 Duel At Alta Mesa
    2/23/60
- Lawman (1958)
  Burt
  - S 2: Ep 18 To Capture the West
    2/7/60
- Cheyenne
  uncredited
  - S 4: Ep 6 Prisoner of Moon Mesa
    11/16/59
- Colt .45
  Hank
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Rival Gun
    10/25/59
- Riverboat
  Guest Star
- Gunsmoke
  Cyrus Degler
- Gunsmoke
  Stark
- Gunsmoke
  Ben Payson
Writer (1)

Role
- Benson
  Writer
  - S 7: Ep 15 Reel Murder (2)
    2/15/86
  - S 7: Ep 14 Reel Murder (1)
    2/8/86

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- George Kennedy won The Motion Picture Academy Award for Best-Supporting Actor in the 1967 Film "Cool Hand Luke".
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7.0

By limbodrive, Nov 24, 2007

With his deep voice, this guy tended to play dominant male characters. He did both Comedy and Drama well. I would consider George a classic actor.
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