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Burt Kennedy

American film director and screenwriter (1922-2001) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 78

Burton Raphael Kennedy was an American screenwriter and director known mainly for directing Westerns. Budd Boetticher called him "the best Western writer ever."

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A life in dates

2001Died15 February 20011991Suburban CommandoFilm, Director1989SnoopsSeries, Director1988Once Upon a Texas TrainFilm, Director, Writer1986Louis L'Amour's Down the Long HillsFilm, Director1983The Yellow RoseSeries, Director1982Seven Brides for Seven BrothersSeries, Director1981Simon & SimonSeries, Director1980Magnum, P.I.Series, Director1979Concrete CowboysFilm, Director1977Big HawaiiSeries, Director1976The Killer Inside MeFilm, Director1973The Train RobbersFilm, Director, Writer1970Dirty Dingus MageeFilm, Director, Producer1967Return of the GunfighterFilm, Writer1966The RoundersSeries, Director1965The Money TrapFilm, Director1962Combat!Series, DirectorThe VirginianSeries, 1962DirectorSix Black HorsesFilm, 1962Writer1961The CanadiansFilm, Director, Writer1959Ride LonesomeFilm, Writer1958LawmanSeries, Director1957The Tall TFilm, Writer1948The Three MusketeersFilm1922Born3 September 1922

People around Burt

Close ties

  • The Tall T 1957
  • Support Your Local Sheriff! 1969
  • The War Wagon 1967
  • 7 Men from Now 1956
  • The Three Musketeers 1948

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 40

79 credits on file

Television 11

Awards

Silver Star

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2001 · aged 78