George Kennedy (1925-2016)
54.5 TOPICAL actor score · #474 of 1,977 actors
George Kennedy (1925-2016) has a TOPICAL actor score of 54.5 - ranked 474 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are credits and acting honours. They've won 1 acting honour from 1 nomination, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1963-1972. Best films: Cool Hand Luke (1967), Charade (1963), The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours77
Prime70
Their movies60
Credits85
Career standing67
- Acting honours1 win, 1 nomination - incl. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Prime1963-1972
- Credits89 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 14 scored films (2 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 56 languages
“He played "Dragline" in Cool Hand Luke (1967), winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role and being nominated for the corresponding Golden Globe.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 6/10
George Kennedy's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 209 | Cool Hand Luke | 1967 | 2 |
| 538 | Charade | 1963 | 5 |
| 889 | The Dirty Dozen | 1967 | 7 |
| 2,276 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | 1988 | 4 |
| 2,476 | Airport | 1970 | 7 |
| 2,511 | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | 1974 | 3 |
| 2,531 | Cats Don't Dance | 1997 | 8 |
| 3,767 | Earthquake | 1974 | 3 |
| 3,978 | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | 1991 | 3 |
| 4,280 | The Eiger Sanction | 1975 | 2 |
| 4,385 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | 1994 | 3 |
| 5,219 | Airport '77 | 1977 | 8 |
| 5,528 | Gaily, Gaily | 1969 | 4 |
| 5,736 | The Delta Force | 1986 | 7 |