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Burt Kennedy

Directing

Born September 3, 1922 · Muskegon, Michigan, USA

Died February 15, 2001

Also known as Burton Raphael Kennedy · Burton Kennedy

Biography

Burton Raphael Kennedy was an American screenwriter and director known mainly for directing Westerns. Budd Boetticher called him "the best Western writer ever."

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Awards & recognition

  • Silver Star

Filmography35 titles

Combat!

1962Director

Magnum, P.I.

1980Director

Support Your Local Sheriff!

1969Director

Mail Order Bride

1964Director, Writer

The Tall T

1957Screenplay

The Littlest Horse Thieves

1976Story

The War Wagon

1967Director

Fort Dobbs

1958Screenplay

7 Men from Now

1956Original Story, Screenplay

The Three Musketeers

1948

Simon & Simon

1981Director

Comanche Station

1960Screenplay

Ride Lonesome

1959Writer

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971Director, Executive Producer

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

1987Director

The Deserter

1970Director

The Virginian

1962Director

Gun the Man Down

1956Screenplay

White Hunter Black Heart

1990Screenplay

The Train Robbers

1973Director, Writer

Hannie Caulder

1971Director, Screenplay

Return of the Gunfighter

1967Story

Return of the Seven

1966Director

Yellowstone Kelly

1959Screenplay

All the Kind Strangers

1974Director

Young Billy Young

1969Director, Screenplay

Six Black Horses

1962Writer

Man in the Vault

1956Screenplay

The Rounders

1965Director, Screenplay

Welcome to Hard Times

1967Director, Writer

Once Upon a Texas Train

1988Director, Producer, Writer

Concrete Cowboys

1979Director

Suburban Commando

1991Director

The Trouble with Spies

1987Director, Producer, Writer

Dirty Dingus Magee

1970Director, Producer