.jpg)
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
George Kennedy Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.
George Kennedy facts for kids
George Harris Kennedy, Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American movie, voice, radio, stage, and television actor. He won an Academy Award for his role as "Dragline" in Cool Hand Luke. He played "Captain Ed Hocken" in the Naked Gun movie series.
Kennedy was born on February 18, 1925 in New York City. He studied at Chaminade High School and at Tarleton State University. He married Dorothy Gillooly in the 1940s. He was married to Norma Wurman from 1959 until they divorced in 1971. He remarried Wurman in 1973; they divorced again in 1978. He was married to Joan McCarthy from 1978 until her death in 2015. He had two children. He lived in Eagle, Idaho.
Kennedy died in a retirement home in Boise, Idaho from heart disease on February 28, 2016 at the age of 91.
Images for kids
-
Promotional photo of Kennedy for the TV series Sarge, 1971
-
Kennedy as Bumper Morgan in The Blue Knight, 1976
-
The hand prints of Kennedy in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.