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publicity photo of george kennedy , 1975 1927 -- 1943 , 1955 -- present new york city , new york , u.s. new york city , new york , u.s. 18 february 1925 norma divorced -rrb- joan mccarthy -lrb- 1978 & ndash ; present wurman -rrb- -lrb- 1959 & ndash ; 1971 ; eagle , idaho , u.s. george kennedy 1975.jpg george kennedy
 chaminade u.s. high school , mineola , new york , george harris kennedy , jr. actor tarleton state university , stephenville , texas , u.s.
george kennedy

george harris kennedy , jr. -lrb- born february 18 , 1925 -rrb- is an american actor who has appeared in more than two hundred film and television productions .
his wide variety of roles include `` dragline '' in `` cool hand luke '' , for which he won an academy award ; as airline mechanic joe patroni in all four of the 1970s `` airport '' disaster films ; as captain ed hocken in the `` naked gun '' series of comedy films ; and as corrupt oil tycoon carter mckay on the original `` dallas '' television series .
