George Kennedy
Sign | Aquarius |
Born | Feb 18, 1925 New York City, NY |
Died | Feb 28, 2016 Middleton, ID |
Age | Died at 91 |
George Kennedy | |
Job | Actor |
Years active | 1927-1943, 1955-present |
Top Roles | Bellamy, Rebel Soldier, Chris, Curley, Herman Scobie |
Top Genres | Drama, Western, Comedy, Adventure, Action, Thriller/Suspense |
Top Topics | Book-Based, Aviation, World War II |
Top Collaborators | Robert Aldrich (Director), Andrew V. McLaglen (Director), Otto Preminger (Director), Kirk Douglas |
Shares birthday with | Jack Palance, Edward Arnold, Adolphe Menjou see more.. |
George Kennedy Overview:
Character actor, George Kennedy, was born on Feb 18, 1925 in New York City, NY. Kennedy died at the age of 91 on Feb 28, 2016 in Middleton, ID .
MINI BIO:
American actor with a powerful build and thinning fair hair. He turned to an acting career after 16 years in the army and surprised many people by becoming a star - mainly on the strength of his Academy Award for Cool Hand Luke in 1967. The transition from villains to good-hearted Joes was almost immediate, but he was a valuable asset to some poor films.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).HONORS and AWARDS:
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George Kennedy was nominated for one Academy Award, winning for Best Supporting Actor for Cool Hand Luke (as Dragline) in 1967.
Academy Awards
Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
1967 | Best Supporting Actor | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | Dragline | Won |
He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. In addition, Kennedy was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum .
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George Kennedy Quotes:
Luke: That's it. That's the end of it.
Convict: Man, there's still daylight.
Dragline: About two hours left.
Convict: What do we do now?
Luke: Nothin'.
Dragline: Oh Luke, you wild, beautiful thing. You crazy handful of nothin'.
Judge: Anybody in favor of hanging this man, say "Aye."
Crowd: Aye!
Judge: Against?
Chris Adams: Nooo.
Judge: And who says, "No"?
Chris Adams: Me.
Judge: Just who are you to say, "No"?
Chris Adams: Who do you have to be to say "No" to a rigged court - stretchin' the neck of this poor slob?
Dragline: He was smiling... That's right. You know, that, that Luke smile of his. He had it on his face right to the very end. Hell, if they didn't know it 'fore, they could tell right then that they weren't a-gonna beat him. That old Luke smile. Oh, Luke. He was some boy. Cool Hand Luke. Hell, he's a natural-born world-shaker.
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