John Arthur Kennedy (February 17, 1914January 5, 1990) was an American stage and film actor known for his versatility in supporting film roles and his ability to create "an exceptional honesty and naturalness on stage", especially in the original casts of

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), ''Death of a Salesman'' ( ...

plays on Broadway.James C. McKinley Jr., "Arthur Kennedy, Actor, 75, Dies; Was Versatile in Supporting Roles", The New York Times, 7 Jan 1990, p 30, via ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2007) accessed 13 November 2011. He won the 1949

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for Miller's ''

Death of a Salesman ''Death of a Salesman'' is a 1949 stage play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances. It is a two-act tragedy set in late 1940s Brooklyn told through a montag ...

''. He also won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for the 1955 film ''

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'', and was a five-time

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nominee.

Early life and education

Kennedy was born on February 17, 1914, in

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, the son of Helen (née Thompson) and John Timothy "J.T." Kennedy, a dentist. He attended South High School, Worcester and

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. He studied drama at the

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, graduating with a B.A. in 1934.Melissa Vickery-Bareford
"Kennedy, John Arthur"
''American National Biography Online'', (Feb. 2000), accessed 13 Nov 13 2011.

Career

Kennedy moved to New York City and, billed as John Kennedy, joined the Group Theatre. He then toured with a classical repertory company. In September 1937, he made his Broadway debut as Bushy in Maurice Evans' ''

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'' at the St. James Theatre. In 1939 he played Sir Richard Vernon in Evans' ''

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''. Kennedy made his entry into films when he was discovered by

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. His first film role was of Cagney's younger brother in ''

City for Conquest ''City for Conquest'' is a 1940 American epic drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan and Arthur Kennedy. The picture is based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Aben Kandel. The supporting cast features ...

'' in 1940. He appeared in many

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s and police dramas. During

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, Kennedy served from 1943 to 1945 in the

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(USAAF) making aviation training films, both as a narrator and an actor. Many of those films serve as historical records of how aviators were trained and flight equipment was operated. Kennedy appeared in many notable films from the early 1940s through mid-1960s, including '' High Sierra'', ''

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'', ''

They Died with Their Boots On ''They Died with Their Boots On'' is a 1941 American black-and-white Western film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Hal B. Wallis and Robert Fellows, directed by Raoul Walsh, that stars Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. The film's stor ...

'', ''

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'', '' The Desperate Hours'', ''

'', '' Peyton Place'', ''

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'', '' A Summer Place'', ''

Elmer Gantry ''Elmer Gantry'' is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 that presents aspects of the religious activity of America in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s public toward it. The novel's protagonis ...

'', ''

The Man from Laramie ''The Man from Laramie'' is a 1955 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, and Cathy O'Donnell. Written by Philip Yordan and Frank Burt, the film is about a stranger who defies ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Nevada Smith ''Nevada Smith'' is a 1966 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy and Suzanne Pleshette. The film was made by Embassy Pictures and Solar Productions, in association ...

'' and ''

Fantastic Voyage ''Fantastic Voyage'' is a 1966 American science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Harry Kleiner, based on a story by Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby. The film is about a submarine crew who are shrunk to microscop ...

''. Of Kennedy's film work, he is perhaps best-remembered for his collaborations with director

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and co-star

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on ''

Bend of the River ''Bend of the River'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams, and Rock Hudson. Based on the 1950 novel ''Bend of the Snake'' by Bill Gulick, the film is about a tough c ...

'' (1952) and ''

'' (1955), in both of which he played sympathetic villains. Kennedy also enjoyed film success in England during the 1950s, usually playing the lead role in b-movies whenever an American character was needed. He played mostly laid-back ladies' men, avuncular husband types or down-on-their—luck con men chancing it in the UK. He also enjoyed a distinguished stage career over the same period, receiving a

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for his role of

Biff Loman ''Death of a Salesman'' is a 1949 stage play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances. It is a two-act tragedy set in late 1940s Brooklyn told through a montag ...

's ''

'' (1949). He inaugurated three other major characters in Miller plays: Chris Keller in '' All My Sons'' (1947), John Proctor in ''

The Crucible ''The Crucible'' is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as a ...

