George Kennedy
in Charade (1963)
Born	February 18, 1925 (1925-02-18) (age 82) New York, New York
Awards Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor 1967 Cool Hand Luke

George Harris Kennedy, Jr.^[1] (born February 18, 1925) is an Academy-Award winning American actor who has appeared in over 200 film and television productions. He is widely familiar as Joe Patroni in the Airport series of disaster movies from the 1970s, or more recently as Captain Ed Hocken from the Naked Gun trilogy. George Kennedy, real name George Washington Kendall,[1] (December 29, 1881 - October 19, 1921) was a French Canadian hockey owner and sports promoter. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Charade is a 1963 film written by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, directed by Stanley Donen, and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. ... is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American film starring Paul Newman and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. ... is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... This article is about motion pictures. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is the first film in a series of comedy movies starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, and O.J. Simpson. ... A trilogy is a set of three works of art, usually literature or film, that are connected and can be seen as a single work, as well as three individual ones. ...

Biography

Personal life

Kennedy was born in New York City, New York into a show business family; his father, George Harris Kennedy, a musician and orchestra leader, died when Kennedy was four years old. He was raised by his mother, Helen A. (Kieselbach), a ballet dancer.^[1][2][3] He made his stage debut at the age of two, later becoming a radio performer. Kennedy put aside show business during World War II and spent sixteen years in the United States Army, seeing combat and working in the Armed Forces radio. After retiring from the military (reportedly because of a back injury), Kennedy found his way back to the entertainment industry. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... “NY” redirects here. ... Show business is a vernacular term for the business of entertainment. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The United States Army is the largest and oldest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ...

Kennedy resides in Eagle, Idaho. He is married to Joan McCarthy and has a daughter, Shaunna, and a granddaughter, Taylor.^[4] Eagle is a city located in Ada County, Idaho. ...

Career

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Kennedy became a technical advisor for the television series Sergeant Bilko, where his acting career began with a few one line parts. Kennedy began his film career in 1961 in The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. He then appeared in a couple of successful films including 1964's Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte opposite Bette Davis and 1965's In Harm's Way opposite John Wayne. He also made numerous television appeareances, including ones on The Andy Griffith Show, Perry Mason, Bonanza, McHale's Navy, and Gunsmoke. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Cool Hand Luke (1967). He followed that victory with films such as Bandolero and The Boston Strangler. In 1970 he appeared in the Academy Award Winning film Airport in which he played one of the films lead characters, Joe Patroni. He reprised this role four years later in Airport '77 and two more sequels. In 1984, he starred opposite Bo Derek in the Hollywood disaster Bolero. Kennedy also appeared in the hit television series The Love Boat in 1984, playing the character Erik Larsen. He then appeared in non-successful films including Savage Dawn, The Delta Force, and Creepshow 2 before appearing in the comedy hit The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! in 1988, playing Captain Ed Hocken. The film had two sequels which Kennedy starred in. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Opening Logo The Phil Silvers Show (originally titled Youll Never Get Rich) was a comedy television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for a total of 143 episodes (including a 1959 special). ... See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Hush. ... For the singer, see Betty Davis, for the meteorologist, see Betty Davis (meteorologist). ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... For other persons named John Wayne, see John Wayne (disambiguation). ... The Andy Griffith Show is an American television series that aired on CBS from October 3rd, 1960 to April 1st, 1968. ... Perry Mason is a fictional defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner. ... The Bonanza logo was superimposed upon a map of a wild west frontier area. ... McHales Navy was an American television sitcom series. ... The cast of radios Gunsmoke: Howard McNear (Doc), William Conrad (Matt), Georgia Ellis (Kitty) and Parley Baer (Chester) Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American film starring Paul Newman and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. ... Lauren steiger, born in 1992 at Royal Womens hospital started acting and modelling at the age of 2 and is now currently 15 working in Milan on the catwalks. ... Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins on November 20, 1956, Long Beach, California, USA) is a Golden Globe-nominated American film actress and model. ... ... The bolero is a type of dance and musical form. ... The Love Boat was an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from 1977 until 1986. ... This article is about the year. ... Savage Dawn is a 1985 action and drama film,starring Lance Henriksen,George Kennedy,William Forsythe,Mickey Jones,Karen Black,Richard Lynch,and Michael Sharrett. ... The Delta Force is a 1986 action film starring Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin as leaders of an elite squad of special forces troops based on the real life U.S. Army Delta Force unit. ... Creepshow 2 DVD cover Creepshow 2 is a 1987 film directed by Michael Gornick. ... The Naked Gun is the name of a series of comedy movies starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley and OJ Simpson. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...

