Birthday
1925/02/18
Day of death
2016/02/28 (91 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
George Harris Kennedy Jr.
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 respec...Read more
(1967) Cool Hand Luke
as Dragline
(1967) The Dirty Dozen
as Major Max Armbruster
(1965) The Flight of the Phoenix
as Bellamy
(1964) Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Foreman
(1970) Airport
as Joe Patroni
(1978) Death on the Nile
as Andrew Pennington
(1963) Charade
as Herman Scobie
(1975) The Eiger Sanction
as Ben Bowman
(1974) Earthquake
as Sgt. Lew Slade
(1965) Shenandoah
as Col. Fairchild
(1984) Bolero
as Cotton
(1990) Brain Dead
as Vance
(1973) Cahill: United States Marshal
as Abe Fraser
(1998) Small Soldiers
as Brick Bazooka (voice)
(2007) Sands of Oblivion
as John Tevis
(1978) Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
as Self / Andrew Pennington
(1974) Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
as Red Leary
(1977) Airport '77
as Joe Patroni
(1975) The Human Factor
as John Kinsdale
(2006) Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
as Self
(1980) Death Ship
as Captain Ashland
(1969) Guns of the Magnificent Seven
as Chris
(1968) The Boston Strangler
as Det. Phil DiNatale
(1974) Airport 1975
as Joe Patroni
(2005) Don't Come Knocking
as Director
(1988) Demonwarp
as Bill Crafton
(1989) The Terror Within
as Hal
(1979) The Concorde... Airport '79
as Joe Patroni
(1994) Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Ed Hocken
(1964) Strait-Jacket
as Leo Krause
(1968) Bandolero!
as Sheriff July Johnson
(1980) Virus
as Admiral Conway
(2011) Another Happy Day
as Joe Baker
(1962) Lonely are the Brave
as Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez
(1988) The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Ed Hocken
(1991) The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
as Ed Hocken
(1986) The Delta Force
as Father O'Malley
(1965) The Sons of Katie Elder
as Curley
(1998) Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
as Mr. Johnson
(1987) Creepshow 2
as Ray Spruce
(1988) Uninvited
as Mike Harvey
(2008) The Man Who Came Back
as Judge Duke
(1986) Radioactive Dreams
as Spade Chandler
(1971) Fools' Parade
as Dallas 'Doc' Council
(1981) Just Before Dawn
as Roy McLean
(1970) Dirty Dingus Magee
as Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill
(1965) Mirage
as Willard
(1969) The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as McKay
(1968) The Ballad of Josie
as Arch Ogden
(1988) Nightmare at Noon
as Sherrif Hanks
(1978) Brass Target
as Gen. George S. Patton
(1981) The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
as Brakus
(1970) Zig Zag
as Paul R. Cameron
(1979) Search and Destroy
as Anthony Fusqua
(1982) Wacko
as Mr. Doctor Graves
(1970) Tick... Tick... Tick...
as John Little
(1987) The Gunfighters
as Deke Turner
(1986) Savage Dawn
as Tick Rand
(2008) A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'
as Self
(1990) Hired to Kill
as Thomas
(1979) The Double McGuffin
as Chief Talasek
(1973) Lost Horizon
as Sam Cornelius
(1979) Steel
as Big Lew Cassidy
(1988) Born to Race
as Vincent Duplain
(1961) The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
as Nathan Dillon
(2003) Monster Makers
as Dexter Brisbane
(1988) Top Line
as Heinrich Holzmann
(1972) The Bull of the West
as 'Bear' Suchette
(1969) Gaily, Gaily
as Axel P. Johanson
(1991) Intensive Care
as Dr. Bruckner
(1967) Hurry Sundown
as Sheriff Coombs
(1978) Mean Dog Blues
as Captain Omar Kinsman
(1963) The Man from the Diners' Club
as George
(1980) Hotwire
as Farley & Harley Fontenot
(1988) Private Road: No Trespassing
as Sam Milshaw
(1973) Deliver Us from Evil
as Walter 'Cowboy' McAdams
(1987) The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues
as General Nelson Miles
(1982) The Jupiter Menace
as Himself
(1989) Ministry of Vengeance
as Rev. Hughes
(1974) A Cry in the Wilderness
as Sam Hadley
(1998) Dallas - War of The Ewings
as Carter McKay
(1986) Liberty
as Seamus Reilly
(1968) The Pink Jungle
as Sammy Ryderbeit
(1972) A Great American Tragedy
as Brad Wilkes
(1964) See How They Run
as Rudy
(1988) Counterforce
as Vince Colby
(1989) Esmeralda Bay
as Wilson
(1971) Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
as Sarge Swanson