'' (1953) and

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in '' The Price'' (1968). In 1961 he played the title role in ''

Becket ''Becket or The Honour of God'' (french: Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu) is a 1959 play written in French by Jean Anouilh. It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England leading to Becket's assassination in 117 ...

'', opposite

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as Henry II. On February 5, 1959, Kennedy appeared on the episode "Make It Look Good" of

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's ''

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''. In 1974, Kennedy was a regular on the short-lived

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'', as Sheriff Sam Jericho.

Waning interest, ill-health, then comeback

With the death of his wife in 1975, failing eyesight, alcoholism, and thyroid cancer, Kennedy was reported as having lost interest in filmmaking. After '' Covert Action'' (1978), his next films were '' The Humanoid'' (1979) and '' Signs of Life'' (1989).Glenn Collins, "Arthur Kennedy: Comeback for a Curmudgeon", ''The New York Times'', 30 Apr 1989, p H24, via ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2007) accessed 13 November 2011.

Awards and honors

In 1949, Kennedy won a

for best supporting actor as Biff in Arthur Miller's ''Death of a Salesman'' at the

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. The New York Film Critics named him Best Actor for ''

Bright Victory ''Bright Victory'' is a 1951 American drama romance war film directed by Mark Robson and starring Arthur Kennedy and Peggy Dow. Plot During World War II, American sergeant Larry Nevins is blinded by a German sniper while fighting in North Afr ...

'' (1951). His performance in ''

'' won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. His portrayal of the newspaper reporter in ''

'' (1960) gained him a Film Daily Award and a Limelight Award.

Oscar nominations

Kennedy received a nomination for Best Actor for his performance in ''

'' (1951).

Personal life

Kennedy married Mary Cheffey in March 1938. They had two children: actress Laurie Kennedy and Terence.

Death

During the last years of his life, Kennedy had thyroid cancer and eye disease. He spent much of his later life in Savannah, Georgia, out of the public eye.

Filmography

*''

'' (1940) as Eddie Kenny *'' High Sierra'' (1941) as 'Red' *''Knockout'' (1941) as Johnny Rocket *''

Strange Alibi ''Strange Alibi'' is a 1941 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman, written by Kenneth Gamet, Leslie T. White and Fred Niblo Jr., and starring Arthur Kennedy, Joan Perry, Jonathan Hale, John Ridgely, Florence Bates and Charles Trowbri ...

'' (1941) as Joe Geary *''

Bad Men of Missouri ''Bad Men of Missouri'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and written by Charles Grayson. The film stars Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Wayne Morris and Arthur Kennedy. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 26, 194 ...

'' (1941) as Jim Younger *''

Highway West ''Highway West'' is a 1941 American crime film directed by William C. McGann and starring Brenda Marshall, Arthur Kennedy and William Lundigan. It is a remake of the 1934 film ''Heat Lightning''.Goble p.1 The film's sets were designed by the art ...

'' (1941) as George Foster *''

'' (1941) as Ned Sharp *''

Desperate Journey ''Desperate Journey'' is a 1942 American World War II action and aviation film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan. The supporting cast includes Raymond Massey, Alan Hale Sr., and Arthur Kennedy. The melodramati ...

'' (1942) as Flying Officer Jed Forrest *''

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'' (1943) as Bombardier *''Reconnaissance Pilot'' (1943, documentary short) as Decoration Announcer (voice, uncredited) *''

Resisting Enemy Interrogation ''Resisting Enemy Interrogation'' is a 1944 U.S. Army, United States Army docudrama training film, directed by Robert B. Sinclair and written by Harold Medford and Owen Crump. The cast includes Arthur Kennedy, Mel Tormé, Lloyd Nolan, Craig Steven ...

'' (1944) as Sgt. Alfred Mason (uncredited) *''Ditch and Live'' (1944, Short) as Captain Scott H. Reynolds (uncredited) *''Time to Kill'' (1945, Short) as Narrator (uncredited) *''Target - Invisible'' (1945, documentary short) as Narrator (uncredited) *''

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'' (1946) as Branwell Brontë *''It's Your America'' (1946, Short) as Soldier (uncredited) *''

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'' (1947) as John Waldron *''

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'' (1947) as Chalk *''

The Walking Hills ''The Walking Hills'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by John Sturges and starring Randolph Scott and Ella Raines. The film's plot has film noir elements in its story of a search for an old treasure by nine men including a detective ...

