Arthur Kennedy
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.
Born: February 17, 1914
Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Lawrence of Arabia
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
Murder She Said
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
Elmer Gantry
A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.
The Man from Laramie
Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose members seem to have a lot to hide.
High Sierra
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
Boomerang!
When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.
The Desperate Hours
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
A Death of Innocence
A mother travels to New York to see her daughter who is awaiting trial for murder. The mother is totally convinced of her daughter's innocence and does all she can to help her. As the trial progresses however, the mother begins to have doubts.
The Window
An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, know that he saw what they did, and are out to permanently silence him.
Filmography
as Owen Coughlin
as Self (archive footage)
as Dr. Kraspin
as Senator Merelli
as Priest
as Mr. Jackson
as CIA Chief of Station, Athens
as Uberto
as Monsignor Franchino
as Vice questore Ruini
as Antonio
as Mike Jannacone
as Armando Di Federico
as The Inspector
as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
as Sheriff Sam Jericho
as Gunther Damon
as Don Vito
as Don Angelino Ferrante
as Albert Graves
as Mark Hirsch
as Walter Pell
as Angus MacGregor
as Doc
as Albert Dixon
as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley
as Owen Forbes
as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby
as Peter Richardson
as Lieutenant Hammond
as Dr. Duval
as Bill Bowdre
as Patrick Brown
as Capt. Love
as Narrator (voice)
as Doc Holliday
as Ferro Maria Ferri
as Dr. Walter Meade Taylor
as Jackson Bentley
as Keith Hollands
as Dr. Henry Adams
as Pontius Pilate
as Paul Quimper
as Clyde Inglish
as Jim Lefferts
as Paul Heller
as Bart Hunter
as Willie O'Reilly
as Frank Hirsh
as First Mate Ramsay
as Lucas Cross
as Sam Carter
as Rick Harper
as Santiago
as Barney Castle
as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
as Vic Hansbro
as Joe Quinn
as Alan Curtis
as Whitney Barton
as Wes Merritt
as Dr. Ben Barringer
as Vern Haskell
as Emerson Cole
as Lane Waldron
as Larry Nevins
as Tom Wingfield
as Tommy Ditman
as Alan Palmer
as Ed Woodry
as Connie Kelly
as Chalk
as The Sundance Kid
as John Waldron
as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)
as Branwell Brontë
as Crewman (voice)
as Sgt. Alfred Mason
as (uncredited)
as Bombardier
as Decoration Announcer (voice)
as Self
as Flight Officer Jed Forrest
as Ned Sharp
as George Foster
as Jim Younger
as Sgt. Joe Geary
as Johnny Rocket
as Red
as Eddie Kenny