Death on the Nile1978
As Andrew Pennington
TMDb 7.2 / 10
George Kennedy
Born
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 and early 1960s: Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), Rawhide (1959), Maverick (1957), Colt .45 (1957), among others; before scoring minor roles in films including Lonely Are the Brave (1962), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965). The late 1960s was a very busy period for Kennedy, and he was strongly in favor with casting agents, appearing in Hurry Sundown (1967), The Dirty Dozen (1967) and scoring an Oscar win as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Cool Hand Luke (1967). The disaster film boom of the 1970s was kind to Kennedy, too, and his talents were in demand for Airport(1970) and the three subsequent sequels, as a grizzled cop in Earthquake (1974), plus the buddy/road film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) as vicious bank robber Red Leary. The 1980s saw Kennedy appear in a mishmash of roles, playing various characters; however, Kennedy and Leslie Nielsen surprised everyone with their comedic talents in the hugely successful The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), and the two screen veterans hammed it up again in, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991), plus Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994). Kennedy remained busy in Hollywood and lent his distinctive voice to the animated Cats Don't Dance (1997) and the children's action film Small Soldiers (1998). A Hollywood stalwart for nearly 50 years, he is one of the most enjoyable actors to watch on screen. His last role was in the film The Gambler (2014), as Mark Wahlberg's character's grandfather. George Kennedy died on February 28, 2016 in Middleton, Idaho.
Filmography (126)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!1988
As Ed Hocken
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Small Soldiers1998
As Brick Bazooka (voice)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Shenandoah1965
As Col. Fairchild
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult1994
As Ed Hocken
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear1991
As Ed Hocken
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Cool Hand Luke1967
As Dragline
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Gambler2014
As Ed
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Dirty Dozen1967
As Major Max Armbruster
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Delta Force1986
As Father O'Malley
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Island of the Blue Dolphins1964
As Aleut Captain
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Hired to Kill1990
As Thomas
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Charade1963
As Herman Scobie
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Creepshow 21987
As Ray Spruce
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Airport 19751974
As Joe Patroni
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Cats Don't Dance1997
As L.B. Mammoth (voice)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Virus1980
As Admiral Conway
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Earthquake1974
As Sgt. Lew Slade
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Airport1970
As Joe Patroni
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!1998
As Mr. Johnson
TMDb 5.4 / 10
View from the Top2003
As Passenger Requesting Vodka (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot1974
As Red Leary
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Guns of the Magnificent Seven1969
As Chris
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Bandolero!1968
As Sheriff July Johnson
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Eiger Sanction1975
As Ben Bowman
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Top Line1988
As Heinrich Holzmann
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Cahill: United States Marshal1973
As Abe Fraser
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Flight of the Phoenix1965
As Bellamy
TMDb 7.2 / 10
In Harm's Way1965
As Colonel Gregory
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Demonwarp1988
As Bill Crafton
TMDb 4.1 / 10
The Concorde... Airport '791979
As Joe Patroni
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Airport '771977
As Joe Patroni
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Death Ship1980
As Captain Ashland
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Bayou Ghost1997
As Officer Lowe
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Intensive Care1991
As Dr. Bruckner
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys1969
As McKay
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Boston Strangler1968
As Det. Phil DiNatale
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Fools' Parade1971
As Dallas 'Doc' Council
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Sons of Katie Elder1965
As Curley
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte1964
As Foreman
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Hurry Sundown1967
As Sheriff Coombs
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Modern Romance1981
As George Kennedy / Zeron
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Lost Horizon1973
As Sam Cornelius
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Just Before Dawn1981
As Roy McLean
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Proof of the Man1977
As Ken Shuftan
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Bolero1984
As Cotton
TMDb 3.5 / 10
The Gambler: The Legend Continues1987
As General Nelson Miles
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Another Happy Day2011
As Joe Baker
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Lonely are the Brave1962
As Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Brain Dead1990
As Vance
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Steel1979
As Big Lew Cassidy
