Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/18/1925
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
George Harris Kennedy Jr.جورج کندی
George Kennedy
Biography
George Kennedy (February 18, 1925 — February 28, 2016) was an American actor. A World War II veteran, 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...
Known For
Creepshow 2
as Ray Spruce
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Ed Hocken
Death Ship
as Captain Ashland
Charade
as Herman Scobie
Uninvited
as Mike Harvey
Airport '77
as Joe Patroni
Fools' Parade
as Dallas 'Doc' Council
Hurry Sundown
as Sheriff Coombs
Brass Target
as Gen. George S. Patton
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
as Ed Hocken
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Ed Hocken
Strait-Jacket
as Leo Krause
Liberty
as Seamus Reilly
Radioactive Dreams
as Spade Chandler
Death on the Nile
as Andrew Pennington
Savage Dawn
as Tick Rand
Counterforce
as Vince Colby
Bolero
as Cotton
Half Nelson
as Parsons
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Curley
Career Timeline
2008
2003
1998
1996
1994
1991
1990
1988
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Ed Hocken
Uninvited
as Mike Harvey
Top Line
as Heinrich Holzmann
Nightmare at Noon
as Sherrif Hanks
Private Road: No Trespassing
as Sam Milshaw
Demonwarp
as Bill Crafton
Counterforce
as Vince Colby
Born to Race
as Vincent Duplain
What Price Victory
as Big Buck Brayton