Personal Info
Birthday
February 17, 1914
Place of Birth
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Acting
Arthur Kennedy
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.
Acting Filmography (94)
No Backdrop
4.9
Signs of Life
Movie1989
6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie1987
6.6
American Playhouse
TV Series1982
3.7
The Humanoid
Movie1979
No Backdrop
4.8
Dirty World
Movie1978
5.2
Cyclone
Movie1978
No Backdrop
4.6
Cave of the Sharks
Movie1978
7.0
Covert Action
Movie1978
5.3
Nine Guests for a Crime
Movie1977
6.1
The Sentinel
Movie1977
6.6
Rome, Armed to the Teeth
Movie1976
4.2
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island
Movie1976
No Backdrop
9.0
Blackmail Chase
Movie1976
6.5
Killer Cop
Movie1975
6.4
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
Movie1974
6.1
The Antichrist
Movie1974
No Backdrop
6.0
Nakia
TV Series1974
No Backdrop
9.0
Nakia
Movie1974
6.3
The President's Plane Is Missing
Movie1973
5.9
Ricco
Movie1973
6.1
Family Killer
Movie1973
No Backdrop
5.8
Crawlspace
Movie1972
7.0
A Death of Innocence
Movie1971
No Backdrop
6.8
My Old Man's Place
Movie1971
No Backdrop
6.9
The Movie Murderer
Movie1970
4.3
Shark
Movie1969
6.5
Hail, Hero!
Movie1969
5.7
Anzio
Movie1968
6.2
Day of the Evil Gun
Movie1968
5.9
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
Movie1968
5.4
Monday's Child
Movie1967
No Backdrop
6.8
ABC Stage 67
TV Series1966
6.7
Fantastic Voyage
Movie1966
6.7
Nevada Smith
Movie1966
4.2
Joy in the Morning
Movie1965
5.7
Murieta
Movie1965
No Backdrop
6.0
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
Movie1965
6.7
Cheyenne Autumn
Movie1964
6.7
Attack and Retreat
Movie1964
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV Series1963
10.0
Espionage
TV Series1963
8.0
Lawrence of Arabia
Movie1962
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV Series1962
5.5
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Movie1962
6.9
Barabbas
Movie1961
7.3
Murder She Said
Movie1961
5.2
Claudelle Inglish
Movie1961
7.3
Elmer Gantry
Movie1960
0.0
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Movie1960
6.6
A Summer Place
Movie1959
No Backdrop
8.0
Home Is the Hero
Movie1959
7.0
Some Came Running
Movie1958
4.7
Twilight for the Gods
Movie1958
6.8
Peyton Place
Movie1957
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV Series1956
5.6
The Rawhide Years
Movie1956
6.2
The Naked Dawn
Movie1955
6.9
Trial
Movie1955
7.0
The Desperate Hours
Movie1955
7.5
MGM Parade
TV Series1955
7.2
The Man from Laramie
Movie1955
6.7
Crashout
Movie1955
4.6
Impulse
Movie1954
6.8
General Electric Theater
TV Series1953
6.7
The Lusty Men
Movie1952
7.1
The Girl in White
Movie1952
6.5
Rancho Notorious
Movie1952
7.0
Bend of the River
Movie1952
6.7
Red Mountain
Movie1951
7.1
Bright Victory
Movie1951
5.7
The Glass Menagerie
Movie1950
6.7
Chicago Deadline
Movie1949
6.8
Too Late for Tears
Movie1949
7.0
The Window
Movie1949
6.7
Champion
Movie1949
6.0
The Walking Hills
Movie1949
7.0
Cheyenne
Movie1947
7.0
Boomerang!
Movie1947
No Backdrop
6.5
It's Your America
Movie1946
5.9
Devotion
Movie1946
6.2
The Last Bomb
Movie1945
6.6
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Movie1944
No Backdrop
6.7
The Memphis Belle
Movie1944
6.5
Air Force
Movie1943
No Backdrop
7.0
Reconnaissance Pilot
Movie1943
6.0
Breakdowns of 1942
Movie1942
6.1
Desperate Journey
Movie1942
6.7
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie1941
6.6
Highway West
Movie1941
6.2
Bad Men of Missouri
Movie1941
7.2
Strange Alibi
Movie1941
5.1
Knockout
Movie1941
7.1
High Sierra
Movie1941
6.9
City for Conquest
Movie1940