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For the colonial administrator, see Arthur Kennedy.

Early life and education
Kennedy was born on February 17, 1914, in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Helen (née Thompson) and John Timothy "J.T." Kennedy, a dentist. He attended South High School, Worcester, and graduated from Worcester Academy. He studied drama at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduating with a B.A. in 1934. ==Career==
Career
Kennedy moved to New York City and, billed as John Kennedy, joined the Group Theatre. He then toured with a classical repertory company. In September 1937, he made his Broadway debut as Bushy in Maurice Evans' Richard II at the St. James Theatre. In 1939 he played Sir Richard Vernon in Evans' Henry IV, Part 1. == Awards and honors ==
Awards and honors
In 1949, Kennedy won a Tony Award for best supporting actor as Biff in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman at the Morosco Theatre. The New York Film Critics named him Best Actor for Bright Victory (1951). His performance in Trial won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. His portrayal of the newspaper reporter in Elmer Gantry (1960) gained him a Film Daily Award and a Limelight Award. Oscar nominations ==Personal life==
Personal life
Kennedy married Mary Cheffey in March 1938. They had two children: actress Laurie Kennedy and Terence. ==Death==
Death
During the last years of his life, Kennedy had thyroid cancer and eye disease. He spent much of his later life in Savannah, Georgia, out of the public eye. He died of cancer on January 5 1990 at age 75. ==Filmography==
Filmography
City for Conquest (1940) as Eddie Kenny • High Sierra (1941) as Red • Knockout (1941) as Johnny Rocket • Strange Alibi (1941) as Joe Geary • Bad Men of Missouri (1941) as Jim Younger • Highway West (1941) as George Foster • They Died with Their Boots On (1941) as Ned Sharp • Desperate Journey (1942) as Flying Officer Jed Forrest • Reconnaissance Pilot (1943, documentary short) as Decoration Announcer (voice, uncredited) • Resisting Enemy Interrogation (1944) as Sgt. Alfred Mason (uncredited) • Ditch and Live (1944, Short) as Captain Scott H. Reynolds (uncredited) • Time to Kill (1945, Short) as Narrator (uncredited) • Target – Invisible (1945, documentary short) as Narrator (uncredited) • Devotion (1946) as Branwell Brontë • ''It's Your America'' (1946, Short) as Soldier (uncredited) • Boomerang (1947) as John Waldron • Cheyenne (1947) as Chalk • The Walking Hills (1949) as Chalk • Champion (1949) as Connie • The Window (1949) as Ed Woodry • Too Late for Tears (1949) as Alan Palmer • Chicago Deadline (1949) as Tommy Ditman • The Glass Menagerie (1950) as Tom Wingfield • Bright Victory (1951) as Larry Nevins • Red Mountain (1951) as Lane Waldron • Bend of the River (1952) as Emerson Cole • Rancho Notorious (1952) as Vern Haskell • The Girl in White (1952) as Dr. Ben Barringer • The Lusty Men (1952) as Wes Merritt • Impulse (1954) as Alan Curtis • Crashout (1955) as Joe Quinn • The Man From Laramie (1955) as Vic Hansbro • The Desperate Hours (1955) as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard • Trial (1955) as Barney • The Naked Dawn (1955) as Santiago • The Rawhide Years (1956) as Rick Harper • Peyton Place (1957) as Lucas Cross • Twilight for the Gods (1958) as First Mate Ramsay • Some Came Running (1958) as Frank Hirsh • The Ten Commandments (1959, TV Movie) • Home Is the Hero (1959) as Willie O'Reilly • A Summer Place (1959) as Bart Hunter • Elmer Gantry (1960) as Jim Lefferts • Claudelle Inglish (1961) as Clyde Inglish • Murder, She Said (1961) as Dr. Quimper • Barabbas (1961) as Pontius Pilate • ''Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man'' (1962) as Dr. Adams • Lawrence of Arabia (1962) as Jackson Bentley (a character based on the writer Lowell Thomas) • Attack and Retreat (1964) as Ferro Maria Ferri • Cheyenne Autumn (1964) as Doc Holliday • Murieta (1965) as Capt. Love • Joy in the Morning (1965) as Patrick Brown • Nevada Smith (1966) as Bill Bowdre • Fantastic Voyage (1966) as Dr. Duval • ''Monday's Child'' (1967) as Peter Richardson • Day of the Evil Gun (1968) as Owen Forbes • A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968) as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby • Anzio (1968) as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley • Hail, Hero! (1969) as Albert Dixon • Shark! (1969) as Doc • The Movie Murderer (1970, TV Movie) as Angus MacGregor • ''My Old Man's Place'' (1971) as Walter Pell • A Death of Innocence (1971, TV Movie) as Mark Hirsch • Crawlspace (1972, TV Movie) as Albert Graves • I Kiss the Hand (1973) as Don Angelino Ferrante • Ricco the Mean Machine (1973) as Don Vito • ''The President's Plane Is Missing'' (1973, TV Movie) as Gunther Damon • The Man from Independence (1974) as Tom Pendergast • Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974) as The Inspector • The Antichrist (1974) as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi • Killer Cop (1975) as Armando Di Federico • The Tough Ones (1976) as Ruini • As of Tomorrow (1976) as Mike Jannacone • La spiaggia del desiderio (1976) as Antonio • The Sentinel (1977) as Monsignor Franchino • Nine Guests for a Crime (1977) as Uberto • Gli ultimi angeli (1978) as Il nonno • Bermuda: Cave of the Sharks (1978) as Mr. Jackson • Cyclone (1978) as The Priest • Porco mondo (1978) as Senator Merelli • Covert Action (1978) as CIA Chief of Station, Athens • The Humanoid (1979) as Dr. Kraspin • Signs of Life (1989) as Owen Coughlin • I figli del vento (1989, TV Movie) • Grandpa (1990) (final film role) ==References==
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