Biography
John Arthur Kennedy (February 17, 1914 – January 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 plays on Broadway. He won the 1949 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Miller's Death of a Salesman. He also won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for the 1955 film Trial, and was a five-time Academy Award nominee.
Awards & recognition
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1956
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play · 1949
- Donaldson Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1959 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1958 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1956 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1952 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1950 · nominated
Filmography46 titles
Lawrence of Arabia
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Murder She Said
Elmer Gantry
The Man from Laramie
Bright Victory
Boomerang!
High Sierra
Some Came Running
The Desperate Hours
Bend of the River
Cheyenne
Barabbas
The Window
City for Conquest
Peyton Place
Too Late for Tears
Nevada Smith
Fantastic Voyage
Cheyenne Autumn
The Lusty Men
Red Mountain
Champion
The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
They Died with Their Boots On
The Tough Ones
A Summer Place
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Rancho Notorious
Air Force
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Day of the Evil Gun
The Naked Dawn
The Sentinel
The Antichrist
Desperate Journey
Devotion
Murieta
Anzio
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Nine Guests for a Crime
Cyclone
Signs of Life
Impulse
Shark
The Humanoid