British landscape architect; active at Bowood House, Calne, Wilts., in the early 1850s. Do not think he is the same as RIBA entry George Penrose Kennedy, fl. 1843-1870s (who also has dates b.1838 or 9-d.1898). He would have been 13 at the time of the Bowood project.
He and his wife Joan McCarthy adopted four children, including his granddaughter Taylor, whose mother, also adopted by Kennedy, had become addicted to drugs and alcohol.
He enlisted in the United States Army during World War II and went on to serve 16 years, both in combat, and in his later years, as an Armed Forces Radio and Television officer.
He and Joan McCarthy adopted their granddaughter in 1998, after their daughter was ruled unfit.
Kennedy is often mistakenly credited with a bit part in Spartacus . Stuntman Bob Morgan resembles Kennedy closely, and it is he who is seen saying "Im Spartacus!" in the famous scene. Kennedy had nothing to do with the film.
In the early 1970s, Paramount Pictures had plans that were unrealized to remake Double Indemnity with Kennedy in the Edward G. Robinson role.
He was the only actor to appear in all four of the "Airport" movie series.
Recently hosted the creation of a driving safety video.
Due to his tall, enormously broad frame, Kennedy was frequently cast in the 1960s and 1970s as bullies and thugs, and had the distinction of brutalizing stars like Cary Grant , Paul Newman and Clint Eastwood on-screen while gaining a reputation off-screen as one of the nicest actors around. By his 60s, he finally got the chance to play friendlier characters, such as lovable Captain Ed Hocken in the "Naked Gun" movies.
As a United States Army officer in World War II, he served under General George S. Patton , and later went on to portray Patton in Brass Target .
Before his acting career really took off, he served as a military consultant on "The Phil Silvers Show" .
Attended and graduated from John Tarleton Agricultural College (now Tarleton State University at Stephenville, Texas).
Attended and graduated from Chaminade High School in Mineola, New York .
His daughter Betty is also an actress. He also has a son, George Harris Kennedy III.
Was considered for the role of Lex Luthor in Superman , which went to Gene Hackman.
His maternal grandfather was a German immigrant. His other ancestry included Irish and English.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 6356 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 3, 1991.
A former United States Army career soldier, Kennedy played a series of villains in motion pictures. He attacked Cary Grant with a steel claw in Stanley Donen s Charade , pursued Joan Crawford with an ax in Strait-Jacket , attempted to assassinate Gregory Peck in Mirage and kicked Jeff Bridges to death in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot .
His father was a pianist and a composer/conductor at the Proctors Theater in Manhattan, and his mother danced with vaudevilles "Le Ballet Classique".
Following high school graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army in 1943 with the hope to become a fighter pilot in the Army Air Corps. Instead, he wound up in the infantry, served under General George S. Patton and distinguished himself in valor. He won two Bronze Stars and four rows of combat and service ribbons.
After World War II, a bizarre medical condition - his left leg was shorter than his right by three inches - left him in traction for two years.
He underwent emergency triple heart bypass surgery in 2002.
He died only nine days before his Cool Hand Luke co-star Richard Davalos.
When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished,polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take,hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work.
[on being cast in bad guy roles on television Westerns at the start of,his acting career] The big guys were on television and they needed big,lumps to eat up. All I had to do was show up on the set, and I got,beaten up. .
