George Kennedy
Film

George Kennedy

Section Title: Film
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Year	Title	Role	Notes

1961	The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come	Nathan Dillon	CinemaScope film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.

1962	Lonely Are the Brave	Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez	Film adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel The Brave Cowboy, and directed by David Miller.

The Silent Witness	Gus Jordan

1963	The Man from the Diners' Club	George	Comedy film directed by Frank Tashlin.

Charade	Herman Scobie	Romantic comedy/mystery film directed by Stanley Donen.

1964	Strait-Jacket	Leo Krause	Thriller film directed and co-produced by William Castle.

McHale's Navy	Henri Le Clerc	Based on the 1962–1966 black and white television sitcom of the same name, and directed by Edward Montagne.

Island of the Blue Dolphins	Aleut Captain	Drama film directed by James B. Clark.

Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte	Foreman	Psychological thriller film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich.

1965	In Harm's Way	Colonel Gregory	Epic war film produced and directed by Otto Preminger.

Mirage	Willard	Thriller film directed by Edward Dmytryk, and based on the novel Fallen Angel written by Howard Fast under the pseudonym Walter Ericson.

Shenandoah	Colonel Fairchild	American Civil War film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.

The Sons of Katie Elder	Curley	Western film directed by Henry Hathaway.

The Flight of the Phoenix	Mike Bellamy	Drama film produced & directed by Robert Aldrich and based on the 1964 novel The Flight of the Phoenix by Elleston Trevor.

1967	Hurry Sundown	Sheriff Coombs	Drama film produced and directed by Otto Preminger.

The Dirty Dozen	Major Max Armbruster	American war film directed by Robert Aldrich.

Cool Hand Luke	Dragline	Prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg.

The Ballad of Josie	Arch Ogden	Comedy western film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.

1968	Bandolero!	Sheriff July Johnson	Western directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.

The Pink Jungle	Sammy Ryderbeit	Thriller film directed by Delbert Mann.

The Legend of Lylah Clare	Matt Burke	Uncredited

The Boston Strangler	Det. Phil DiNatale	Neo-noir film based on the true story of the Boston Strangler and the book by Gerold Frank, and directed by Richard Fleischer.

1969	Guns of the Magnificent Seven	Chris Adams	A Zapata Western, and the second sequel to the 1960 western film, The Magnificent Seven, and directed by Paul Wendkos. Also known as The Magnificent Seven 3.

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys	Big John McKay	Western film directed by Burt Kennedy.

Gaily, Gaily	Axel P. Johanson	Comedy film directed by Norman Jewison, and based on the autobiographical novel by Ben Hecht. Released in the United Kingdom as Chicago, Chicago.

1970	...tick...tick...tick...	John Little	Crime drama directed by Ralph Nelson.

Airport	Joe Patroni	Drama film directed and written by George Seaton, and based on Arthur Hailey's 1968 novel of the same name.

Zig Zag	Paul R. Cameron	Drama film directed by Richard A. Colla. Also released as False Witness.

Dirty Dingus Magee	Herkimer "Hoke" Birdsill	Anti-western film directed and produced by Burt Kennedy.

1971	Fools' Parade	Dallas "Doc" Council	Comedy-drama film directed by Andrew McLaglen. Also known as Dynamite Man from Glory Jail.

1973	Lost Horizon	Sam Cornelius	Musical film directed by Charles Jarrott.

Cahill U.S. Marshal	Abe Fraser	Western film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.

1974	Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	Red Leary	Crime film written and directed by Michael Cimino.

Airport 1975	Joe Patroni	Air disaster film, and the first sequel to the successful 1970 film, Airport, and directed by Jack Smight.

Earthquake	Sergeant Lew Slade	Ensemble disaster film directed and produced by Mark Robson.

1975	The Eiger Sanction	Ben Bowman	Action-thriller film, based on the novel of the same name by Trevanian, and directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.

The "Human" Factor	John Kinsdale	Drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk.

1977	Airport '77	Joe Patroni	Air disaster film and the third film of the Airport franchise, and directed by Jerry Jameson.

Ningen no shōmei	Ken Shuftan	Japanese film directed by Junya Satō. Proof of the Man (人間の証明 Ningen no Shōmei)

1978	Mean Dog Blues	Captain Omar Kinsman	Drama film directed by Mel Stuart.

Death on the Nile	Andrew Pennington	British film based on the Agatha Christie mystery novel of the same name, directed by John Guillermin, and adapted by Anthony Shaffer.

