Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Dies at 91 George Kennedy, winner of the Oscar for “Cool Hand Luke” – El Universal (Venezuela)

George Kennedy, winner of the Oscar for his sadistic character in Cool hand Luke (1967) and known for his participation in the humorous saga The naked gun , died Sunday at 91 years, reported his grandson, Cory Schenkel.

Kennedy died in Boise (USA), as specified Schenkel through his page on the social network Facebook.

Cool hand Luke , 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 cited 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 stand out titles like 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, chained several projects high as The guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969).

Then followed The good guys and the bad guys (1969) -along with Robert Mitchum-, Dirty Dingus Magee (1970), with Frank Sinatra, Fools’ parade (1971), with James Stewart, Thunderbolt & amp; Lightfoot (1974), with Jeff Bridges-, Earthquake (1974) and The Eiger Sanction (1975) with Clint Eastwood.

he also appeared on the tape disaster “Airport” (1970) and its three sequels incarnating the mechanic Joe Patroni.

later redoubled his fame betting for as comical as captain Ed Hocken character in the saga mood the naked gun , which appeared in the films the naked gun: from the Files of Police Squad (1988), the naked gun 2 á!: the smell of fear (1991) and the naked gun 33 1/3:. the Final insult (1994)

Recently, starred in movies movies Another happy day (2011) and the gambler (2014), opposite Mark Wahlberg.

in the television field is remembered especially his work in Dallas , where he got into the skin of Carter McKay from 1988 to 1991. he also appeared in the telefilms Dallas: JR Returns (1996) and Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998)

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