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.
Movies
Lawrence of Arabia Jackson Bentley
Fantastic Voyage Dr. Duval
Murder She Said Paul Quimper
Shark Doc
Nevada Smith Bill Bowdre
Elmer Gantry Jim Lefferts
City for Conquest Eddie Kenny
Barabbas Pontius Pilate
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue The Inspector
The Window Ed Woodry
Champion Connie Kelly
Too Late for Tears Alan Palmer
Day of the Evil Gun Owen Forbes
Crashout Joe Quinn
High Sierra Red
Chicago Deadline Tommy Ditman
Cheyenne Autumn Doc Holliday
Anzio Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley
Rancho Notorious Vern Haskell
The Memphis Belle (uncredited)
Cyclone Priest
Impulse Alan Curtis
The Lusty Men Wes Merritt
Peyton Place Lucas Cross
Air Force Bombardier
Some Came Running Frank Hirsh
Bend of the River Emerson Cole
They Died with Their Boots On Ned Sharp
Highway West George Foster
The Desperate Hours Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
The Sentinel Monsignor Franchino
The Glass Menagerie Tom Wingfield
The Man from Laramie Vic Hansbro
A Summer Place Bart Hunter
Boomerang! John Waldron
Rome, Armed to the Teeth Vice questore Ruini
Strange Alibi Sgt. Joe Geary
Devotion Branwell Brontë
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby
The Humanoid Dr. Kraspin
Desperate Journey Flight Officer Jed Forrest
Signs of Life Owen Coughlin
The Man from Independence Tom Pendergast
Twilight for the Gods First Mate Ramsay
The Antichrist Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
Killer Cop Armando Di Federico
Crawlspace Albert Graves
Murieta Capt. Love
The Rawhide Years Rick Harper
Bright Victory Larry Nevins
The Naked Dawn Santiago
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man Dr. Henry Adams
Covert Action CIA Chief of Station, Athens
Trial Barney Castle
Claudelle Inglish Clyde Inglish
Resisting Enemy Interrogation Sgt. Alfred Mason
Joy in the Morning Patrick Brown
Red Mountain Lane Waldron
Bad Men of Missouri Jim Younger
Knockout Johnny Rocket
Cheyenne The Sundance Kid
The Girl in White Dr. Ben Barringer
Monday's Child Peter Richardson
Dirty World Senator Merelli
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles Narrator (voice)
Attack and Retreat Ferro Maria Ferri
Nakia Sheriff Sam Jericho
The Walking Hills Chalk
Blackmail Chase Mike Jannacone
Grandpa
Family Killer Don Angelino Ferrante
Last Angels Il nonno
A Death of Innocence Mark Hirsch
The Movie Murderer Angus MacGregor
Home Is the Hero Willie O'Reilly
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island Antonio
Hail, Hero! Albert Dixon
Cave of the Sharks Mr. Jackson
The President's Plane Is Missing Gunther Damon
The Last Bomb Crewman (voice)
My Old Man's Place Walter Pell
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations) Instructor
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations) Instructor
Reconnaissance Pilot Decoration Announcer (voice)
Ditch and Live Captain Scott H. Reynolds
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane Bob Chilton
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure Capt. Mathews
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Self (archive footage)
Target - Invisible Air Force Officer / Narrator
Nine Guests for a Crime Uberto
It's Your America Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)
Ricco Don Vito
Breakdowns of 1942 Self
Shows
Kraft Suspense Theatre Dr. Walter Meade Taylor
General Electric Theater Whitney Barton
ABC Stage 67 Lieutenant Hammond
CBS Playhouse
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Sam Carter
F.D.R. Narrator
Nakia
The Ed Sullivan Show Self (archive footage)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Keith Hollands
