George Kennedy

Actor. Born 18 February 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 28 February 2016.

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Born

18 February 1925, New York City, New York, USA

Died

28 February 2016

Biography

George Kennedy (1925–2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 200 film and television productions. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Dragline in Cool Hand Luke (1967).

Kennedy played Joe Patroni in all four Airport films (1970–1979) and Captain Ed Hocken in the Naked Gun trilogy (1988–1994). A World War II veteran, he began his screen career in television westerns in the late 1950s before taking film roles including Charade (1963) and The Dirty Dozen (1967).

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Filmography

Beyond what we have reviewed, George Kennedy is known for The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991), Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994), Small Soldiers (1998), Cool Hand Luke (1967), The Gambler (2014), Charade (1963), The Dirty Dozen (1967) and Death on the Nile (1978).

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

1988 · as Ed Hocken