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Acting

Arthur Kennedy

Career: Active from 1940 to 1989, busiest in 1941 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 62
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Bright Victory
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Arthur Kennedy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.4, average 5.4
Situational Comedy
1.3, average 2.7
Pop Culture
1.0, average 2.2
Fantasy
0.7, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Moral Ambiguity 10
Social Commentary 6
Historical Setting 5
Character-Driven 5
Classic Western 5
Classic Hollywood 4
Psychological Tension 4
Historical Drama 4
Mystery 4
Moral Dilemmas 3
Action & Adventure 3
1940s 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

103

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

3 titles · average score 56

Signs of Life

43

as Owen Coughlin

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Owen Coughlin

Assault with a Deadly Weapon

Director

1970s

24 titles · average score 53

Cyclone

44

as Priest

Nine Guests for a Crime

56

as Uberto

The Sentinel

44

as Monsignor Franchino

Emmanuelle on Taboo Island

36

as Antonio

Rome, Armed to the Teeth

67

as Vice questore Ruini

Killer Cop

56

as Armando Di Federico

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue

76

as The Inspector

The Antichrist

59

as Bishop Ascanio Oderisi

The President's Plane Is Missing

53

as Gunther Damon

Crawlspace

61

as Albert Graves

My Old Man's Place

as Walter Pell

The Movie Murderer

as Angus MacGregor

1960s

26 titles · average score 61

Day of the Evil Gun

56

as Owen Forbes

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die

53

as Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby

Anzio

59

as Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley

Fantastic Voyage

74

as Dr. Duval

Nevada Smith

58

as Bill Bowdre

Murieta

56

as Capt. Love

Joy in the Morning

23

as Patrick Brown

Attack and Retreat

68

as Ferro Maria Ferri

Murder She Said

82

as Paul Quimper

Barabbas

78

as Pontius Pilate

Claudelle Inglish

56

as Clyde Inglish

Elmer Gantry

86

as Jim Lefferts

1950s

22 titles · average score 69

The Rawhide Years

59

as Rick Harper

The Man from Laramie

83

as Vic Hansbro

The Desperate Hours

81

as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

Trial

72

as Barney Castle

The Naked Dawn

65

as Santiago

Crashout

62

as Joe Quinn

Bend of the River

87

as Emerson Cole

Rancho Notorious

83

as Vern Haskell

The Lusty Men

87

as Wes Merritt

The Girl in White

69

as Dr. Ben Barringer

Red Mountain

51

as Lane Waldron

Bright Victory

88

as Larry Nevins

1940s

28 titles · average score 69

Champion

70

as Connie Kelly

The Window

72

as Ed Woodry

Too Late for Tears

84

as Alan Palmer

It's Your America

as Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)

The Last Bomb

as Crewman (voice)

Reconnaissance Pilot

as Decoration Announcer (voice)

Air Force

75

as Bombardier

They Died with Their Boots On

64

as Ned Sharp

Knockout

54

as Johnny Rocket

High Sierra

83

as Red

Highway West

as George Foster

Strange Alibi

67

as Sgt. Joe Geary