Douglas Kennedy (actor)
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Born | Douglas Richards Kennedy September 14, 1915 New York City, U.S. |
Died | August 10, 1973 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | (aged 57)
Resting place | National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu |
Other names | Doug Kennedy Keith Douglas |
Alma mater | Amherst College |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1935–1973 |
Spouse(s) | Isabell Russell |
Children | 1 |
Douglas Richards Kennedy (September 14, 1915 – August 10, 1973) was an American supporting actor originally from New York City who appeared in more than 190 films between 1935 and 1973.
Early years[]
Kennedy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dion W. Kennedy.[1] He attended Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and afterwards graduated from Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts.[citation needed] He served in the U. S. Army from 1940 to 1945.[2]
Career[]
Kennedy was a character player and occasional leading man in Hollywood. Making his debut in 1935, he played a significant number of supporting roles and was able to secure contract-player status, first at Paramount Pictures and later at Warner Brothers.
His acting career was interrupted by World War II service as a major in the Signal Corps with the Office of Strategic Services and Army Intelligence. After that, he returned to films and played character roles, often western villains or territorial marshals, as well as isolated leads in low-budget pictures.[3]
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Kennedy had a starring role in the syndicated series Steve Donovan, Western Marshal, with Eddy Waller as his sidekick, Rusty Lee. He was also one of the policemen who vanishes in the science fiction classic, Invaders from Mars.
He played the gunfighter William P. Longley in a 1954 episode of the syndicated television series , starring and narrated by Jim Davis.[citation needed]
In the 1957 (season one) Perry Mason episode 'The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink' he played the part of Det. Sgt. Jaffrey, eventually revealed as the murderer.
In 1958, he appeared as Steven Boles in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of The Lucky Loser". In 1960, he appeared as the murderer Lucky Sterling in Perry Mason episode 'The Case of the Wary Wildcatter'. In 1965, he appeared as Brady Duncan in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Fatal Fetish".
In 1958, Kennedy appeared in Jim Davis' second series, Rescue 8 in the episode "Calamity Coach". In the story line, rescuers Wes Cameron (Davis) and Skip Johnson (Lang Jeffries) work to rescue three actors on location when a stagecoach tumbles down a mountain.[citation needed]
On January 12, 1959, Kennedy appeared in the episode "Shadow of a Gunfighter" of the NBC western series The Restless Gun. He plays a former gunfighter, Cal Winfield, who is informed that Vint Bonner, (John Payne), is responsible for the death of Winfield's son. Cal Winfield then comes out of retirement to extract vengeance. Robert Fuller appears in the episode as Jim Winfield.[citation needed]
Kennedy played the role of Jay Brisco in the 1959 episode "Law West of the Pecos" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Colt .45. Frank Ferguson portrayed Judge Roy Bean, and Lisa Gaye was cast as June Webster.[citation needed]
Later, Kennedy portrayed the sheriff, Fred Madden, of ABC's The Big Valley, with Barbara Stanwyck. He made his last appearance in 1973 in three episodes of CBS's Hawaii Five-O, with Jack Lord.
Personal life and death[]
Kennedy was married to Isabell Russell, and they had a son, Douglas Kennedy Jr.[4]
Kennedy died of cancer at the age of fifty-seven in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he had been for the shooting of Hawaii Five-O. He is interred at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
Selected appearances[]
Films[]
- 'G' Men (1935) – Agent – 1949 Reissue Scenes (uncredited)
- Women Without Names (1940) – Secretary (uncredited)
- Opened by Mistake (1940) – State Trooper (uncredited)
- Those Were the Days! (1940) – Allen
- The Way of All Flesh (1940) – Timothy
- The Ghost Breakers (1940) – Intern (uncredited)
- Rhythm on the River (1940) – Party Guest (uncredited)
- Arise, My Love (1940) – College Boy (uncredited)
- North West Mounted Police (1940) – Constable Carter