On television, Kennedy played Carter McKay in the CBS prime time serial Dallas (1978-1991). He starred in the series from 1988-1991. In the late 1990s, he promoted Breathasure tablets in television commercials with the quote "I never go anywhere without my Breathasure". Around this time he reprised his role as Cater McKay in the television films Dallas: JR Returns and Dallas: War of the Ewings. In 1998, he voiced Brick Bazooka for the film Small Soldiers. He then made a couple of independent films before making a 2003 comeback to television in the soap opera The Young and the Restless playing the character Albert Miller. In 2005, he starred in the small film Don't Come Knocking, where he played the director of an ill-fated Western. Carter McKay, was a character that appeared in the later seasons of the popular American television series Dallas, played by George Kennedy (1988-1991). ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... For other uses, see Young and Restless. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dont Come Knocking is a 2005 film directed by Wim Wenders. ...

Filmography

• The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1961)
• Lonely are the Brave (1962)
• Charade (1963)
• McHale's Navy (1964)
• Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
• The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
• Shenandoah (1965)
• The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
• The Dirty Dozen (1967)
• Cool Hand Luke (1967)
• The Ballad of Josie (1967)
• The Boston Strangler (1968)
• Bandolero! (1968)
• Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
• ...tick...tick...tick... (1970)
• Airport (1970)
• Sarge (TV Series) )1971)
• Lost Horizon (1973)
• Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)
• Airport 1975 (1974)
• The Blue Knight (1975 TV series)
• Earthquake (1974)
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
• The Eiger Sanction (1975)
• The 'Human' Factor (1975)
• Airport '77 (1977)
• Brass Target (1978)
• The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979)
• Virus (1980)
• Death Ship (1980)
• Savage Dawn (1985)
• The Delta Force (1986)
• Creepshow 2 (1987)
• The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
• Dallas (1988-1991)
• Demonwarp (1988)
• The Terror Within (1989)
• Brain Dead (1990)
• The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
• Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
• Smith System training video (1995)
• Bayou Ghost (1997)
• Cats Don't Dance (1997)
• Small Soldiers (1998)
• Dennis the Menace Strikes Again (1998)
• The Young And The Restless (2003)
• Truce (2004)
• Don't Come Knocking (2005)
• Sands of Oblivion (2007)
• The Man Who Came Back (2008)

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Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Shenandoah is a 1965 Western war drama starring Jimmy Stewart and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... The Sons of Katie Elder is a 1965 western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... For the rap group, see D12. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American film starring Paul Newman and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... The Boston Strangler is the pseudonym given to Albert DeSalvo (September 3, 1930 - November 26, 1973), a serial killer active in Boston, Massachusetts (United States) in the early 1960s. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bandolero! is a 1968 western directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) is the second sequel to the seminal western The Magnificent Seven ( itself based on Kurosawas Seven Samurai). ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... ...tick. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Lost Horizon is a 1973 musical film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, Michael York, Sally Kellerman, Bobby Van, George Kennedy, Olivia Hussey, James Shigeta and Charles Boyer. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Cahill U.S. Marshal is a 1973 Western film starring John Wayne as a driven lawman in a black hat. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... The Blue Knight as a name or title has several meanings: Greg Valentine (born 1951), also known as The Blue Knight, an American professional wrestler The Blue Knight (novel), a novel by Joseph Wambaugh The Blue Knight (film), a made-for-television film based on the novel by Joseph Wambaugh... Earthquake is a 1974 disaster film that was among several box-office successful disaster films of the 1970s that places a recognizable all-star cast in life and death situations. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is a 1974 crime film starring Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, and Geoffrey Lewis. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... {{Infobox Film | name = The Eiger Sanction | image = Eiger_sanction1. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Human Factor is a 1975 film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring George Kennedy and John Mills. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Brass Target is a 1978 American war film, based on the novel The Algonquin Project by Frederick Nolan and directed by John Hough. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Virus ) is a 1980 post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring George Kennedy, Robert Vaughn, Chuck Connors, Olivia Hussey, Edward James Olmos, Ken Ogata, Sonny Chiba and Glenn Ford. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Savage Dawn is a 1985 action and drama film,starring Lance Henriksen,George Kennedy,William Forsythe,Mickey Jones,Karen Black,Richard Lynch,and Michael Sharrett. ... This article is about the year. ... The Delta Force is a 1986 action film starring Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin as leaders of an elite squad of special forces troops based on the real life U.S. Army Delta Force unit. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Creepshow 2 DVD cover Creepshow 2 is a 1987 film directed by Michael Gornick. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is the first film in a series of comedy movies starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, and O.J. Simpson. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... The Terror Within is a 1989 science fiction/horror film starring George Kennedy, Andrew Stevens, Starr Andreff, Terri Treas. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Brain Dead, is a 1990 horror/psychological thriller starring Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton and George Kennedy and written by Charles Beaumont. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... 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Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an Academy Award-winning American comedy actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with fellow Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon. ... The Fortune Cookie is a 1967 film with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American film starring Paul Newman and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. ... Jonathan Jack Albertson (June 16, 1907 - November 25, 1981) was considered a complete entertainer from the old school. ... The Subject Was Roses is a 1968 film which tells the story of a young soldier who comes home to find that his parents marriage is on the verge of collapse. ...

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External links

• George Kennedy at the Internet Movie Database