(1968) The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Matt Burke
(1984) The Jesse Owens Story
as Charles 'Charley' Riley
(1991) Hangfire
as Warden Barles
(1965) In Harm's Way
as Colonel Gregory
(1964) Island of the Blue Dolphins
as Aleut Captain
(1977) Proof of the Man
as Ken Shuftan
(1975) The Blue Knight
as Bumper Morgan
(1985) International Airport
as Rudy Van Leuven
(2014) The Gambler
as Ed
(1998) Hollyweird
as George Kennedy
(1985) Half Nelson
as Parsons
(1992) Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story
as Father Dave Hagan
(1996) Dallas: J.R. Returns
as Carter McKay
(1981) Modern Romance
as George Kennedy / Zeron
(2005) Truce
as Dr. Peter Gannon
(1964) McHale's Navy
as Henri Le Clerc
(1988) What Price Victory
as Big Buck Brayton
(2005) Three Bad Men
as Ed Fiske
(2003) View from the Top
as Passenger Requesting Vodka (uncredited)
(2010) 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
(1992) Distant Justice
as Tom Bradfield
(1991) Driving Me Crazy
as John McCready
(1984) Chattanooga Choo Choo
as Bert
(1998) Men in White
as Army
(1990) Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
as Bahraini Investigator
(1985) Rigged
as Ben
(1961) Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
as Hawk
(1990) The Cops Are Robbers
as ---
(1997) Cats Don't Dance
as L.B. Mammoth (voice)
(1984) Rare Breed
as ---
(1974) Sonic Boom
as Ben Dover
(2008) The Boneyard Collection
as Professor Zebediah Jones (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight")
(1994) WWE SummerSlam 1994
as Himself
(1975) The Lion Roars Again
as Self
(1971) The Priest Killer
as Father Samuel Cavanaugh
(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as State Police Detective
(1963) The Great Adventure
as Sergeant Muldaney
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1955) Cheyenne
as Lee Nelson
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1990) Wings
as George Kennedy
(1960) Surfside 6
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Emil
(1957) Perry Mason
as George Spangler
(1964) The Rogues
as Major Vyx
(1960) The Tall Man
as ---
(1965) Laredo
as ---
(1962) Going My Way
as ---
(1960) Outlaws
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as George Wales
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as ---
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Zach Morgan
(1962) The Virginian
as Jack Marshman
(1960) Thriller
as John Paterson
(1971) Sarge
as Father Samuel Cavanaugh
(1958) Peter Gunn
as ---
(1965) The Big Valley
as Thatcher
(1966) Tarzan
as ---
(1963) Grindl
as ---
(1958) Lawman
as ---
(1958) Bat Masterson
as Sheriff Zeke Armitage
(1959) Riverboat
as Gunner Slagle
(1965) The Legend of Jesse James
as Blodgett
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Joe Cramer
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1961) The Asphalt Jungle
as ---
(1961) Kraft Mystery Theatre
as ---
(1957) Maverick
as ---
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(1975) The Blue Knight
as Officer Bumper Morgan
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Sergeant Hensley
(1962) The Virginian
as Tom 'Bear' Suchette
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Bayloe
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Swarner
(1962) The Virginian
as Huck Harkness
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Hug
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Stark
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Cyrus
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Ben Payson
(1995) Santo Bugito
as Ralph (voice)
(1959) Bonanza
as Waldo Watson
(1959) Bonanza
as Peter Long
(1996) The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
as General Axton (voice)
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as Deke - Killer
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Der
(1955) The Phil Silvers Show
as MP Sgt. Kennedy (uncredited)
(1991) The Commish
as Al Scali
(1978) Dallas
as Carter McKay
(1967) Ironside
as Father Samuel Cavanaugh
(1973) The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
(1979) Backstairs at the White House
as Pres. Warren G. Harding
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as George Martin
(1957) Sugarfoot
as Ross Kuhn
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as Big Jim