Line #35 Creator/GeorgeKennedy


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3	->''"When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two-hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two-hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work."''
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5	George Harris Kennedy Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor whose career spanned seven decades and more than a hundred film and television performances.
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7	Among his best-remembered roles are Dragline in ''Film/CoolHandLuke'' (which earned him the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actor), Joe Patroni in the ''Film/{{Airport}}'' series, and Captain Ed Hocken in the ''[[Film/TheNakedGun Naked Gun]]'' movies.
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10	!!Film roles on this wiki:
11	* ''Film/LonelyAreTheBrave'' (1962): Gutierrez
12	* ''Film/{{Charade}}'' (1963): Herman Scobie
13	* ''Film/HushHushSweetCharlotte'' (1964): Foreman
14	* ''Film/InHarmsWay'' (1965): Colonel Gregory
15	* ''Film/{{Mirage\|1965}}'' (1965): Willard
16	* ''Film/{{Shenandoah}}'' (1965): Colonel Fairchild
17	* ''Film/TheSonsOfKatieElder'' (1965): Curley
18	* ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix1965'': Mike Bellamy
19	* ''Film/HurrySundown'' (1967): Sheriff Coombs
20	* ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' (1967): Major Max Armbruster
21	* ''Film/CoolHandLuke'' (1967): Dragline
22	* ''Film/{{Bandolero\|1968}}'' (1968): Sheriff July Johnson
23	* ''Film/TheBostonStrangler'' (1968): Detective Phil [=DiNatale=]
24	* ''Film/{{Airport}}'' (1970): Joe Patroni
25	** ''Airport 1975'' (1974): Joe Patroni
26	** ''Airport '77'' (1977): Joe Patroni
27	** ''The Concorde: Airport '79'' (1979): Joe Patroni
28	* ''Film/FoolsParade'' (1971) as Doc Council
29	* ''Film/TheBullOfTheWest'' (1972): Bear Suchette
30	* ''Film/LostHorizon'' (1973): Sam Cornelius
31	* ''Film/ThunderboltAndLightfoot'' (1974): Red Leary
32	* ''Film/{{Earthquake}}'' (1974): Sergeant Lew Slade
33	* ''Film/TheEigerSanction'' (1975): Ben Bowman
34	* ''Film/BrassTarget'' (1978): General UsefulNotes/GeorgeSPatton
35	* ''Film/{{Death on the Nile\|1978}}'' (1978): Andrew Pennington
36	* ''Film/DeathShip'' (1980): Captain Ashland
37	* ''Film/{{Virus\|1980}}'' (1980): Admiral Conway
38	* ''Film/Creepshow2'' (1987): Ray Spruce
39	* ''Film/NightmareAtNoon'' (1987): Sheriff Hanks
40	* ''[[Film/Uninvited1988 Uninvited]]'' (1988): Mike Harvey
41	* Born to Race (1988) as Vincent Duplain
42	* ''[[Film/TheNakedGun The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!]]'' (1988): Captain Ed Hocken
43	** ''The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear'' (1991): Captain Ed Hocken
44	** ''Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult'' (1994): Captain Ed Hocken
45	* ''Film/IntensiveCare'' (1991): Dr. Bruckner
46	* ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' (1997): L.B. Mammoth
47	* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' (1998): Brick Bazooka
48	* ''Film/TheManWhoCameBack'' (2008): Judge Duke
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50	!!TV roles on this wiki:
51	* ''Series/ThePhilSilversShow'' (1956–59): MP Sergeant Kennedy (recurring)
52	* ''Series/{{Sarge}}'' (1971-72): Father Samuel Patrick 'Sarge' Cavanaugh
53	* ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' (1988–91): Carter [=McKay=]
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55	!!Tropes in his work:
56	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was offered the part of Steve [=McCroskey=] in ''Film/{{Airplane}}''. According to Jerry Zucker, Kennedy wanted to do the film but was reluctant to "kill off his Airport cash-cow", which ''Airplane!'' [[GenreKiller proceeded to do for him]]. The part of [=McCroskey=] went to Creator/LloydBridges and Kennedy eventually got to work with the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker team on the ''Naked Gun'' films.

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