Actor George Kennedy passed away on Monday. He moved easily between movie and early TV roles and won an Oscar for his portrayal in COOL HAND LUKE. Just about any role you could name
he could bring it to life on the big or little screen. From the DIRTY DOZEN to THE NAKED GUN series, he did well in either genre.
RIP Mr. Kennedy, you will still be entertaining us for decades to come.
"Hornets by mandate, Tomcats by choice!"
He was a pilot also. Cessna 210 and Beech Bonanza owner if Wikipedia is to be believed.Originally Posted by Odie
Really liked him in Eiger Sanction.
Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
(Clarke and Clark)
"MAH BOY CAN EAT 50 AIGS!!!!"
"Nuttin' can be one cool hand"...
RIP
If you have not seen the movie, "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot", you will enjoy it. Stars Jeff Bridges, Clint Eastwood, and Kennedy is in that as well. Great flick: Warning.....bad language at end of youtube clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjIDrWn0DQ4
Mr. Kennedy was a US Army veteran, too.
He played the BEST TWA mechanic, Joe Patroni, in the old AIRPORT movies.
Don
He drove a Boeing 707 through a snow covered ramp to move it out of the way of an incoming crippled airliner in that scene. After successfully doing what the airport staff said couldn't be done, he tossed his cigar behind the seat. I enjoyed those old Airport movies....
BB686
"El gato que camina como hombre" -- The cat that walks like a man
I was in an AF aircraft maintenance sq at the time of that film and I assure you Mr. Kennedy's portrayal of Patroni was HUGELY popular with the troops!
versatile actor;liked him from naked gun and dirty dozen/
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