Brass Target	General George S. Patton	Post-war suspense film based on the novel The Algonquin Project by Frederick Nolan, and directed by John Hough.

1979	Search and Destroy	Anthony Fusqua	Action-thriller film directed by William Fruet.

The Double McGuffin	Chief Talasek	Drama film written and directed by Joe Camp.

Steel	Big Lew Cassidy	Drama film directed by Steve Carver.

The Concorde ... Airport '79	Captain Joe Patroni	Air disaster film directed by David Lowell Rich. Also known as Airport '80: The Concorde in the United Kingdom.

1980	Death Ship	Captain Ashland	British-Canadian horror film directed by Alvin Rakoff.

Virus	Admiral Conway	Post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, and based on a 1964 novel written by Sakyo Komatsu. Virus (復活の日 Fukkatsu no hi) — literally "Day of Resurrection"

Hotwire	Farley & Harley Fontenot

1981	Just Before Dawn	Roy McLean	Independent slasher film directed by Jeff Lieberman. Also known as Survivance in France.

Modern Romance	Himself; Zoron	Comedy film directed by and starring Albert Brooks.

The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire	Brakus	Sword and sorcery action film written, directed and produced by Nicholas J. Corea.

1982	Wacko	Mr. Doctor Graves	Horror-parody film directed by Greydon Clark.

The Jupiter Menace	Himself	A documentary [sic], that examines the theory that the world is doomed, and that nothing can be done about it.

1984	Chattanooga Choo Choo	Bert	Comedy film directed by Bruce Bilson.

A Rare Breed	Nathan Hill

Bolero	Cotton	Romantic drama film written and directed by John Derek.

Rigged	Ben

1985	Radioactive Dreams	Spade Chandler	Post-apocalyptic science fiction-comedy film directed by Albert Pyun.

Savage Dawn	Tick Rand	Action-drama film directed by Simon Nuchtern.

1986	The Delta Force	Father O'Malley	Action-thriller film directed by Menahem Golan.

1987	Creepshow 2	Ray Spruce	(segment "Old Chief Wood'nhead"), Live-action/animated horror comedy anthology film directed by Michael Gornick.

The Gunfighters	Deke Turner	Western film directed by Clay Borris.

1988	Born to Race	Vincent Duplain

Counterforce	Vince Colby

Demonwarp	Bill Crafton

Nightmare at Noon	Sheriff Hanks

Alien Terminator	Heinrich Holzmann

Uninvited	Mike Harvey

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	Captain Ed Hocken	This film marked the start of the Naked Gun franchise born out of the cancellation of Police Squad!.

1989	The Terror Within	Hal

Ministry of Vengeance	Rev. Hughes

La bahía esmeralda	Wilson

1990	Brain Dead	Vance

Hired to Kill	Thomas

Mayumi	Bahraini investigator	Korean film directed by Shin Sang-ok. Mayumi (Hangul: 마유미) also known as Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist

1991	Hangfire	Warden E. Barles

Driving Me Crazy	John McCready

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear	Captain Ed Hocken

Intensive Care	Dr. Bruckner

1992	Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story	Father Dave

Distant Justice	Tom Bradfield

1994	Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult	Captain Ed Hocken

River of Stone

1997	Cats Don't Dance	L.B. Mammoth	Voice

Bayou Ghost	Officer Lowe

1998	Small Soldiers	Brick Bazooka	Voice

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again	Grandpa Johnson

2003	View from the Top	Passenger Requesting Vodka	Uncredited

2005	Three Bad Men	Ed Fiske

Truce	Dr. Peter Gannon

Don't Come Knocking	Director

2007	Sands of Oblivion	John Tevis

2008	The Man Who Came Back	Judge Duke

2010	Six Days in Paradise	Monty Crenshaw

Mad Mad Wagon Party	JB Scotch

2011	Another Happy Day	Joe Baker

2014	The Gambler	Ed	Final film role

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George Kennedy appeared in films including Savage Dawn, The Delta Force and Creepshow 2, and in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! in 1988, playing a role Captain Ed Hocken.

final_sentence: George Kennedy appeared in films including Savage Dawn, The Delta Force and Creepshow 2, and in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! in 1988, playing a role Captain Ed Hocken.