Arthur Kennedy
Acting

Arthur Kennedy

Born 17 February 1914 · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA · Died 5 January 1990

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.

Known for

Lawrence of Arabia
Fantastic Voyage
High Sierra
The Man from Laramie
Murder She Said
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
The Sentinel
Bend of the River
Elmer Gantry
Nevada Smith
The Desperate Hours
Barabbas
Signs of Life
The Humanoid
Cyclone
Covert Action
Dirty World
Cave of the Sharks
The Sentinel
Nine Guests for a Crime
Rome, Armed to the Teeth
Blackmail Chase
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island
Killer Cop
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
The Antichrist
Nakia
Family Killer
The President's Plane Is Missing
Ricco
Crawlspace
A Death of Innocence
My Old Man's Place
The Movie Murderer
Shark
Hail, Hero!
Day of the Evil Gun
Anzio
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
Monday's Child
Fantastic Voyage
Nevada Smith
Murieta
Joy in the Morning
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
Cheyenne Autumn
Attack and Retreat
Lawrence of Arabia
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Murder She Said
Barabbas
Claudelle Inglish
Elmer Gantry
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
A Summer Place
Home Is the Hero
Some Came Running
Twilight for the Gods
Peyton Place
The Rawhide Years
Crashout
The Desperate Hours
The Man from Laramie
The Naked Dawn
Trial
Impulse
Rancho Notorious
The Lusty Men
Bend of the River
The Girl in White
Bright Victory
Red Mountain
The Glass Menagerie
The Window
Champion
Too Late for Tears
Chicago Deadline
The Walking Hills
Boomerang!
Cheyenne
Devotion
The Last Bomb
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Air Force
Reconnaissance Pilot
Desperate Journey
High Sierra
They Died with Their Boots On
Highway West
Strange Alibi
Bad Men of Missouri
Knockout
City for Conquest
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