Ed. Print WINNING an Academy Award for “COOL HAND LUKE”
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George Kennedy, winner of the Oscar for his sadistic character in “Cool Hand Luke” (1967) and known for his participation in the humorous series “the Naked Gun”, died on Sunday 91 years, he said yesterday his grandson, Cory Schenkel.
Kennedy died in Boise (USA), as specified Schenkel through his page on the social network Facebook.
” Cool Hand Luke “by Stuart Rosenberg, faced the character of Paul Newman, giving life to the leader of the prisoners.
” the wonderful thing about that tape, “recalled Kennedy in a 1978 interview quoted by the Hollywood Reporter, “is that as it advanced my character, I went from being bad to good”
“executives in Hollywood must have thought: ‘hey, this guy can do more than the bad guy.’” he said.
In his career include titles such as “Spartacus” (1960), “Lonely Are the Brave” (1962), “the Sons of Katie Elder” or “the Dirty Dozen” (1967).
Following his victory in the Oscar as best supporting actor, he chained several projects tall as “the Guns of the Magnificent Seven” (1969).
he redoubled his fame betting on a character as comic as captain Ed Hocken in the saga comedy “the Naked Gun” where he appeared in “the Naked Gun: from the Files of Police Squad!” tapes (1988), “the Naked Gun 2 œ: the smell of Fear “(1991) and” the Naked Gun 33 1/3: the Final Insult. “(1994)
in the television field is remembered especially his work on” Dallas “, 1988 and 1991.
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