'' (1949) as Chalk *''

'' (1949) as Connie *'' The Window'' (1949) as Ed Woodry *''

Too Late for Tears ''Too Late for Tears'' is a 1949 film noir directed by Byron Haskin and starring Lizabeth Scott, Arthur Kennedy, Dan Duryea, and Don DeFore. It concerns a ruthless femme fatale's murderous attempt to hold on to a suitcase containing US$60,000 ($ ...

'' (1949) as Alan Palmer *''

Chicago Deadline ''Chicago Deadline'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Alan Ladd and Donna Reed. It was remade as '' Fame Is the Name of the Game'' (1966). Plot Chicago newspaper reporter Ed Adams is in a boardi ...

'' (1949) as Tommy Ditman *''

'' (1950) as Tom Wingfield *''

'' (1951) as Larry Nevins *'' Red Mountain'' (1951) as Lane Waldron *''

'' (1952) as Emerson Cole *''

Rancho Notorious ''Rancho Notorious'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Marlene Dietrich as the matron of a criminal hideout called ''Chuck-a-Luck''. Arthur Kennedy and Mel Ferrer play rivals for her attention in this tale of f ...

'' (1952) as Vern Haskell *''

The Girl in White ''The Girl in White'' is a 1952 American drama film directed by John Sturges and starring June Allyson, Arthur Kennedy and Mildred Dunnock. It is based on the memoirs of the pioneering female surgeon Emily Dunning Barringer. Plot Her pregnant m ...

'' (1952) as Dr. Ben Barringer *''

The Lusty Men ''The Lusty Men '' is a 1952 Western film released by Wald-Krasna Productions and RKO Radio Pictures starring Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy and Arthur Hunnicutt. The picture was directed by Nicholas Ray and produced by Jerry W ...

'' (1952) as Wes Merritt *''

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'' (1954) as Alan Curtis *''

Crashout ''Crashout'' is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis R. Foster and starring William Bendix, Arthur Kennedy, Luther Adler, William Talman, Gene Evans, Marshall Thompson, and Beverly Michaels.. Plot Convict Van Duff is the le ...

'' (1955) as Joe Quinn *''

The Man From Laramie ''The Man from Laramie'' is a 1955 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, and Cathy O'Donnell. Written by Philip Yordan and Frank Burt, the film is about a stranger who defies ...

'' (1955) as Vic Hansbro *'' The Desperate Hours'' (1955) as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard *''

'' (1955) as Barney *''

The Naked Dawn ''The Naked Dawn'' is a 1955 American Technicolor Western film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Arthur Kennedy and Betta St. John. Plot The story focuses on a poor but proud farmer named Manuel and his wife Maria. When glib-tongued drifte ...

'' (1955) as Santiago *''

The Rawhide Years ''The Rawhide Years'' is a 1956 American Western film directed by Rudolph Mate and starring Tony Curtis. Colleen Miller and Arthur Kennedy.Peyton Place'' (1957) as Lucas Cross *''

Twilight for the Gods ''Twilight for the Gods'' is a 1958 American Eastmancolor adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse. The story is based on the novel ''Twilight for the Gods'' by Ernest K. Gann (though the opening credi ...

'' (1958) as First Mate Ramsay *''

'' (1958) as Frank Hirsh *''The Ten Commandments'' (1959, TV Movie) *''

Home Is the Hero ''Home Is the Hero'' is a 1959 Irish drama film directed by Fielder Cook. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Walter Macken – Paddo O'Reilly * Eileen Crowe – Daylia O'Reilly * Arthur Kennedy – Willie O ...

'' (1959) as Willie O'Reilly *'' A Summer Place'' (1959) as Bart Hunter *''

'' (1960) as Jim Lefferts *''

Claudelle Inglish ''Claudelle Inglish'' is a 1961 American film directed by Gordon Douglas and based on the 1958 novel by Erskine Caldwell. It stars Diane McBain and Arthur Kennedy. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1962 for Best Costume Design ( Howard S ...

