George Kennedy

Actor Feb 18 (died age 91) New York City, New York, USA 1953–2025 (72 year career)

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Biography

George Kennedy (February 18, 1925 — February 28, 2016) was a European-American businessman, entrepreneur, A World War II veteran, actor, adviser, radio dj, and author. Kennedy at one stage in his career cornered the market at playing tough, no-nonsense characters who were either quite crooked or possessed hearts of gold. Kennedy notched up an impressive 200+ appearances in both TV and film, and was well respected within the Hollywood community. He started out in TV westerns in the late 1950s an…

Known For

Film

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Ed Hocken

Film

Cool Hand Luke

Dragline

Film

Charade

Herman Scobie

Film

The Dirty Dozen

Major Max Armbruster

Film

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Ed Hocken

Film

Small Soldiers

Brick Bazooka (voice)

Film

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Ed Hocken

Film

Death on the Nile

Andrew Pennington

Filmography

Acting (178)

Movies (125)

Airports

The Gambler

as Ed

Another Happy Day

as Joe Baker

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010

as (archive footage)

6.1

The Man Who Came Back

2008

as Judge Duke

4.3

The Boneyard Collection

2008

as Professor Zebediah Jones (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight")

5.3

A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'

2008

as Self

Sands of Oblivion

2007

as John Tevis

4.5

Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'

as Self

Don't Come Knocking

as Director

Three Bad Men

as Ed Fiske

Truce

as Dr. Peter Gannon

View from the Top

as Passenger Requesting Vodka (uncredited)

Monster Makers

as Dexter Brisbane

Small Soldiers

as Brick Bazooka (voice)

6.6

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!

1998

as Mr. Johnson

5.4

Dallas: War of The Ewings

as Carter McKay

Men in White

as Army

Hollyweird

as George Kennedy

Cats Don't Dance

as L.B. Mammoth (voice)