- Love Thy Neighbor (1940) – Doorman at Rehearsal (uncredited)
- The Mad Doctor (1941) – Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- The Great Mr. Nobody (1941) – Mr. McGraw
- The Round Up (1941) – Trooper
- Here Comes Happiness (1941) – Announcer (voice, uncredited)
- Strange Alibi (1941) – Reporter (uncredited)
- Affectionately Yours (1941) – Airline Official (uncredited)
- The Nurse's Secret (1941) – Dr. Keene
- The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) – Second Reporter
- Passage from Hong Kong (1941) – Jeff Hunter
- The Unfaithful (1947) – Roger
- Nora Prentiss (1947) – NYC Emergency Room doctor
- Stallion Road (1947) – Horse Show Announcer (uncredited)
- Possessed (1947) – Asst. District Attorney
- Deep Valley (1947) – Guard (uncredited)
- Life with Father (1947) – Morley – Young Clergyman (uncredited)
- Dark Passage (1947) – Detective Kennedy
- The Unsuspected (1947) – Bill (uncredited)
- That Hagen Girl (1947) – Herb Delaney
- Always Together (1947) – Doberman
- The Voice of the Turtle (1947) – Naval Officer
- April Showers (1948) – Narrator (voice, uncredited)
- To the Victor (1948) – Steve
- Romance on the High Seas (1948) – Car Salesman (uncredited)
- The Big Punch (1948) – Football Broadcaster (voice, uncredited)
- Embraceable You (1948) – Dr. Wirth
- Johnny Belinda (1948) – Mountie (uncredited)
- Adventures of Don Juan (1948) – Don Rodrigo
- The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948) – J. Roger Bascomb (uncredited)
- Whiplash (1948) – Costello
- One Sunday Afternoon (1948) – Jasper (uncredited)
- John Loves Mary (1949) – Col. McGaw (uncredited)
- Flaxy Martin (1949) – Hap Richie
- South of St. Louis (1949) – Lee Price
- A Kiss in the Dark (1949) – Radio Concert Broadcaster (voice, uncredited)
- Homicide (1949) – Opening Off-Screen Narrator (voice, uncredited)
- Flamingo Road (1949) – Police Radio Broadcaster (voice, uncredited)
- Look for the Silver Lining (1949) – Doctor (uncredited)
- The Fountainhead (1949) – Reporter (uncredited)
- One Last Fling (1949) – Vic Lardner
- South of Rio (1949) – Henchman Bob Mitchell
- It's a Great Feeling (1949) – Opening Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited)
- Task Force (1949) – Ship's Radio (voice, uncredited)
- The House Across the Street (1949) – Opening Narrator (voice, uncredited)
- Fighting Man of the Plains (1949) – Ken Vedder
- Ranger of Cherokee Strip (1949) – Joe Bearclaws
- East Side, West Side (1949) – Alec Dawning
- Montana (1950) – Rodney Ackroyd
- Backfire (1950) – Heard on Radio (voice, uncredited)
- Barricade (1950) – Clay's Man (uncredited)
- Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950) – George Donahue (uncredited)
- The Next Voice You Hear... (1950) – Mitch (uncredited)
- The Cariboo Trail (1950) – Murphy
- Convicted (1950) – Det. Bailey
- Chain Gang (1950) – Cliff Roberts
- Revenue Agent (1950) – Steve Daniels – IRS agent
- The Du Pont Story (1950) – Coleman du Pont
- Oh! Susanna (1951) – Trooper Emers
- The Lion Hunters (1951) – Marty Martin
- I Was an American Spy (1951) – Sgt. John Phillips
- The Texas Rangers (1951) – Dave Rudabaugh
- China Corsair (1951) – Capt. Frenchy
- Callaway Went Thataway (1951) – Drunk
- Indian Uprising (1952) – Cliff Taggert
- For Men Only (1952) – Dean Oliver Harland Mayberry
- Fort Osage (1952) – George Keane
- Hoodlum Empire (1952) – Henchman Brinkley (uncredited)
- Last Train from Bombay (1952) – Kevin / Brian O'Hara
- Ride the Man Down (1952) – Harve Garrison
- Torpedo Alley (1952) – Lt. Dora Gates
- San Antone (1953) – Captain Garfield, U.S. Cavalry
- Jack McCall, Desperado (1953) – 'Wild' Bill Hickok
- Invaders from Mars (1953) – Tall Cop Jackson Who Vanishes (uncredited)
- Safari Drums (1953) – Brad Morton
- Gun Belt (1953) – Mel Dixon
- War Paint (1953) – Trooper Clancy
- Mexican Manhunt (1953) – Dan McCracken
- All American (1953) – Tate Hardy
- Invaders from Mars (1953) – Helicopter Pilot
- Rails Into Laramie (1954) – Telegraph Operator
- The Lone Gun (1954) – Gad Moran
- Massacre Canyon (1954) – Sergeant James Marlowe
- The High and the Mighty (1954) – Boyd, Public Relations (uncredited)
- The Big Chase (1954) – Police Lt. Ned Daggert
- Sitting Bull (1954) – Col. Custer
- Cry Vengeance (1954) – Tino Morelli
- Wyoming Renegades (1955) – Charlie Veer
- Strange Lady in Town (1955) – Slade Wickstrom
- The Eternal Sea (1955) – Capt. Walter Riley
