Acting · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA · Born February 17, 1914
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.
Grandpa
1990
MovieSigns of Life
1989
as Owen Coughlin
MovieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Owen Coughlin
MovieThe Humanoid
1979
as Dr. Kraspin
MovieDirty World
1978
as Senator Merelli
MovieCyclone
1978
as Priest
MovieCave of the Sharks
1978
as Mr. Jackson
Last Angels
1978
as Il nonno
MovieCovert Action
1978
as CIA Chief of Station, Athens
MovieNine Guests for a Crime
1977
as Uberto
MovieThe Sentinel
1977
as Monsignor Franchino
MovieRome, Armed to the Teeth
1976
as Vice questore Ruini
MovieEmmanuelle on Taboo Island
1976
as Antonio
MovieBlackmail Chase
1976
as Mike Jannacone
MovieKiller Cop
1975
as Armando Di Federico
MovieThe Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
1974
as The Inspector
MovieThe Antichrist
1974
as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
TVNakia
1974
MovieNakia
1974
as Sheriff Sam Jericho
The Man from Independence
1974
as Tom Pendergast
MovieThe President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as Gunther Damon
MovieRicco
1973
as Don Vito
MovieFamily Killer
1973
as Don Angelino Ferrante
MovieCrawlspace
1972
as Albert Graves
MovieA Death of Innocence
1971
as Mark Hirsch
MovieMy Old Man's Place
1971
as Walter Pell
MovieThe Movie Murderer
1970
as Angus MacGregor
MovieShark
1969
as Doc
MovieHail, Hero!
1969
as Albert Dixon
MovieAnzio
1968
as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley
MovieDay of the Evil Gun
1968
as Owen Forbes
MovieA Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
1968
as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby
MovieMonday's Child
1967
as Peter Richardson
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Rome Harper
TVABC Stage 67
1966
as Lieutenant Hammond
MovieFantastic Voyage
1966
as Dr. Duval
MovieNevada Smith
1966
as Bill Bowdre
MovieJoy in the Morning
1965
as Patrick Brown
MovieMurieta
1965
as Capt. Love
F.D.R.
1965
as Narrator
MovieThe Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
1965
as Narrator (voice)
MovieCheyenne Autumn
1964
as Doc Holliday
MovieAttack and Retreat
1964
as Ferro Maria Ferri
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Dr. Walter Meade Taylor
TVEspionage
1963
as Ed Pierce
MovieLawrence of Arabia
1962
as Jackson Bentley
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Keith Hollands
MovieHemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as Dr. Henry Adams
MovieBarabbas
1961
as Pontius Pilate
MovieMurder She Said
1961
as Paul Quimper
MovieClaudelle Inglish
1961
as Clyde Inglish
MovieElmer Gantry
1960
as Jim Lefferts
MovieIn the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960
as Paul Heller
MovieA Summer Place
1959
as Bart Hunter
MovieHome Is the Hero
1959
as Willie O'Reilly
MovieSome Came Running
1958
as Frank Hirsh
MovieTwilight for the Gods
1958
as First Mate Ramsay
MoviePeyton Place
1957
as Lucas Cross
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sam Carter
MovieThe Rawhide Years
1956
as Rick Harper
MovieThe Naked Dawn
1955
as Santiago
MovieTrial
1955
as Barney Castle
MovieThe Desperate Hours
1955
as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
TVMGM Parade
1955
MovieThe Man from Laramie
1955
as Vic Hansbro
MovieCrashout
1955
as Joe Quinn
MovieImpulse
1954
as Alan Curtis
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Whitney Barton
MovieThe Lusty Men
1952
as Wes Merritt
MovieThe Girl in White
1952
as Dr. Ben Barringer
MovieRancho Notorious
1952
as Vern Haskell
MovieBend of the River
1952
as Emerson Cole
MovieRed Mountain
1951
as Lane Waldron
MovieBright Victory
1951
as Larry Nevins
MovieThe Glass Menagerie
1950
as Tom Wingfield
MovieChicago Deadline
1949
as Tommy Ditman
MovieToo Late for Tears
1949
as Alan Palmer
MovieThe Window
1949
as Ed Woodry
MovieChampion
1949
as Connie Kelly
MovieThe Walking Hills
1949
as Chalk
MovieCheyenne
1947
as The Sundance Kid
MovieBoomerang!
1947
as John Waldron
MovieIt's Your America
1946
as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)
MovieDevotion
1946
as Branwell Brontë
Target - Invisible
1945
as Air Force Officer / Narrator
MovieThe Last Bomb
1945
as Crewman (voice)
MovieResisting Enemy Interrogation
1944
as Sgt. Alfred Mason
MovieThe Memphis Belle
1944
as (uncredited)
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
1944
as Bob Chilton
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
1944
as Capt. Mathews
Ditch and Live
1944
as Captain Scott H. Reynolds
MovieAir Force
1943
as Bombardier
MovieReconnaissance Pilot
1943
as Decoration Announcer (voice)
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations)
1943
as Instructor
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations)
1943
as Instructor
MovieBreakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
MovieDesperate Journey
1942
as Flight Officer Jed Forrest
MovieThey Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Ned Sharp
MovieHighway West
1941
as George Foster
MovieBad Men of Missouri
1941
as Jim Younger
MovieStrange Alibi
1941
as Sgt. Joe Geary
MovieKnockout
1941
as Johnny Rocket
MovieHigh Sierra
1941
as Red
MovieCity for Conquest
1940
as Eddie Kenny
