Arthur Kennedy
Department: Acting
Biography
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
1962
Fantastic Voyage
1966
Murder She Said
1961
Shark
1969
Nevada Smith
1966
Elmer Gantry
1960
City for Conquest
1940
Barabbas
1961
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
1974
The Window
1949
Champion
1949
Too Late for Tears
1949
Day of the Evil Gun
1968
Crashout
1955
High Sierra
1941
Chicago Deadline
1949
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
Anzio
1968
Rancho Notorious
1952
The Memphis Belle
1944
Cyclone
1978
Impulse
1954
The Lusty Men
1952
Peyton Place
1957
Air Force
1943
Some Came Running
1958
Bend of the River
1952
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Highway West
1941
The Desperate Hours
1955
The Sentinel
1977
The Glass Menagerie
1950
The Man from Laramie
1955
A Summer Place
1959
Boomerang!
1947
Rome, Armed to the Teeth
1976
Strange Alibi
1941
Devotion
1946
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
1968
The Humanoid
1979
Desperate Journey
1942
Signs of Life
1989
The Man from Independence
1974
Twilight for the Gods
1958
The Antichrist
1974
Killer Cop
1975
Crawlspace
1972
Murieta
1965
The Rawhide Years
1956
Bright Victory
1951
The Naked Dawn
1955
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
Covert Action
1978
Trial
1955
Claudelle Inglish
1961
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1944
Joy in the Morning
1965
Red Mountain
1951
Bad Men of Missouri
1941
Knockout
1941
Cheyenne
1947
The Girl in White
1952
Monday's Child
1967
Dirty World
1978
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
1965
Attack and Retreat
1964
Nakia
1974
The Walking Hills
1949
Blackmail Chase
1976
Grandpa
1990
Family Killer
1973
Last Angels
1978
A Death of Innocence
1971
The Movie Murderer
1970
Home Is the Hero
1959
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island
1976
Hail, Hero!
1969
Cave of the Sharks
1978
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
The Last Bomb
1945
My Old Man's Place
1971
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations)
1943
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations)
1943
Reconnaissance Pilot
1943
Ditch and Live
1944
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
1944
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
1944
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Target - Invisible
1945
Nine Guests for a Crime
1977
It's Your America
1946
Ricco
1973
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
General Electric Theater
1953
ABC Stage 67
1966
CBS Playhouse
1966
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
F.D.R.
1965
Nakia
1974
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
MGM Parade
1955