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Arthur Kennedy

(actor)
Arthur Kennedy
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Arthur Kennedy in Champion.
Birth name John Arthur Kennedy
Born February 17, 1914
Worcester, Massachusetts
Died January 5 1990 (aged 75)
Branford, Connecticut
Spouse(s) Mary Cheffrey (1938-1975)

Arthur Kennedy (February 17, 1914January 5, 1990) was an American actor.

Life and work

Born John Arthur Kennedy in Worcester, Massachusetts, he graduated from Worcester Academy in 1930, and acted both on the stage and screen, receiving a Tony Award for the role of Biff Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman (1949). Kennedy also inaugurated three other major characters in Miller plays: Chris Keller in All My Sons (1947), John Proctor in The Crucible (1953), and Walter Franz in The Price (1968). He also received five Academy Award nominations, all unsuccessful. He and Claude Rains share the record of four losing nominations for Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

Kennedy got his break when he was discovered by James Cagney. His first role was of Cagney's younger brother in City for Conquest in 1940. He portrayed good guys and bad guys equally, appearing in Western films and police dramas. He also turned in a worthy performance as a surgeon in 1966's Fantastic Voyage.

He starred in several well-received films in the late 1940s and the 1950s, including High Sierra, They Died with Their Boots On, Boomerang!, Champion, The Window, The Glass Menagerie, Bright Victory, Bend of the River, The Lusty Men, Rancho Notorious, The Desperate Hours, Lawrence of Arabia, The Man From Laramie, The Naked Dawn, Trial, Peyton Place, Some Came Running, A Summer Place and Elmer Gantry.

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Awards
Preceded by
Gregory Peck
for Twelve O'Clock High
NYFCC Award for Best Actor
1951
for Bright Victory
Succeeded by
Ralph Richardson
for The Sound Barrier

 
 
 

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