- Wiretapper (1955) – Charles Rumsden
- Strange Intruder (1956) – Parry Sandborn
- The Last Wagon (1956) – Col. Normand
- Miami Exposé (1956) – Dan McCracken
- Last of the Badmen (1957) – Hawkins
- Hell's Crossroads (1957) – Frank James
- The Land Unknown (1957) – Capt. Burnham
- Chicago Confidential (1957) – Ken Harrison
- Rockabilly Baby (1957) – Tom Griffith
- The Bonnie Parker Story (1958) – Tom Steel
- The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958) – Ross Brady
- Good Day for a Hanging (1959) – Voice of Gang Member (uncredited)
- Lone Texan (1959) – Maj. Phillip Harvey
- The Alligator People (1959) – Dr. Wayne MacGregor
- The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) – Joey Faust
- Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961) – Sir Hubert Warrington
- The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967) – Joe
- The Destructors (1968) – General
TV shows[]
- Fireside Theatre (1951–1953) – Stafford / Dan / Joe / Will Paton
- Cavalcade of America (1953)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1953–1954) – Lt. Mark Randall / Col. Robert Edwards / Tom Babcock
- Hopalong Cassidy (1954) – Stacy Keller
- Letter to Loretta (1954) – Roger Stevens
- (1954) – Bill Longley
- Climax! (1954) – Uncle Gavin
- The Lone Ranger (1950–1955)
- Science Fiction Theatre (1955) – Col. R.J. Barton
- Annie Oakley (1955) – Ralph Putnam / Jim Hayward
- Matinee Theatre (1955–1956)
- Dragnet (1955–1967) – Agent Tom Ashford
- Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1955–1956) – Marshal Steve Donovan
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1959) – Union Officer / Austin / Jonathan Dalliford
- Tales of Wells Fargo (1957) – Clancy, Martin Yates
- Cheyenne (1957) – Blake Holloway
- Perry Mason (1957–1965)
- Studio One (1958) – Mr. Gordon
- Tombstone Territory (1958) – Sam Colby
- The Rough Riders (1958) – Sgt. True
- Bronco (1958) – Paul Duquesne
- Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) – Sheriff Hank Bedloe
- Cimarron City (1958) – Sam Thaw
- Northwest Passage (1958) – Eli Dillon
- Jefferson Drum (1958) – Dallas
- Wagon Train (1958–1959) – Col. Hillary / John Loring
- Maverick (1958–1959) – McFearson / Connors
- Bat Masterson (1959) – Sheriff Jeb Crater
- Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1959) – Sgt. Cooper
- General Electric Theater (1959) – Sam Allen
- The Restless Gun (1959) – Sheriff / Cal Winfield
- The Lineup (1959)
- Colt .45 (1959) – Jay Brisco
- Zorro (1959) – Manuel Larrios
- Wyatt Earp (1959) – Dave Mather
- Pony Express (1960) – General Tate / Marshal Jeb Loring
- Laramie (1960) – Gunrunner
- The Texan (1959–1960) – Sheriff / Jason Quarles
- Rawhide (1959–1965) – Nat Benson / Maxey / Ewan Dangerfield
- Bonanza (1959–1968) – Sheriff Sam Purcell / Jonathan Frazier / Big Charlie Monahan / Stoney / Bill Stewart
- Have Gun - Will Travel (1960) – Wynn Loring
- Lock-Up (1960) – Gavin Bledsoe
- Riverboat (1960) – McLeish
- The Rifleman (1960) – Pete Crandell
- Pony Express (1960) – General Tate / Marshal Jeb Loring
- Sugarfoot (1960) – Sheriff Williams
- Gunsmoke (1960–1966) – John Stoner / Talbot / Yancey Cliver / Traych
- Ripcord (1961)
- The Everglades (1961–1962) – Mike Flint / Dan Martin
- The Outer Limits (1965) – Gen. Daniel Pettit
- The Legend of Jesse James (1965) – Ben Todd
- The Big Valley (1965–1969) – Sheriff Fred Madden / Marshal / Alexander Morrison / Mc Coll
- Lassie (1964–1966) – Dale Jensen / Father
- The Virginian (1966–1967) – Mr. Oliver / Sheriff
- Cade's County (1971) – Capt. Steve Hoover
- O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972) – Policeman
- Hawaii Five-O (1973) – Turner Carr / Sinclair / Fleming (final appearance)
Career notes[]
- ^ "Douglas Kennedy To Greet Mother". Valley Times. California, North Hollywood. December 6, 1947. p. 13. Retrieved June 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "TV Actor Douglas Kennedy Endures In Lawman Roles". The Evening Sun. Maryland, Baltimore. January 30, 1968. p. 14. Retrieved June 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Katz, Ephraim (1990). The Film Encyclopedia (2nd ed.). New York: Perennial Library, Harper & Row Publishers. p. 1278. ISBN 0-06-092027-0.
- ^ "Douglas Kennedy, Actor, Father of New Son". Valley Times. California, North Hollywood. May 8, 1947. p. 2. Retrieved June 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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