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Feb 17, 2001 · Feb. 17, 2001 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Burt Kennedy, a prolific writer and director of Western films and television shows, including “The War Wagon” and several other movies with John ...
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Burt Kennedy Biography (1922-2001) Full name, Burt Raphael Kennedy; born September 3, 1922, in Muskegon, MI; sonof Thomas James and Gertrude Amelia (O'Hagen) Kennedy; married Sheila Theresa Foster, July 11, 1973; children: Susan, Bridget. Addresses: AGENT--c/o Herb Tobias and Associates, Inc., 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 840, LosAngeles, CA ...
Mar 26, 2021 · Burt Kennedy (1922 – 2001), pictured below, was certainly a major figure in our beloved genre. He was involved in one way or another (writer, director, producer) in 50 Westerns, 28 of them feature films, and the rest TV episodes of different shows or TV movies. Ernest Borgnine said he was “the best damn Western director going”.
Other articles where Burt Kennedy is discussed: Budd Boetticher: Westerns: …he aligned himself with writer Burt Kennedy and actor Randolph Scott for a series of taut, psychologically complex westerns. The first was Seven Men from Now (1956), with Scott as an ex-sheriff who methodically tracks down the seven criminals who killed his wife; Lee Marvin was impressive as an opportunistic…
Kennedy was honored with a star on Palm Springs Walk of Fame in 1996. The youngest son of vaudeville-headlining parents, Kennedy was born in Muskegon, Mich., and toured with his parents who ...
Feb 15, 2001 · From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Burt Kennedy (September 3, 1922 - February 15, 2001) was an American screenwriter and director known for mainly directing film Westerns. After World War II service in the 1st Cavalry Division, Muskegon, Michigan-born Kennedy found work writing for radio, then used his training as a cavalry officer to secure a job as a fencing trainer and fencing stunt ...
Biography. Coming to film from radio Westerns, Kennedy penned "Seven Men from Now" (1956), the first of four collaborations with director Budd Boetticher and the first of three with producer-director Andrew V. McLaglen.
