9.7
9.7
Rigged
1985
as Ben
George Kennedy
Also known as: George Harris Kennedy, Jr., George Harris Kennedy
Acting
Nationality:United States
Education:Tarleton State University, Chaminade High School
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George Harris Kennedy Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" in Cool Hand Luke (1967), winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role and being nominated for the corresponding Golden Globe. He received a second Golden Globe nomination for portraying Joe Patroni in Airport (1970). Among other films in which he had a significant role are Lonely Are the Brave; Charade; Strait-Jacket, McHale's Navy; Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte; Mirage; Shenandoah; The Sons of Katie Elder; The Flight of the Phoenix; In Harm's Way; The Dirty Dozen; The Boston Strangler; Guns of the Magnificent Seven; tick… tick… tick…; Cahill U.S. Marshal; Thunderbolt and Lightfoot; The Good Guys and the Bad Guys; Earthquake; The Eiger Sanction and The Delta Force. Kennedy is the only actor to appear in all four films in the Airport series, reprising the role of Joe Patroni each time. He also portrays Police Captain Ed Hocken in the Naked Gun series of films, and corrupt oil tycoon Carter McKay on the original Dallas television series.
Filmography (119 movies)
7.9
7.9
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
as Charles 'Charley' Riley
7.7
7.7
Cool Hand Luke
1967
as Dragline
7.7
7.7
Charade
1963
as Herman Scobie
7.6
7.6
The Dirty Dozen
1967
as Major Max Armbruster
7.5
7.5
Zig Zag
1970
as Paul R. Cameron
7.5
7.5
Proof of the Man
1977
as Ken Shuftan
7.4
7.4
Lonely are the Brave
1962
as Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez
7.3
7.3
Deliver Us from Evil
1973
as Walter 'Cowboy' McAdams
7.3
7.3
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as Foreman
7.3
7.3
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988
as Ed Hocken
7.2
7.2
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
as Bellamy
7.2
7.2
Cats Don't Dance
1997
as L.B. Mammoth (voice)
7.1
7.1
Death on the Nile
1978
as Andrew Pennington
7.0
7.0
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Curley
7.0
7.0
Mirage
1965
as Willard
6.9
6.9
Shenandoah
1965
as Col. Fairchild
6.8
6.8
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991
as Ed Hocken
6.8
6.8
Search and Destroy
1979
as Anthony Fusqua
6.8
6.8
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974
as Red Leary
6.7
6.7
Modern Romance
1981
as George Kennedy / Zeron
6.7
6.7
A Great American Tragedy
1972
as Brad Wilkes
6.7
6.7
The Boston Strangler
1968
as Det. Phil DiNatale
6.6
6.6
The Pink Jungle
1968
as Sammy Ryderbeit
6.6
6.6
Small Soldiers
1998
as Brick Bazooka (voice)
6.6
6.6
In Harm's Way
1965
as Colonel Gregory
6.5
6.5
Fools' Parade
1971
as Dallas 'Doc' Council
6.5
6.5
Strait-Jacket
1964
as Leo Krause
6.5
6.5
Bandolero!
1968
as Sheriff July Johnson
6.5
6.5
Tick... Tick... Tick...
