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John Arthur Kennedy 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.
Birth Name
John Arthur Kennedy
Born
Tuesday, 17 February 1914
Died
Friday, 05 January 1990
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Legends of the West | Doc Holliday | 1992 |
| Signs of Life | Owen Coughlin | 1989 |
| Covert Action | CIA Chief of Station, Athens / Maxwell | 1978 |
| Dirty World | Senator Merelli | 1978 |
| Cyclone | The Priest / Priest | 1978 |
| Cave of the Sharks | Mr. Jackson | 1978 |
| Nine Guests for a Crime | Uberto | 1977 |
| The Sentinel | Monsignor Franchino | 1977 |
| Emmanuelle on Taboo Island | Antonio | 1976 |
| As of Tomorrow | Mike Jannacone | 1976 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Legends of the West | Doc Holliday | 1992 |
| Signs of Life | Owen Coughlin | 1989 |
| Covert Action | CIA Chief of Station, Athens / Maxwell | 1978 |
| Dirty World | Senator Merelli | 1978 |
| Cyclone | The Priest / Priest | 1978 |
| Cave of the Sharks | Mr. Jackson | 1978 |
| Nine Guests for a Crime | Uberto | 1977 |
| The Sentinel | Monsignor Franchino | 1977 |
| Emmanuelle on Taboo Island | Antonio | 1976 |
| As of Tomorrow | Mike Jannacone | 1976 |
| The Tough Ones | Vice-Commissioner Ruini / Vice questore Ruini | 1976 |
| La polizia ha le mani legate | Armando Di Federico | 1975 |
| Let Sleeping Corpses Lie | The Inspector | 1974 |
| The Antichrist | Bishop Ascanio Oderisi | 1974 |
| Nakia | Sheriff Sam Jericho | 1974 |
| The President's Plane Is Missing | Gunther Damon | 1973 |
| The Mean Machine | Don Vito | 1973 |
| Baciamo le mani | Don Angelino Ferrante | 1973 |
| Crawlspace | Albert Graves | 1972 |
| The American West of John Ford | Doc Holliday | 1971 |
| A Death of Innocence | Mark Hirsch | 1971 |
| My Old Man's Place | Walter Pell | 1971 |
| The Movie Murderer | Angus MacGregor | 1970 |
| Shark | Doc | 1969 |
| Hail, Hero! | Albert Dixon | 1969 |
| Anzio | Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley | 1968 |
| Day of the Evil Gun | Owen Forbes | 1968 |
| A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die | Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby | 1968 |
| Monday's Child | Peter Richardson | 1967 |
| CBS Playhouse | Rome | 1967 |
| ABC Stage 67 | Lieutenant Hammond / Narrator | 1966 |
| Fantastic Voyage | Dr. Duval | 1966 |
| Nevada Smith | Bill Bowdre | 1966 |
| Joy in the Morning | Patrick Brown | 1965 |
| Murieta | Capt. Love | 1965 |
| F.D.R. | Narrator | 1965 |
| The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles | Narrator | 1965 |
| Cheyenne Autumn | Doc Holliday | 1964 |
| Italiani brava gente | Ferro Maria Ferri | 1964 |
| Suspense | Sgt. Mike Kenny | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Dr. Walter Meade Taylor | 1963 |
| Espionage | Ed Pierce | 1963 |
| Lawrence of Arabia | Jackson Bentley | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Keith Hollands | 1962 |
| Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Dr. Henry Adams | 1962 |
| Barabbas | Pontius Pilate | 1961 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Dr. Harry A. Wilmer | 1961 |
| Murder She Said | Dr. Quimper / Paul Quimper | 1961 |
| Claudelle Inglish | Clyde Inglish | 1961 |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | Colin Ryan / Hans Maasdijk | 1961 |
| Elmer Gantry | Jim Lefferts | 1960 |
| A Summer Place | Bart Hunter | 1959 |
| Our American Heritage | Alexander Hamilton | 1959 |
| Home Is the Hero | Willie O'Reilly | 1959 |
| Some Came Running | Frank Hirsh | 1958 |
| Twilight for the Gods | First Mate Ramsay | 1958 |
| Peyton Place | Lucas Cross | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Sam Carter | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Paul Heller | 1956 |
| The Rawhide Years | Rick Harper | 1956 |
| The Desperate Hours | Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard | 1955 |
| Trial | Barney / Barney Castle | 1955 |
| The Naked Dawn | Santiago | 1955 |
| MGM Parade | Barney Castle | 1955 |
| The Man from Laramie | Vic Hansbro | 1955 |
| Crashout | Joe Quinn | 1955 |
| Impulse | Alan Curtis | 1954 |
| General Electric Theater | Whitney Barton | 1953 |
| The Lusty Men | Wes Merritt | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Larry Morton | 1952 |
| The Girl in White | Dr. Ben Barringer | 1952 |
| Rancho Notorious | Vern Haskell | 1952 |
| Bend of the River | Emerson Cole | 1952 |
| Red Mountain | Lane Waldron | 1951 |
| Bright Victory | Larry Nevins | 1951 |
| The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | 1950 |
| Chicago Deadline | Tommy Ditman | 1949 |
| Too Late for Tears | Alan Palmer | 1949 |
| The Window | Ed Woodry | 1949 |
| Champion | Connie / Connie Kelly | 1949 |
| The Walking Hills | Chalk | 1949 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| Cheyenne | The Sundance Kid | 1947 |
| Boomerang! | John Waldron | 1947 |
| Devotion | Branwell Brontë | 1946 |
| The Last Bomb | Crewman (voice) / Crewman | 1945 |
| Resisting Enemy Interrogation | Sgt. Alfred Mason | 1944 |
| The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress | Crewman | 1944 |
| Air Force | Bombardier / Lieut. Tommy McMartin - 'Mary Ann' Bombardier | 1943 |
| Desperate Journey | Flying Officer Jed Forrest / Jed Forrest | 1942 |
| Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942 |
| They Died with Their Boots On | Ned Sharp | 1941 |
| Highway West | George Foster | 1941 |
| Bad Men of Missouri | Jim Younger | 1941 |
| Strange Alibi | Joe Geary / Sgt. Joe Geary | 1941 |
| Knockout | Johnny Rocket | 1941 |
| High Sierra | 'Red' / Red | 1941 |
| City for Conquest | Eddie Kenny | 1940 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1959 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1958 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1956 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1956 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actor | Won |
| 1952 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1952 | Golden Globe | Best Actor - Drama | Nominated |
| 1950 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
