Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Feb 28, 2016 · Maintained by: Find a Grave. Originally Created by: eternityawaits. Added: Feb 29, 2016. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 158744990. Source citation. Actor. Best known for his strong supporting roles, often cast as heavies or sympathetic types, he received an Academy Award for Cool Hand Luke (1967).

    • Flowers

      Actor. Best known for his strong supporting roles, often...

    • Photos

      Actor. Best known for his strong supporting roles, often...

  2. George Harris Kennedy Jr. [1] (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" in Cool Hand Luke (1967), winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role and being nominated for the corresponding Golden Globe.

  3. People also ask

  4. Feb 29, 2016 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — George Kennedy, the hulking, tough-guy character actor who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a savage chain-gang convict in the 1960s classic “Cool Hand Luke,” has died. His grandson Cory Schenkel says Kennedy died on Sunday morning of old age in Boise, Idaho. He was 91.

  5. Feb 29, 2016 · Feb. 29, 2016. George Kennedy, who played tough guys, oafs, G.I.’s and a bonanza of cowboys as one of Hollywood’s most versatile and durable character actors, and who won an Oscar as the best...

  6. Mar 4, 2016 · Listen • 29:52. This week we are mourning the loss of one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors – George Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy gained world-wide fame for his Oscar-winning role as Dragline in Cool Hand Luke in 1967. Over the course of his long career, he appeared in more than 200 films, including The Dirty Dozen , the Airport series, The ...

    • Bob Kustra
  7. Feb 29, 2016 · By Carmel Dagan. Snap Stills/REX/Shutterstock. George Kennedy, who won a supporting actor Oscar for his role alongside Paul Newman in the beloved film “Cool Hand Luke,” and was also a fixture...

  8. Feb 29, 2016 · CNN — George Kennedy, the brawny, Oscar-winning character actor known for playing cops, soldiers and blue-collar authority figures in such films as “Cool Hand Luke,” “Airport” and the “Naked...

  1. People also search for