1970
as John Little
6.5
6.5
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as Ed Hocken
6.4
6.4
Airport
1970
as Joe Patroni
6.3
6.3
Virus
1980
as Admiral Conway
6.3
6.3
Hurry Sundown
1967
as Sheriff Coombs
6.2
6.2
Creepshow 2
1987
as Ray Spruce
6.2
6.2
Island of the Blue Dolphins
1964
as Aleut Captain
6.2
6.2
Don't Come Knocking
2005
as Director
6.1
6.1
The Eiger Sanction
1975
as Ben Bowman
6.1
6.1
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as Abe Fraser
6.1
6.1
Earthquake
1974
as Sgt. Lew Slade
6.0
6.0
The Gambler
2014
as Ed
6.0
6.0
The Delta Force
1986
as Father O'Malley
6.0
6.0
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
2006
as Self
6.0
6.0
A Cry in the Wilderness
1974
as Sam Hadley
6.0
6.0
Just Before Dawn
1981
as Roy McLean
5.9
5.9
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
1987
as General Nelson Miles
5.9
5.9
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Matt Burke
5.7
5.7
Airport 1975
1974
as Joe Patroni
5.7
5.7
The Human Factor
1975
as John Kinsdale
5.7
5.7
The Ballad of Josie
1968
as Arch Ogden
5.7
5.7
Brain Dead
1990
as Vance
5.6
5.6
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
1981
as Brakus
5.6
5.6
Airport '77
1977
as Joe Patroni
5.6
5.6
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
1961
as Hawk
5.5
5.5
Another Happy Day
2011
as Joe Baker
5.5
5.5
The Jupiter Menace
1982
as Himself
5.5
5.5
Steel
1979
as Big Lew Cassidy
5.4
5.4
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
1998
as Mr. Johnson
5.4
5.4
The Bull of the West
1972
as 'Bear' Suchette
5.4
5.4
Lost Horizon
1973
as Sam Cornelius
5.4
5.4
Dallas: J.R. Returns
1996
as Carter McKay
5.4
5.4
Brass Target
1978
as Gen. George S. Patton
5.4
5.4
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as McKay
5.3
5.3
The Boneyard Collection
2008
as Professor Zebediah Jones (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight")
5.3
5.3
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969
as Chris
5.3
5.3
Counterforce
1988
as Vince Colby
5.3
5.3
Radioactive Dreams
1986
as Spade Chandler
5.2
5.2
Death Ship
1980
as Captain Ashland
5.0
5.0
Wacko
1982
as Mr. Doctor Graves
5.0
5.0
Hotwire
1980
as Farley & Harley Fontenot
5.0
5.0
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
as George
5.0
5.0
International Airport
1985
as Rudy Van Leuven
5.0
5.0
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
1990
as Bahraini Investigator
5.0
5.0
Chattanooga Choo Choo
1984
as Bert
5.0
5.0
Liberty
1986
as Seamus Reilly
5.0
5.0
The Double McGuffin
1979
as Chief Talasek
4.8
4.8
Born to Race
1988
as Vincent Duplain
4.7
4.7
Uninvited
1988
as Mike Harvey
4.7
4.7
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979
as Joe Patroni
4.6
4.6
Hired to Kill
1990
as Thomas
4.6
4.6
McHale's Navy
1964
as Henri Le Clerc
4.5
4.5
Sands of Oblivion
2007
as John Tevis
4.5
4.5
Sonic Boom
1974
as Ben Dover
4.5
4.5
Nightmare at Noon
1988
as Sherrif Hanks
4.4
4.4
Mean Dog Blues
1978
as Captain Omar Kinsman
4.4
4.4
Esmeralda Bay
1989
as Wilson
4.4
4.4
The Terror Within
1989
as Hal
4.4
4.4
The Man Who Came Back
2008
as Judge Duke
4.3
4.3
Dirty Dingus Magee
1970
as Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill
4.1
4.1
Savage Dawn
1985
as Tick Rand
4.0
4.0
Top Line
1988
as Heinrich Holzmann
4.0
4.0
The Gunfighters
1987
as Deke Turner
4.0
4.0
Private Road: No Trespassing
1988
as Sam Milshaw
4.0
4.0
See How They Run
1964
as Rudy
4.0
4.0
Hangfire
1991
as Warden Barles
3.8
3.8
Demonwarp
1988
as Bill Crafton
3.7
3.7
Gaily, Gaily
1969
as Axel P. Johanson
3.7
3.7
Driving Me Crazy
1991
as John McCready
3.7
3.7
Truce
2005
as Dr. Peter Gannon
3.4
3.4
Men in White
1998
as Army
3.3
3.3
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
1961
as Nathan Dillon
3.3
3.3
Bolero
1984
as Cotton
3.0
3.0
Monster Makers
2003
as Dexter Brisbane
3.0
3.0
Ministry of Vengeance
1989
as Rev. Hughes
3.0
3.0
Distant Justice
1992
as Tom Bradfield
3.0
3.0
The Cops Are Robbers
1990
2.0
2.0
Intensive Care
1991
as Dr. Bruckner
1.0
1.0
Three Bad Men
2005
as Ed Fiske
Bayou Ghost
1997
as Officer Lowe
The Lion Roars Again
1975
as Self
Rare Breed
1984
Airports
2025
Half Nelson
1985
as Parsons
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
1971
as Sarge Swanson
Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story
1992
as Father Dave Hagan
The Priest Killer
1971
as Father Samuel Cavanaugh
A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'
2008
as Self
What Price Victory
1988
as Big Buck Brayton
The Blue Knight
1975
as Bumper Morgan
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