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George Kennedy
George Harris Kennedy Jr. was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" in Cool Hand Luke (1967), winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role and being nominated for the corresponding Golden Globe. He received a second Golden Globe nomination for portraying Joe Patroni in Airport (1970).
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Born 18 February 1925 · Died 28 February 2016 · Q298818
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2016· 1 entry
Died 2016-02-28.
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2005· 1 entry
Made a cameo in the film Don't Come Knocking, playing the director of an ill-fated western
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2002· 1 entry
“That kid, some place right now, cold and wet, needs somebody to say, “I love you, kid, good night.’”
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1998· 1 entry
Voiced Brick Bazooka for the film Small Soldiers
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1995· 2 entries
“I remember listening to a radio program when I was young and it made me feel good and I remember telling my mom that I wanted to make people feel the way this radio program made me feel,”
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“I got some great breaks, and I wound up being an actor.”
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1990· 1 entry
Kennedy appeared in the Korean film Mayumi directed by Shin Sang-ok
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1984· 1 entry
Kennedy starred with Bo Derek in the box-office bomb Bolero
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1983· 1 entry
Wrote the murder mystery Murder On Location, set on a film shoot
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1971· 1 entry
Remarried in 1973, and divorced a second and final time in 1978
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1970· 1 entry
Appeared in the disaster film Airport, in which he plays one of its main characters, airline troubleshooter Joe Patroni
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1968· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Cool Hand Luke (1968).
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1959· 1 entry
Kennedy married Norma Wurman, also known as Revel Wurman
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1943· 1 entry
From Chaminade High School in Mineola, Long Island, New York
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1925· 2 entries
In New York City, into a show business family
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Born 1925-02-18.
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