7.2

Bayou Ghost

1997

as Officer Lowe

Dallas: J.R. Returns

1996

as Carter McKay

5.5

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

as Ed Hocken

WWE SummerSlam 1994

as Himself

Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story

1992

as Father Dave Hagan

Distant Justice

1992

as Tom Bradfield

3.0

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

as Ed Hocken

Driving Me Crazy

as John McCready

Intensive Care

as Dr. Bruckner

Hangfire

as Warden Barles

The Cops Are Robbers

Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist

1990

as Bahraini Investigator

Brain Dead

as Vance

Hired to Kill

as Thomas

Esmeralda Bay

as Wilson

The Terror Within

as Hal

Ministry of Vengeance

1989

as Rev. Hughes

3.0

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

1988

as Ed Hocken

7.3

Private Road: No Trespassing

as Sam Milshaw

Demonwarp

as Bill Crafton

Uninvited

as Mike Harvey

Counterforce

as Vince Colby

Top Line

as Heinrich Holzmann

Born to Race

as Vincent Duplain

Nightmare at Noon

as Sherrif Hanks

What Price Victory

as Big Buck Brayton

Creepshow 2

as Ray Spruce

The Gunfighters

as Deke Turner

The Gambler: The Legend Continues

1987

as General Nelson Miles

The Delta Force

as Father O'Malley

Liberty

as Seamus Reilly

Radioactive Dreams

as Spade Chandler

Savage Dawn

as Tick Rand

International Airport

1985

as Rudy Van Leuven

5.0

Half Nelson

1985

as Parsons

Rigged

1985

as Ben

9.7

Chattanooga Choo Choo

as Bert

Bolero

as Cotton

The Jesse Owens Story

1984

as Charles 'Charley' Riley

Rare Breed

The Jupiter Menace

as Himself

Wacko

as Mr. Doctor Graves

Modern Romance

as George Kennedy / Zeron

6.7

Just Before Dawn

1981

as Roy McLean

5.9

The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire

as Brakus

Virus

as Admiral Conway

Death Ship

as Captain Ashland

Hotwire

as Farley & Harley Fontenot

5.0

The Concorde... Airport '79

as Joe Patroni

Steel

as Big Lew Cassidy

The Double McGuffin

as Chief Talasek

Search and Destroy

as Anthony Fusqua

Death on the Nile

as Andrew Pennington

Mean Dog Blues

as Captain Omar Kinsman

4.4

Brass Target

1978

as Gen. George S. Patton

5.4

Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

1978

as Self

Airport '77

as Joe Patroni

Proof of the Man

as Ken Shuftan

The Lion Roars Again

as Self

The Eiger Sanction

as Ben Bowman

The Human Factor

as John Kinsdale

The Blue Knight

as Bumper Morgan

Earthquake

1974

as Sgt. Lew Slade

6.1

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

as Red Leary

Airport 1975

as Joe Patroni

Sonic Boom

as Ben Dover

A Cry in the Wilderness

as Sam Hadley

Lost Horizon

as Sam Cornelius

Cahill: United States Marshal

1973

as Abe Fraser

6.1

Deliver Us from Evil

1973

as Walter 'Cowboy' McAdams

7.3

A Great American Tragedy

as Brad Wilkes

The Bull of the West

as 'Bear' Suchette

The Priest Killer

as Father Samuel Cavanaugh

Fools' Parade

1971

as Dallas 'Doc' Council

6.5

Sarge: The Badge or the Cross

1971

as Sarge Swanson

Airport

as Joe Patroni

… tick… tick… tick…

as John Little

Zig Zag

as Paul R. Cameron

Dirty Dingus Magee

as Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill

4.3

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

1969

as Chris

5.3

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

as McKay

Gaily, Gaily

as Axel P. Johanson

Bandolero!

as Sheriff July Johnson

6.5

The Boston Strangler

1968

as Det. Phil DiNatale

6.7

The Legend of Lylah Clare

as Matt Burke

The Ballad of Josie

as Arch Ogden

The Pink Jungle

as Sammy Ryderbeit

The Dirty Dozen

as Major Max Armbruster

Cool Hand Luke

as Dragline

Hurry Sundown

as Sheriff Coombs

Mirage

as Willard

In Harm's Way

as Colonel Gregory

Shenandoah

as Col. Fairchild

The Sons of Katie Elder

1965

as Curley

7.0

The Flight of the Phoenix

as Bellamy

McHale's Navy

as Henri Le Clerc

Strait-Jacket

as Leo Krause

Island of the Blue Dolphins

as Aleut Captain

See How They Run

as Rudy

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

as Foreman

Charade

as Herman Scobie

The Man from the Diners' Club

1963

as George

5.3

Lonely are the Brave

1962

as Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez

7.4

Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon

1961

as Hawk

5.6

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

1961

as Nathan Dillon

3.3

Television (53)

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

1996

as General Axton (voice)

7.2

Santo Bugito

1995

as Ralph (voice)

Duckman

1994

as Movie Director (voice)

7.1

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

The Commish

as Al Scali

Wings

as George Kennedy

Backstairs at the White House

1979

as Pres. Warren G. Harding

Dallas

as Carter McKay

Dallas

as Carter McKay

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

The Blue Knight

as Officer Bumper Morgan

2.0

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self

Sarge

as Samuel Cavanaugh

Ironside

as Father Samuel Cavanaugh

Tarzan

The Big Valley

as Thatcher

The Legend of Jesse James

as Blodgett

Laredo

Daniel Boone

as Zach Morgan

The Rogues

as Major Vyx

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

as Der

5.7

The Great Adventure

1963

as Sergeant Muldaney

Grindl

1963

5.5

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as George Martin

The Virginian

as Jack Marshman

Going My Way

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Dr. Kildare

as Joe Cramer

Kraft Mystery Theatre

The Asphalt Jungle

Gunslinger

as Sheriff

The Andy Griffith Show

1960

as State Police Detective

Route 66

Thriller

as John Paterson

The Tall Man

Outlaws

Surfside 6

as Gabe Buchanan

Bonanza

as Peter Long

Rawhide

as George Wales

Riverboat

as Gunner Slagle

Bat Masterson

as Sheriff Zeke Armitage

77 Sunset Strip

Lawman

Peter Gunn

Perry Mason

as George Spangler

Maverick

Have Gun, Will Travel

Sugarfoot

as Sykes

Cheyenne

as Lee Nelson

The Phil Silvers Show

1955

as Kennedy (uncredited)

Gunsmoke

as Emil

The Oscars

as Self