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Mirage1965
As Willard
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Legend of Lylah Clare1968
As Matt Burke
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Sands of Oblivion2007
As John Tevis
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Driving Me Crazy1991
As John McCready
TMDb 3.9 / 10
Savage Dawn1985
As Tick Rand
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Don't Come Knocking2005
As Director
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Brass Target1978
As Gen. George S. Patton
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Uninvited1988
As Mike Harvey
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Airports2025
Strait-Jacket1964
As Leo Krause
TMDb 6.6 / 10
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift2010
As (archive footage)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Born to Race1988
As Vincent Duplain
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Dirty Dingus Magee1970
As Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill
TMDb 4.7 / 10
The Terror Within1989
As Hal
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Ministry of Vengeance1989
As Rev. Hughes
TMDb 3.8 / 10
WWE SummerSlam 19941994
As Himself
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Man Who Came Back2008
As Judge Duke
TMDb 4.6 / 10
McHale's Navy1964
As Henri Le Clerc
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Nightmare at Noon1988
As Sherrif Hanks
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Sonic Boom1974
As Ben Dover
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Ballad of Josie1967
As Arch Ogden
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Esmeralda Bay1989
As Wilson
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Man from the Diners' Club1963
As George
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon1961
As Hawk
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Radioactive Dreams1986
As Spade Chandler
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Blue Knight1975
As Bumper Morgan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire1981
As Brakus
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Human Factor1975
As John Kinsdale
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Men in White1998
As Army
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Dallas: J.R. Returns1996
As Carter McKay
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Good Cops, Bad Cops1990
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Dallas: War of The Ewings1998
As Carter McKay
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Zig Zag1970
As Paul R. Cameron
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Jesse Owens Story1984
As Charles 'Charley' Riley
TMDb 8.1 / 10
Wacko1982
As Mr. Doctor Graves
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Double McGuffin1979
As Chief Talasek
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Hotwire1980
As Farley & Harley Fontenot
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Gaily, Gaily1969
As Axel P. Johanson
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Half Nelson1985
As Parsons
A Rare Breed1984
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hangfire1991
As Warden Barles
TMDb 4.7 / 10
The Bull of the West1972
As 'Bear' Suchette
TMDb 5.7 / 10
What Price Victory1988
As Big Buck Brayton
The Priest Killer1971
As Father Samuel Cavanaugh
A Great American Tragedy1972
As Brad Wilkes
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist1990
As Bahraini Investigator
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross1971
As Sarge Swanson
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Counterforce1988
As Vince Colby
TMDb 5.6 / 10
International Airport1985
As Rudy Van Leuven
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Chattanooga Choo Choo1984
As Bert
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Hollyweird1998
As George Kennedy
TMDb 4.2 / 10
The Pink Jungle1968
As Sammy Ryderbeit
TMDb 6.9 / 10
See How They Run1964
As Rudy
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come1961
As Nathan Dillon
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Search and Destroy1979
As Anthony Fusqua
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story1992
As Father Dave Hagan
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'2006
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Six Days in Paradise2010
As Monty Crenshaw
The Lion Roars Again
The Lion Roars Again1975
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Liberty1986
As Seamus Reilly
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Deliver Us from Evil1973
As Walter 'Cowboy' McAdams
TMDb 7.5 / 10
… tick… tick… tick…1970
As John Little
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Mean Dog Blues1978
As Captain Omar Kinsman
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Distant Justice1992
As Tom Bradfield
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Three Bad Men2005
As Ed Fiske
TMDb 2.5 / 10
A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'2008
As Self
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette1978
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Cry in the Wilderness1974
As Sam Hadley
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Monster Makers2003
As Dexter Brisbane
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Jupiter Menace1982
As Himself
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Rigged1985
As Ben Wheeler
TMDb 8.9 / 10
The Gunfighters1987
As Deke Turner
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Truce2005
As Dr. Peter Gannon
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Boneyard Collection2008
As Professor Zebediah Jones (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight")
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Private Road: No Trespassing1988
As Sam Milshaw
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb