Arthur Kennedy

Known for: Acting

Born: 1914-02-17 – 1990-01-05 (aged 75)

From: 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.

Filmography (105)

MOVIE★ 10.0
Grandpa
1990
MOVIE★ 4.9
Signs of Life
1989
as Owen Coughlin
MOVIE★ 6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Owen Coughlin
MOVIE★ 3.7
The Humanoid
1979
as Dr. Kraspin
MOVIE★ 4.8
Dirty World
1978
as Senator Merelli
MOVIE★ 5.2
Cyclone
1978
as Priest
MOVIE★ 4.6
Cave of the Sharks
1978
as Mr. Jackson
MOVIE★ 6.5
Last Angels
1978
as Il nonno
MOVIE★ 7.0
Covert Action
1978
as CIA Chief of Station, Athens
MOVIE★ 5.3
Nine Guests for a Crime
1977
as Uberto
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Sentinel
1977
as Monsignor Franchino
MOVIE★ 6.6
Rome, Armed to the Teeth
1976
as Vice questore Ruini
MOVIE★ 4.2
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island
1976
as Antonio
MOVIE★ 9.0
Blackmail Chase
1976
as Mike Jannacone
MOVIE★ 6.5
Killer Cop
1975
as Armando Di Federico
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
1974
as The Inspector
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Antichrist
1974
as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
TV★ 6.0
Nakia
1974
MOVIE★ 9.0
Nakia
1974
as Sheriff Sam Jericho
MOVIE
The Man from Independence
1974
as Tom Pendergast
MOVIE★ 6.3
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as Gunther Damon
MOVIE★ 5.9
Ricco
1973
as Don Vito
MOVIE★ 6.1
Family Killer
1973
as Don Angelino Ferrante
MOVIE★ 5.8
Crawlspace
1972
as Albert Graves
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Death of Innocence
1971
as Mark Hirsch
MOVIE★ 6.8
My Old Man's Place
1971
as Walter Pell
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Movie Murderer
1970
as Angus MacGregor
MOVIE★ 4.3
Shark
1969
as Doc
MOVIE★ 6.5
Hail, Hero!
1969
as Albert Dixon
MOVIE★ 5.7
Anzio
1968
as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley
MOVIE★ 6.2
Day of the Evil Gun
1968
as Owen Forbes
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
1968
as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby
MOVIE★ 5.4
Monday's Child
1967
as Peter Richardson
TV★ 7.0
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Rome Harper
TV★ 6.8
ABC Stage 67
1966
as Lieutenant Hammond
MOVIE★ 6.7
Fantastic Voyage
1966
as Dr. Duval
MOVIE★ 6.7
Nevada Smith
1966
as Bill Bowdre
MOVIE★ 4.2
Joy in the Morning
1965
as Patrick Brown
MOVIE★ 5.7
Murieta
1965
as Capt. Love
TV★ 10.0
F.D.R.
1965
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
1965
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Doc Holliday
MOVIE★ 6.7
Attack and Retreat
1964
as Ferro Maria Ferri
TV★ 6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Dr. Walter Meade Taylor
TV★ 10.0
Espionage
1963
as Ed Pierce
MOVIE★ 8.0
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
as Jackson Bentley
TV★ 7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Keith Hollands
MOVIE★ 5.5
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as Dr. Henry Adams
MOVIE★ 6.9
Barabbas
1961
as Pontius Pilate
MOVIE★ 7.3
Murder She Said
1961
as Paul Quimper
MOVIE★ 5.2
Claudelle Inglish
1961
as Clyde Inglish
MOVIE★ 7.3
Elmer Gantry
1960
as Jim Lefferts
MOVIE
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960
as Paul Heller
MOVIE★ 6.6
A Summer Place
1959
as Bart Hunter
MOVIE★ 8.0
Home Is the Hero
1959
as Willie O'Reilly
MOVIE★ 7.0
Some Came Running
1958
as Frank Hirsh
MOVIE★ 4.7
Twilight for the Gods
1958
as First Mate Ramsay
MOVIE★ 6.8
Peyton Place
1957
as Lucas Cross
TV★ 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sam Carter
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Rawhide Years
1956
as Rick Harper
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Naked Dawn
1955
as Santiago
MOVIE★ 6.9
Trial
1955
as Barney Castle
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Desperate Hours
1955
as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
TV★ 7.5
MGM Parade
1955
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Man from Laramie
1955
as Vic Hansbro
MOVIE★ 6.7
Crashout
1955
as Joe Quinn
MOVIE★ 4.6
Impulse
1954
as Alan Curtis
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Whitney Barton
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Lusty Men
1952
as Wes Merritt
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Girl in White
1952
as Dr. Ben Barringer
MOVIE★ 6.5
Rancho Notorious
1952
as Vern Haskell
MOVIE★ 7.0
Bend of the River
1952
as Emerson Cole
MOVIE★ 6.7
Red Mountain
1951
as Lane Waldron
MOVIE★ 7.1
Bright Victory
1951
as Larry Nevins
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Glass Menagerie
1950
as Tom Wingfield
MOVIE★ 6.7
Chicago Deadline
1949
as Tommy Ditman
MOVIE★ 6.8
Too Late for Tears
1949
as Alan Palmer
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Window
1949
as Ed Woodry
MOVIE★ 6.7
Champion
1949
as Connie Kelly
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Walking Hills
1949
as Chalk
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cheyenne
1947
as The Sundance Kid
MOVIE★ 7.0
Boomerang!
1947
as John Waldron
MOVIE★ 6.5
It's Your America
1946
as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Devotion
1946
as Branwell Brontë
MOVIE
Target - Invisible
1945
as Air Force Officer / Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Last Bomb
1945
as Crewman (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1944
as Sgt. Alfred Mason
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Memphis Belle
1944
as (uncredited)
MOVIE
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
1944
as Capt. Mathews
MOVIE
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
1944
as Bob Chilton
MOVIE
Ditch and Live
1944
as Captain Scott H. Reynolds
MOVIE★ 6.5
Air Force
1943
as Bombardier
MOVIE★ 7.0
Reconnaissance Pilot
1943
as Decoration Announcer (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations)
1943
as Instructor
MOVIE★ 7.0
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations)
1943
as Instructor
MOVIE★ 6.0
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
Desperate Journey
1942
as Flight Officer Jed Forrest
MOVIE★ 6.7
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Ned Sharp
MOVIE★ 6.6
Highway West
1941
as George Foster
MOVIE★ 6.2
Bad Men of Missouri
1941
as Jim Younger
MOVIE★ 7.2
Strange Alibi
1941
as Sgt. Joe Geary
MOVIE★ 5.1
Knockout
1941
as Johnny Rocket
MOVIE★ 7.1
High Sierra
1941
as Red
MOVIE★ 6.9
City for Conquest
1940
as Eddie Kenny