George Kennedy

Actor, Film actor

1925 –

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Who is George Kennedy?

George Harris Kennedy, Jr. is an American actor who has appeared in more than two hundred film and television productions. He is perhaps best known for four of his roles: as the convict "Dragline" in Cool Hand Luke, for which he won an Academy Award; as airline mechanic Joe Patroni in all four of the 1970s Airport disaster films; as Captain Ed Hocken in the Naked Gun series of comedy films; and as corrupt oil tycoon Carter McKay on the original Dallas television series.

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Born
Feb 18, 1925
New York City
Also known as
  • George Harris Kennedy, Jr.
Parents
Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Chaminade High School
    ( - 1943)
  • Tarleton State University
Lived in
  • New York City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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