'' (1961) as Clyde Inglish *'' Murder, She Said'' (1961) as Dr. Quimper *''

'' (1961) as Pontius Pilate *''

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man ''Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man'' is a 1962 American adventure film directed by Martin Ritt based on Ernest Hemingway's semi-autobiographical character Nick Adams, and featuring Richard Beymer as Adams. A.E. Hotchner wrote the screenpl ...

'' (1962) as Dr. Adams *''

'' (1962) as Jackson Bentley *''

Attack and Retreat ''Attack and Retreat'' ( it, Italiani brava gente, russian: Они шли на Восток, Oni shli na Vostok) is a Soviet-Italian war drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and Dmitri Vasilyev in 1964. The movie follows the steps of Itali ...

'' (1964) as Ferro Maria Ferri *''

Cheyenne Autumn ''Cheyenne Autumn'' is a 1964 American epic Western film starring Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart, and Edward G. Robinson. It tells the story of a factual event, the Northern Cheyenne Exodus of 1878–79, told in "Hollywood style ...

'' (1964) as Doc Holliday *''

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'' (1965) as Capt. Love *'' Joy in the Morning'' (1965) as Patrick Brown *''

'' (1966) as Bill Bowdre *''

'' (1966) as Dr. Duval *''Monday's Child'' (1967) as Peter Richardson *'' Day of the Evil Gun'' (1968) as Owen Forbes *'' A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die'' (1968) as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby *''

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'' (1968) as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley *''

Hail, Hero! ''Hail, Hero!'' is a 1969 drama film directed by David Miller, starring Michael Douglas, Deborah Winters and Peter Strauss. David Manber wrote the screenplay based on the novel by John Weston. The picture was produced by Harold D. Cohen and was ...

'' (1969) as Albert Dixon *''

Shark! ''Shark!'' (also known as ''Caine'' and ''Man-Eater'') is a 1969 Mexican-American action film directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Burt Reynolds and Silvia Pinal. Plot Caine, a gunrunner, becomes stranded in a small port on the Red Sea. Whi ...

'' (1969) as Doc *''The Movie Murderer'' (1970, TV Movie) as Angus MacGregor *'' My Old Man's Place'' (1971) as Walter Pell *''A Death of Innocence'' (1971, TV Movie) as Mark Hirsch *''Crawlspace'' (1972, TV Movie) as Albert Graves *''

I Kiss the Hand ''I Kiss the Hand'' ( it, Baciamo le mani, also known as ''Family Killer'') is a 1973 Italian crime film directed by Vittorio Schiraldi and starring Arthur Kennedy, John Saxon and Agostina Belli. It is based on a novel by the same Vittorio Schi ...

'' (1973) as Don Angelino Ferrante *'' Ricco the Mean Machine'' (1973) as Don Vito *'' The President's Plane Is Missing'' (1973, TV Movie) as Gunther Damon *''

The Man from Independence ''The Man from Independence'' is a 1974 biographical–drama film directed by Jack Smight and written by Edward DeBlasio. The film stars Robert Vaughn, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott, June Dayton, Russell Johnson, Ronne Troup, Alan Fudge, and T ...

'' (1974) as Tom Pendergast *''

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'' (1974) as The Inspector *'' The Antichrist'' (1974) as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi *''

Killer Cop ''Killer Cop'' ( it, La polizia ha le mani legate) is a 1975 Italian poliziottesco- crime film directed in 1975 by Luciano Ercoli. The film's plot reprises the Piazza Fontana bombing which happened in Milan in 1969. The gun in the umbrella used i ...

'' (1975) as Armando Di Federico *''

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'' (1976) as Ruini *' (1976) as Mike Jannacone *''La spiaggia del desiderio'' (1976) as Antonio *'' The Sentinel'' (1977) as Monsignor Franchino *''

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'' (1977) as Uberto *''Gli ultimi angeli'' (1978) as Il nonno *'' Bermuda: Cave of the Sharks'' (1978) as Mr. Jackson *''

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'' (1978) as The Priest *''Porco mondo'' (1978) as Senator Merelli *'' Covert Action'' (1978) as CIA Chief of Station, Athens *'' The Humanoid'' (1979) as Dr. Kraspin *'' Signs of Life'' (1989) as Owen Coughlin *''I figli del vento'' (1989, TV Movie) *''Grandpa'' (1990) (final film role)

References

External links

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