George Harris Kennedy, Jr. was born on February 18, 1925, in New York City, to Helen Kieselbach, a ballet dancer, and George Harris Kennedy, an orchestra leader and musician.
George Kennedy
Deceased · Born: Feb 18, 1925 · Died: Feb 28, 2016
Known For
Career
2014
The Gambler as Ed
2011
Another Happy Day as Joe Baker
2010
2 Everything 2 Terrible 2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)
2008
The Man Who Came Back as Judge Duke
The Boneyard Collection as Professor Zebediah Jones (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight")
2007
Sands of Oblivion as John Tevis
2005
Don't Come Knocking as Director
Truce as Dr. Peter Gannon
Three Bad Men as Ed Fiske
2003
Monster Makers as Dexter Brisbane
View from the Top as Passenger Requesting Vodka (uncredited)
1998
Men in White as Army
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! as Mr. Johnson
Dallas: War of the Ewings as Carter McKay
Hollyweird as George Kennedy
Small Soldiers as Brick Bazooka (voice)
1997
Cats Don't Dance as L.B. Mammoth (voice)
1996
Dallas: J.R. Returns as Carter McKay
1994
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult as Ed Hocken
1992
Distant Justice as Tom Bradfield
Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story as Father Dave Hagan
1991
Driving Me Crazy as John McCready
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear as Ed Hocken
Intensive Care as Dr. Bruckner
Hangfire as Warden Barles
1990
Brain Dead as Vance
Hired to Kill as Thomas
Mayumi as Bahraini Investigator
1989
Esmeralda Bay as Wilson
Ministry of Vengeance as Rev. Hughes
The Terror Within as Hal
Dallas as Carter McKay
1988
Nightmare at Noon as Sherrif Hanks
Demonwarp as Bill Crafton
Uninvited as Mike Harvey
Born to Race as Vincent Duplain
What Price Victory as Big Buck Brayton
Counterforce as Vince Colby
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! as Ed Hocken
Private Road: No Trespassing as Sam Milshaw
1987
Creepshow 2 as Ray Spruce
Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues as General Nelson Miles
The Gunfighters as Deke Turner
1986
Radioactive Dreams as Spade Chandler
The Delta Force as Father O'Malley
1985
Rigged as Ben
Savage Dawn as Tick Rand
International Airport as Rudy Van Leuven
Half Nelson as Parsons
1984
The Jesse Owens Story as Charles 'Charley' Riley
Bolero as Cotton
Chattanooga Choo Choo as Bert
1982
Wacko as Mr. Doctor Graves
1981
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire as Brakus
Just Before Dawn as Roy McLean
Modern Romance as George Kennedy / Zeron
1980
Death Ship as Captain Ashland
Hotwire as Farley & Harley Fontenot
Day of Resurrection as Admiral Conway
1979
Steel as Big Lew Cassidy
Search and Destroy as Anthony Fusqua
The Concorde... Airport '79 as Joe Patroni
The Double McGuffin as Chief Talasek
Backstairs at the White House as Pres. Warren G. Harding
1978
Death on the Nile as Andrew Pennington
Brass Target as Gen. George S. Patton
Mean Dog Blues as Captain Omar Kinsman
1977
Airport '77 as Joe Patroni
1975
The Eiger Sanction as Ben Bowman
The 'Human' Factor as John Kinsdale
The Blue Knight as Officer Bumper Morgan
1974
Airport 1975 as Joe Patroni
A Cry in the Wilderness as Sam Hadley
Earthquake as Sgt. Lew Slade
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot as Red Leary
Sonic Boom as Ben Dover
1973
Deliver Us from Evil as Walter 'Cowboy' McAdams
Cahill U.S. Marshal as Abe Fraser
Lost Horizon as Sam Cornelius
1972
A Great American Tragedy as Brad Wilkes
The Bull of the West as 'Bear' Suchette
1971
Fools' Parade as Dallas 'Doc' Council
Sarge as Samuel Cavanaugh
1970
Tick, Tick, Tick as John Little
Zig Zag as Paul R. Cameron
Dirty Dingus Magee as Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill
Airport as Joe Patroni
1969
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as McKay
Guns of the Magnificent Seven as Chris
Gaily, Gaily as Axel P. Johanson
1968
The Ballad of Josie as Arch Ogden
Bandolero! as Sheriff July Johnson
The Boston Strangler as Det. Phil DiNatale
The Pink Jungle as Sammy Ryderbeit
The Legend of Lylah Clare as Matt Burke
1967
The Dirty Dozen as Major Max Armbruster
Cool Hand Luke as Dragline
Hurry Sundown as Sheriff Coombs
1965
The Sons of Katie Elder as Curley
The Flight of the Phoenix as Bellamy
Mirage as Willard
Shenandoah as Col. Fairchild
In Harm's Way as Colonel Gregory
1964
Strait-Jacket as Leo Krause
Island of the Blue Dolphins as Aleut Captain
See How They Run as Rudy
McHale's Navy as Henri Le Clerc
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Foreman
1963
Charade as Herman Scobie
The Man from the Diners' Club as George
1962
Lonely Are the Brave as Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez
1961
Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon as Hawk
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come as Nathan Dillon
