COOL HAND LUKE

(Drama - PG)

George Kennedy won his Supporting Oscar for playing the convict who battles with Paul Newman in COOL HAND LUKE.

George Kennedy (1925 - )

American character actor who specialized in playing beefy,cigar-chomping problem solvers. George Kennedy didn't start acting until after a 16 year career in the army, which started when he enlisted during the second world war. George Kennedy made his film debut in the 1961 film The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come and from then on he would work consistantly, although some say that his best work was done in the 60's and early 70's. Career highlighst include Charade (1963), Airport ( 1970),The Dirty Dozen (1967). In the 1990's George Kennedy played Leslie Nielsen's partner, Captain Ed Hocken, in the Naked Gun movies.

George Kennedy's other films include:

LONELY ARE THE BRAVE
CHARADE
MIRAGE
SHENANDOAH
THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX
HURRY SUNDOWN
THE DIRTY DOZEN
BANDOLERO
THE BOSTON STRANGLER
THE PINK JUNGLE
AIRPORT
TICK, TICK, TICK
LOST HORIZON
CAHILL
AIRPORT 75
THUNDERBOLT & LIGHTFOOT
EARTHQUAKE
THE EIGER SANCTION
AIRPORT 77
THE CONCORDE-AIRPORT 79
DEATH ON THE NILE
BOLERO
DELTA FORCE
RADIOACTIVE DREAMS
CREEPSHOW 2
THE NAKED GUN
THE TERROR WITHIN
THE NAKED GUN 2
THE NAKED GUN 3
BAYOU GHOST

His television credits include:

SARGE (series)
THE BLUE KNIGHT (series)
LIBERTY
WHAT PRICE VICTORY?
GOOD COPS BAD COPS
FINAL SHOT: THE HANK GATHERS STORY
SANTO BUGITO (TV Series)
DALLAS: J.R. RETURNS
DALLAS: WAR OF THE EWINGS
MEN IN WHITE