One of the great, most memorable character actors in the history of the screen.
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He WAS Dragline.
RIP, friend.
Cause of death: Eating 50 hard-boiled eggs in less than an hour.
He was a great actor. Rest in peace, Mr. Kennedy.
Awe...damn.
Loved George. Been watching some older movies with him in them. Always had those same mannerisms with his eyes and head when he spoke.
He was good in The Eiger Sanction (1975) with Eastwood and in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) with Eastwood and Jeff Bridges.
Would heartily recommend Lonely Are The Brave. Kennedy plays a rather sadistic sheriff's deputy. Also stars Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau and Carol O'Connor.
He was a great actor I remember him from Thunderbolt and Lightfoot with Clint Eastwood. George played a very mean “bad guy” to perfection in it.
Won an Oscar for Airport! Lovely in Cool Hand Luke! In so many war movies in the 60s and 70s. He started out as a technical advisor on Bilko - and as an occasional extra.
RIP!
Enlisted after Pearl, stayed 16 years in the Army...
R.I.P.
One of the great, most memorable character actors in the history of the screen.
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One of the great, most memorable character actors in the history of the screen.
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Darn! George Kennedy and Ernest Borgnine were two of my favorites; both gone now.
A multi-talented guy, could play everything from a lovable bumpkin to a sadist to a schlub-next-door straight man. The ranks of likeable actors are thinning.
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Great actor, nice guy. He was grand marshal of the Juneau, Alaska 4th of July parade once or twice back in the late 80’s. The convertible corvette he was riding in stopped in front of us and a guy ran out, handed his one year old kid to George Kennedy and asked to take a picture. The look on his face as he held this baby kind of at arm’s length was pretty hilarious. He was a good sport and laughed with that booming voice of his. RIP.
RIP
He always reminded me of the kind of cop I would not want stopping me for a ticket. Strictly by the book type persona.