George Kennedy

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Feb 18, 1925 (100 years old)
Death date
Feb 28, 2016

George Kennedy

Known For

Another Happy Day
1h 59m
Movie 2011

Another Happy Day

A wedding at her parents' Annapolis estate hurls high-strung Lynn into the center of touchy family dynamics.

A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'
0h 28m
Movie 2008

A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'

A documentary on the making of 'Cool Hand Luke' (1967).

The Boneyard Collection
1h 39m
Movie 2008

The Boneyard Collection

A quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock band booked to play a gig in a town overrun by flesh-eating zombies. In the second one, THE DEVIL'S DUE AT MIDNIGHT, a coven of beautiful witches conjure up Brad Dourif as The Devil, and endures the inept attacks of witch killer Ken Foree. In the first long segment, HER MORBID DESIRES, an actress gets the lead role in a vampire movie, only to discover that starlets are being murdered on the set. The other long segment, CRY OF THE MUMMY, has the reincarnated mummy, formerly the last Pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty, looking to sue the movie studios because he can't get work as a mummy. His new lawyer offers to represent him as an agent, but the mummy will only work in film if he can direct.

Sands of Oblivion
1h 34m
Movie 2007

Sands of Oblivion

The film tells the story of a prop from the 1923 movie The Ten Commandments that was actually an authentic artifact from antiquity with cursed powers. In the modern day these resurface leading to murder and mayhem.

Three Bad Men
1h 59m
Movie 2005

Three Bad Men

Three outlaws on there way across state lines after a bank robbery, decide to fufill a dying mans wish. Save his wife from notorious outlaw Dutch Henry. A wish that might get them killed.

Monster Makers
1h 28m
Movie 2003

Monster Makers

Monster Makers is based on Tim Stoker's experience as a Monster movie geek. The monsters in an old non released movie come out of the movie and Tim and his friends in the real world must find a way to stop the monsters.

View from the Top
1h 27m
Movie 2003

View from the Top

No one thought Donna would go very far. But when she sets her sights on becoming a first-class international flight attendant, Donna throws caution to the wind and takes off in pursuit of her dream. The ride is anything but smooth, however, and Donna's laugh-packed journey of a lifetime is rocked by more turbulence than she bargained for.

Small Soldiers
1h 50m
Movie 1998

Small Soldiers

When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.

Dallas: War of The Ewings
1h 36m
Movie 1998

Dallas: War of The Ewings

In the second of two Dallas reunion films, War of the Ewings follows Bobby and Sue Ellen Ewing two years after taking over control of Ewing Oil. Although J.R. is managing WestStar Oil, he wants to once again own his father's company. When he discovers that Ray Krebbs' land has undiscovered oil on it, he clashes with everyone — from Carter McKay to the Ewings — to get what he wants.

Hollyweird
0h 43m
Movie 1998

Hollyweird

Three reality tv makers film themselves solving murders while trying make a TV show in L.A.

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 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.

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