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.

Фільмографія

• 2025Airports
• 2014Гравець — Ed
• 2011Another Happy Day — Joe Baker
• 20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift — (archive footage)
• 2010Six Days in Paradise — Monty Crenshaw
• 2008The Boneyard Collection — Professor Zebediah Jones (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight")
• 2008The Man Who Came Back — Judge Duke
• 2007Sands of Oblivion — John Tevis
• 2005Don't Come Knocking — Director
• 2005Three Bad Men — Ed Fiske
• 2005Truce — Dr. Peter Gannon
• 2003Monster Makers — Dexter Brisbane
• 2003Вид згори кращий — Passenger Requesting Vodka (uncredited)
• 1998Dallas: War of The Ewings — Carter McKay
• 1998Hollyweird — George Kennedy
• 1998Men in White — Army
• 1998Денніс-мучитель 2 — Mr. Johnson
• 1998Солдатики — Brick Bazooka (voice)
• 1997Bayou Ghost — Officer Lowe
• 1997Cats Don't Dance — L.B. Mammoth (voice)
• 1996Dallas: J.R. Returns — Carter McKay
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest — General Axton (voice)
• Santo Bugito — Ralph (voice)
• Duckman — Movie Director (voice)
• 1994Голий пістолет 33⅓: Остання образа — Ed Hocken
• 1992Distant Justice — Tom Bradfield
• 1992Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story — Father Dave Hagan
• 1991Driving Me Crazy — John McCready
• 1991Hangfire — Warden Barles
• 1991Intensive Care — Dr. Bruckner
• The Commish — Al Scali
• 1991Голий пістолет 2½: Запах страху — Ed Hocken
• 1990Brain Dead — Vance
• 1990Good Cops, Bad Cops
• 1990Hired to Kill — Thomas
• 1990Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist — Bahraini Investigator
• Wings — George Kennedy
• 1989Esmeralda Bay — Wilson
• 1989Ministry of Vengeance — Rev. Hughes
• 1989The Terror Within — Hal
• 1988Born to Race — Vincent Duplain
• 1988Counterforce — Vince Colby
• 1988Demonwarp — Bill Crafton
• 1988Nightmare at Noon — Sherrif Hanks
• 1988Private Road: No Trespassing — Sam Milshaw
• 1988Top Line — Heinrich Holzmann
• 1988Uninvited — Mike Harvey
• 1988What Price Victory — Big Buck Brayton
• 1988Голий пістолет: Із файлів поліційного відділку — Ed Hocken
• 1987The Gambler: The Legend Continues — General Nelson Miles
• 1987The Gunfighters — Deke Turner
• 1987Калейдоскоп жахів 2 — Ray Spruce
• 1986Liberty — Seamus Reilly
• 1986Radioactive Dreams — Spade Chandler
• 1986Загін «Дельта» — Father O'Malley
• 1985Half Nelson — Parsons
• 1985International Airport — Rudy Van Leuven
• 1985Rigged — Ben Wheeler
• 1985Savage Dawn — Tick Rand
• 1984A Rare Breed
• 1984Bolero — Cotton
• 1984Chattanooga Choo Choo — Bert
• 1984The Jesse Owens Story — Charles 'Charley' Riley
• 1982Wacko — Mr. Doctor Graves
• 1981Just Before Dawn — Roy McLean
• 1981Modern Romance — George Kennedy / Zeron
• 1981The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire — Brakus
• 1980Death Ship — Captain Ashland
• 1980Hotwire — Farley & Harley Fontenot
• 1980Virus — Admiral Conway
• Backstairs at the White House — Pres. Warren G. Harding
• 1979Search and Destroy — Anthony Fusqua
• 1979Steel — Big Lew Cassidy
• 1979The Double McGuffin — Chief Talasek
• 1979Конкорд: Аеропорт - 79 — Joe Patroni
• 1978Brass Target — Gen. George S. Patton
• 1978Mean Dog Blues — Captain Omar Kinsman
• Даллас — Carter McKay
• 1978Смерть на Нілі — Andrew Pennington
• 1977Proof of the Man — Ken Shuftan
• 1977Аеропорт '77 — Joe Patroni
• 1975The Blue Knight — Bumper Morgan
• The Blue Knight — Officer Bumper Morgan
• 1975The Human Factor — John Kinsdale
• 1975Санкція на піку Ейгера — Ben Bowman
• 1974A Cry in the Wilderness — Sam Hadley
