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George Kennedy

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American actor (1925-2016)

United StatesActorsLived 1925 to 2016 · aged 91
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George Harris Kennedy Jr. was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" in Cool Hand Luke (1967), winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role and being nominated for the corresponding Golden Globe.

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In Sarge, 1971In Sarge, 1971As Bumper Morgan in The Blue Knight, 1976As Bumper Morgan in The Blue Knight, 1976With Karen Black, 2008With Karen Black, 2008The hand prints of Kennedy in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme parkThe hand prints of Kennedy in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme parkGeorge Kennedy's Star at the Hollywood Walk of FameGeorge Kennedy's Star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography 40

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!1988 · ★ 7.3
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear1991 · ★ 6.8
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult1994 · ★ 6.5
Small Soldiers1998 · ★ 6.6
The Dirty Dozen1967 · ★ 7.6
Cool Hand Luke1967 · ★ 7.7
The Gambler2014 · ★ 6.0
Charade1963 · ★ 7.7
Death on the Nile1978 · ★ 7.1
The Delta Force1986 · ★ 6.0
Earthquake1974 · ★ 6.1
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot1974 · ★ 6.8
Creepshow 21987 · ★ 6.2
View from the Top2003 · ★ 5.6
The Eiger Sanction1975 · ★ 6.1
Airport1970 · ★ 6.5
The Flight of the Phoenix1965 · ★ 7.2
Airport '771977 · ★ 5.6
Airport 19751974 · ★ 5.8
The Sons of Katie Elder1965 · ★ 7.1
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!1998 · ★ 5.4
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte1964 · ★ 7.3
The Concorde... Airport '791979 · ★ 4.7
The Boston Strangler1968 · ★ 6.7
Cats Don't Dance1997 · ★ 7.2
In Harm's Way1965 · ★ 6.6
Lonely are the Brave1962 · ★ 7.4
Shenandoah1965 · ★ 7.0
Cahill: United States Marshal1973 · ★ 6.1
Death Ship1980 · ★ 5.1
Brain Dead1990 · ★ 5.6
Guns of the Magnificent Seven1969 · ★ 5.4
Don't Come Knocking2005 · ★ 6.2
Mirage1965 · ★ 7.1
Bandolero!1968 · ★ 6.6
Bolero1984 · ★ 3.5
Strait-Jacket1964 · ★ 6.5
Just Before Dawn1981 · ★ 6.0
Another Happy Day2011 · ★ 5.5
Virus1980 · ★ 6.3

192 credits on file

Television 24

Saturday Night Live1975
Perry Mason1957
The Mike Douglas Show1961
Dallas1978
Bonanza1959
The Andy Griffith Show1960
Ironside1967
Wings1990
Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993
Maverick1957
The Virginian1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962
Have Gun, Will Travel1957
The Merv Griffin Show1962
Lawman1958
Cheyenne1955
The Big Valley1965
Dr. Kildare1961
Peter Gunn1958
Rawhide1959
Daniel Boone1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
Gunsmoke1955
Duckman1994

Awards 2

1968Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Connected to George 6

Dennis HopperAlso in The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)Richard GriffithsAlso in The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)Don RicklesAlso in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)Marie WindsorAlso in Cahill: United States Marshal (1973)Raquel WelchAlso in Bandolero! (1968)Jack CassidyAlso in The Eiger Sanction (1975)

About this person

George Harris Kennedy Jr. was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" in Cool Hand Luke (1967), winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role and being nominated for the corresponding Golden Globe. He received a second Golden Globe nomination for portraying Joe Patroni in Airport (1970).

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2016 · aged 91
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32 languages

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