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
- Joan McCarthy
(1978/08/24 - ) - Norma Wurman
(1973/11/22 - 1978/08/11) - Norma Wurman
(1959/06/23 - 1971) - Dorothy Gillooly
(1943 - )
- Joan McCarthy
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Chaminade High School
( - 1943) - Tarleton State University
- Chaminade High School
- Lived in
- New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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