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George Kennedy

02/18/1925 | New York City, USA | Actor | Male | 02/28/2016 (91 years old)

Sandy-haired, tall and burly George Harris Kennedy, Jr. was born in New York City, to Helen A. (Kieselbach), a ballet dancer, and George Harris Kennedy, an orchestra leader and musician. He had German, Irish, and English ancestry. 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 21: 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.

George Kennedy Top Movies and TV Shows in 2024

Chart List

1.	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	1,636
2.	The Delta Force	138
3.	The Naked Gun 21: The Smell of Fear	74
4.	The Gambler	19
5.	The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult	18
6.	Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!	15
7.	Death on the Nile	11
8.	The Dirty Dozen	7
9.	Guns of the Magnificent Seven	3
10.	Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	0
11.	Cool Hand Luke	0
12.	The 'Human' Factor	0
13.	Dallas	0
14.	The Eiger Sanction	0
15.	Charade	0
16.	Earthquake	0

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Movie | United States | 12/02/1988 | Comedy | Parody

When the incompetent Officer Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.

7.6/10

86%

2,350

The Delta Force

Movie | United States | 02/14/1986 | Action | Action Heroes

5.5/10

15%

263

The Naked Gun 21: The Smell of Fear

Movie | United States | 06/28/1991 | Comedy | Parody

Bumbling cop Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.

6.9/10

58%

332

The Gambler

Movie | United States | 12/25/2014 | Thriller | Relationship

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

6.0/10

43%

1,010

The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

Movie | United States | 03/18/1994 | Comedy | Parody

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he is to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.. this adds to Frank's problems. A host of celebrities at the Academy awards ceremony are humiliated by Frank as he blunders his way trying to foil Rocco.

6.5/10

56%

198

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!

Movie | United States | 07/14/1998 | Comedy

Barricade the doors. Lock the windows. Because hes baaaack. That one-boy wrecking crew, Dennis the Menace, returns for more mischief and mayhem. Based on the comic strip and TV show about a mischievous little boy with a gift for the potentially lethal prank.

4.2/10

24%

Death on the Nile

Movie | United Kingdom | 10/06/1978 | Crime | Murder

The film features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot played by Peter Ustinov. It takes place in Egypt, mostly on the Nile River. Many of the cultural highlights of Egypt are also featured in the film, such as the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx, and temples at Abu Simbal and Karnak.

7.3/10

80%

248

The Dirty Dozen

Movie | United States | 06/15/1967 | War | World War II

Classic World War II action drama about a group of 12 American military prisoners, who are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.

7.7/10

81%

163

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

Movie | United States | 07/14/1969 | Western | Wild West

In this third remake of legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's hugely influential The Seven Samurai, the seven gunslingers (George Kennedy, Michael Ansara, Joe Don Baker, Bernie Casey, Monte Markham, Fernando Rey and Reni Santoni) liberate Mexican political prisoners, train them as fighters and assist them in a desperate attack on a Mexican fortress in an attempt to free a revolutionary leader.

5.7/10

40%

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Movie | United States | 05/23/1974 | Action | Heist

With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.

7.1/10

87%

Cool Hand Luke

Movie | United States | 11/01/1967 | Crime | Prison

Luke Jackson is a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Southern chain gang who, while refusing to buckle under to authority, keeps escaping and being recaptured. Nevertheless, the camp staff actively works to crush Luke until he finally breaks.

8.2/10

100%

The 'Human' Factor

Movie | United Kingdom | 01/01/1975

After his family is brutally murdered for an unknown reason, a computer engineer sets out to find those responsible.

5.8/10

Dallas

TV Show | United States | 04/02/1978 | Drama | Business

The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked Who shot J.R.? A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.

7.0/10

The Eiger Sanction

Movie | United States | 05/21/1975 | Thriller | Climbing

A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.

6.4/10

71%

Charade

Movie | United States | 12/05/1963 | Thriller | Mystery

After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines. But why does Peter keep changing his name?

8.0/10

92%

Earthquake

Movie | United States | 11/15/1974 | Thriller | Disaster

Earthquake is a 1974 American disaster film that achieved huge box-office success, continuing the disaster film genre of the 1970s where recognizable all-star casts attempt to survive life or death situations. The plot concerns the struggle for survival after a catastrophic earthquake destroys most of the city of Los Angeles, California.

5.9/10

45%

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