He made his living in a profession he loved. May he rest in peace.
Burt Prelutsky is a fine story teller. That was a good read. I could visualize and hear every single scene.
Beautiful remembrance. Thank you for posting. And thank you, Burt, for writing.
Bookmark.
I always liked George. I was glad he stuck around so long.
Awesome.
Sadly I didn’t see him in any of the westerns. But I thought he was a great foil for Leslie Neilsen in the Naked Gun movies.
“Frank... Frank.... Those microphones aren’t for you... Weird Al Yankovic was on the plane...”
RIP George.. You were one of the Greats!!!
That was a great/interesting remembrance of George Kennedy. Thanks for posting.
Burt is one of the sharpest Hollywood historians around, and a conservative too. He has a good book on the people he met there. Worth getting for entertainment buffs.
Burt: Edward Everett Horton was a graduate of my high school, Baltimore City College HS, I think it was the class of 1916. Later we had Garrison (Gary) Moore (Gary Moore Show), the school clown, according to my uncle who went to school with him. And then Michael Tucker, my friend, teammate and club-mate, Class of ‘62 - “Radio Days”, “Diner”, “LA Law” etc.
Ah, those were the days.
George Kennedy will be missed. Thanks for the nice send-off.
Great read! Thanks for posting the whole article.
While J.D. Cahill (John Wayne), a widower and U.S. Marshal, is away from home, his two sons Danny (Gary Grimes) and Billy (Clay O'Brien) aid Abe Fraser (George Kennedy) and his gang to escape from jail and to rob a bank.
R.I.P., George Kennedy.
Wonderful remembrance. Sorry to hear that Paul Newman was so... petty.
Wikipedia article on George Kennedy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kennedy
We’ve been losing a lot of good ones, recently. George will be missed.
Went to IMDB to look at his filmography. What a great career.
It was his performance as airplane mechanic Joe Patroni (Airport, 1970) that helped prod me towards my own career in aircraft maintenance. What a great guy, as genuine as they come.
I always look for Kennedy while watching Bilko. I’m actually on the board of the Bilko Appreciation Society, lol! I well remember the cheers that went up in the audience when he saved the day as the mechanic in “Airport.” Always loved him! RIP, George Kennedy. Somewhere he’s up there calling “Lucille! Oh, my Lucille!”
Great story.
RIP George.
A great read. No wonder he was one of my favorite actors... Thanks for posting.