• 1974Earthquake — Sgt. Lew Slade
• 1974Sonic Boom — Ben Dover
• 1974Аеропорт 1975 — Joe Patroni
• 1974Громило і Спритник / Блискавка і стрибунець — Red Leary
• 1973Cahill: United States Marshal — Abe Fraser
• 1973Deliver Us from Evil — Walter 'Cowboy' McAdams
• 1973Lost Horizon — Sam Cornelius
• 1972A Great American Tragedy — Brad Wilkes
• 1972The Bull of the West — 'Bear' Suchette
• 1971Fools' Parade — Dallas 'Doc' Council
• Sarge — Samuel Cavanaugh
• 1971Sarge: The Badge or the Cross — Sarge Swanson
• 1971The Priest Killer — Father Samuel Cavanaugh
• 1970Dirty Dingus Magee — Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill
• 1970Zig Zag — Paul R. Cameron
• 1970Аеропорт — Joe Patroni
• 1970… tick… tick… tick… — John Little
• 1969Gaily, Gaily — Axel P. Johanson
• 1969Guns of the Magnificent Seven — Chris
• 1969The Good Guys and the Bad Guys — McKay
• 1968Bandolero! — Sheriff July Johnson
• 1968The Boston Strangler — Det. Phil DiNatale
• 1968The Legend of Lylah Clare — Matt Burke
• 1968The Pink Jungle — Sammy Ryderbeit
• 1967Hurry Sundown — Sheriff Coombs
• Ironside — Father Samuel Cavanaugh
• 1967The Ballad of Josie — Arch Ogden
• 1967Брудна дюжина — Major Max Armbruster
• 1967Холоднокровний Люк — Dragline
• Tarzan
• 1965In Harm's Way — Colonel Gregory
• Laredo
• 1965Mirage — Willard
• 1965Shenandoah — Col. Fairchild
• The Big Valley — Thatcher
• The Legend of Jesse James — Blodgett
• 1965Політ Фенікса — Bellamy
• 1965Сини Кеті Елдер — Curley
• Daniel Boone — Zach Morgan
• 1964Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte — Foreman
• 1964Island of the Blue Dolphins — Aleut Captain
• 1964McHale's Navy — Henri Le Clerc
• 1964See How They Run — Rudy
• 1964Strait-Jacket — Leo Krause
• The Rogues — Major Vyx
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Der
• Grindl
• The Great Adventure — Sergeant Muldaney
• 1963The Man from the Diners' Club — George
• 1963Шарада — Herman Scobie
• Going My Way
• 1962Lonely are the Brave — Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — George Martin
• The Virginian — Jack Marshman, Tom 'Bear' Suchette, Huck Harkness
• Dr. Kildare — Joe Cramer, Sergeant Hensley
• 1961Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon — Hawk
• Gunslinger — Sheriff
• Kraft Mystery Theatre
• The Asphalt Jungle
• 1961The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come — Nathan Dillon
• Outlaws
• Route 66
• Surfside 6 — Gabe Buchanan
• The Andy Griffith Show — State Police Detective
• The Tall Man
• Thriller — John Paterson
• Bonanza — Waldo Watson, Peter Long
• Rawhide — George Wales
• Riverboat — Gunner Slagle
• 77 Sunset Strip
• Bat Masterson — Sheriff Zeke Armitage
• Lawman
• Peter Gunn
• Have Gun, Will Travel — Deke - Killer, Big Jim, Sam Tarnitzer
• Maverick — Deputy Jones
• Sugarfoot — Ross Kuhn, Sykes
• Перрі Мейсон — George Spangler
• Cheyenne — Lee Nelson
• The Phil Silvers Show — Kennedy (uncredited)
• Дим зі ствола — Emil, Bayloe, Swarner, Hug, Stark, Cyrus, Ben Payson

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (12)

• 2008A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke' — Self
• 2006Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' — Self
• 1994WWE SummerSlam 1994 — Himself
• Пізня ніч із Конаном О'Браєном — Self - Guest
• 1982The Jupiter Menace — Himself
• 1978Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette — Self
• 1975The Lion Roars Again — Self
• Суботнього вечора в прямому ефірі — Self - Host
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts — Self
• Шоу Мерва Ґріффіна — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Оскар — Self