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.
Golden Globe Awards
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Known For
Lawrence of Arabia
(1962)
Jackson Bentley
Barabbas
(1961)
Pontius Pilate
Rancho Notorious
(1952)
Vern Haskell
Nevada Smith
(1966)
Bill Bowdre
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Ned Sharp
Cheyenne Autumn
(1964)
Doc Holliday
The Sentinel
(1977)
Monsignor Franchino
High Sierra
(1941)
Red
Bend of the River
(1952)
Emerson Cole
Elmer Gantry
(1960)
Jim Lefferts
Some Came Running
(1958)
Frank Hirsh
Fantastic Voyage
(1966)
Dr. Duval
Murder She Said
(1961)
Paul Quimper
The Man from Laramie
(1955)
Vic Hansbro
The Antichrist
(1974)
Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
The Desperate Hours
(1955)
Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
Full Filmography
Acting
City for Conquest
(1940)
Eddie Kenny
High Sierra
(1941)
Red
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Ned Sharp
Highway West
(1941)
George Foster
Strange Alibi
(1941)
Sgt. Joe Geary
Bad Men of Missouri
(1941)
Jim Younger
Knockout
(1941)
Johnny Rocket
Desperate Journey
(1942)
Flight Officer Jed Forrest
Breakdowns of 1942
(1942)
Self
Air Force
(1943)
Bombardier
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations)
(1943)
Instructor
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations)
(1943)
Instructor
Reconnaissance Pilot
(1943)
Decoration Announcer (voice)
The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
(1944)
(uncredited)
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
(1944)
Sgt. Alfred Mason
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
(1944)
Capt. Mathews
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
(1944)
Bob Chilton
Ditch and Live
(1944)
Captain Scott H. Reynolds
The Last Bomb
(1945)
Crewman (voice)
Target - Invisible
(1945)
Air Force Officer / Narrator
Devotion
(1946)
Branwell Brontë
It's Your America
(1946)
Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)
Boomerang!
(1947)
John Waldron
Cheyenne
(1947)
The Sundance Kid
The Window
(1949)
Ed Woodry
Champion
(1949)
Connie Kelly
Too Late for Tears
(1949)
Alan Palmer
Chicago Deadline
(1949)
Tommy Ditman
The Walking Hills
(1949)
Chalk
The Glass Menagerie
(1950)
Tom Wingfield
Bright Victory
(1951)
Larry Nevins
Red Mountain
(1951)
Lane Waldron
Rancho Notorious
(1952)
Vern Haskell
The Lusty Men
(1952)
Wes Merritt
Bend of the River
(1952)
Emerson Cole
The Girl in White
(1952)
Dr. Ben Barringer
Impulse
(1954)
Alan Curtis
Crashout
(1955)
Joe Quinn
The Man from Laramie
(1955)
Vic Hansbro
The Desperate Hours
(1955)
Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
The Naked Dawn
(1955)
Santiago
Trial
(1955)
Barney Castle
The Rawhide Years
(1956)
Rick Harper
Peyton Place
(1957)
Lucas Cross
Some Came Running
(1958)
Frank Hirsh
Twilight for the Gods
(1958)
First Mate Ramsay
A Summer Place
(1959)
Bart Hunter
Home Is the Hero
(1959)
Willie O'Reilly
Elmer Gantry
(1960)
Jim Lefferts
Murder She Said
(1961)
Paul Quimper
Barabbas
(1961)
Pontius Pilate
Claudelle Inglish
(1961)
Clyde Inglish
Lawrence of Arabia
(1962)
Jackson Bentley
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
(1962)
Dr. Henry Adams
Cheyenne Autumn
(1964)
Doc Holliday
Attack and Retreat
(1964)
Ferro Maria Ferri
Murieta
(1965)
Capt. Love
Joy in the Morning
(1965)
Patrick Brown
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
(1965)
Narrator (voice)
Fantastic Voyage
(1966)
Dr. Duval
Nevada Smith
(1966)
Bill Bowdre
Monday's Child
(1967)
Peter Richardson
Day of the Evil Gun
(1968)
Owen Forbes
Anzio
(1968)
Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
(1968)
Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby
Shark
(1969)
Doc
Hail, Hero!
(1969)
Albert Dixon
The Movie Murderer
(1970)
Angus MacGregor
A Death of Innocence
(1971)
Mark Hirsch
My Old Man's Place
(1971)
Walter Pell
Crawlspace
(1972)
Albert Graves
Family Killer
(1973)
Don Angelino Ferrante
The President's Plane Is Missing
(1973)
Gunther Damon
Ricco
(1973)
Don Vito
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
(1974)
The Inspector
The Antichrist
(1974)
Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
Nakia
(1974)
Sheriff Sam Jericho
The Man from Independence
(1974)
Tom Pendergast
Killer Cop
(1975)
Armando Di Federico
Rome, Armed to the Teeth
(1976)
Vice questore Ruini
Blackmail Chase
(1976)
Mike Jannacone
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island
(1976)
Antonio
The Sentinel
(1977)
Monsignor Franchino
Nine Guests for a Crime
(1977)
Uberto
Cyclone
(1978)
Priest
Covert Action
(1978)
CIA Chief of Station, Athens
Dirty World
(1978)
Senator Merelli
Last Angels
(1978)
Il nonno
Cave of the Sharks
(1978)
Mr. Jackson
The Humanoid
(1979)
Dr. Kraspin
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
(1988)
Self (archive footage)
Signs of Life
(1989)
Owen Coughlin
Grandpa
(1990)