This page will contain external links about Arthur Kennedy, as they become available.Arthur KennedyArthur Kennedy (February 17, 1914 - January 5, 1990) was an American actor. Born John Arthur Kennedy in Worcester, Massachusetts, he acted both on the stage and screen, receiving a Tony Award for the role of "Biff" in Death of a Salesman and receiving five Academy Award nominations. Kennedy got his break when he was discovered by James Cagney. His first role was of Cagney's younger brother in City for Conquest in 1940. He portrayed good guys and bad guys equally, appearing in Western films and police dramas. He starred in several well-received films in the late 1940s and the 1950s, including Boomerang!, Champion, The Glass Menagerie, Bright Victory, Bend of the River, The Lusty Men, Rancho Notorious, The Desperate Hours, The Man From Laramie, The Naked Dawn, Trial, Peyton Place, Some Came Running, A Summer Place and Elmer Gantry. Academy Award Nominations
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He starred in several well-received films in the late 1940s and the 1950s, including Boomerang!, Champion, The Glass Menagerie, Bright Victory, Bend of the River, The Lusty Men, Rancho Notorious, The Desperate Hours, The Man From Laramie, The Naked Dawn, Trial, Peyton Place, Some Came Running, A Summer Place and Elmer Gantry. He should not be confused with actor Bill Macy who co-starred in the television series Maude. He portrayed good guys and bad guys equally, appearing in Western films and police dramas. He is married to actress Felicity Huffman, and has two daughters. His first role was of Cagney's younger brother in City for Conquest in 1940. A book describing the technique, A Practical Handbook for the Actor (ISBN 0394744128), is dedicated to Macy and Mamet. Kennedy got his break when he was discovered by James Cagney. He serves as director-in-residence at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York, where he teaches a technique called Practical Aesthetics. Born John Arthur Kennedy in Worcester, Massachusetts, he acted both on the stage and screen, receiving a Tony Award for the role of "Biff" in Death of a Salesman and receiving five Academy Award nominations. In a November 2003 interview with USA Today, Macy said he wants to star in a big-budget action movie "for the money, for the security of a franchise like that.". Arthur Kennedy (February 17, 1914 - January 5, 1990) was an American actor. His work on E.R. and Sports Night has also been recognized with Emmy nominations. 1950 Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Champion. Macy is particularly proud of the writing for that film; he turned the commercial-interrupted format of television into an advantage in the film, by breaking the story up into several uninterrupted stories. 1952 Best Actor in a Leading Role for Bright Victory. In 2003, he won two Emmy Awards, for the lead role and as co-writer of the made-for-TNT film Door to Door, a drama based on the true story of Bill Porter, a door-to-door salesman in Portland, Oregon, born with cerebral palsy. 1956 Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Trial. Macy has also had a number of roles on television. 1958 Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Peyton Place. Holland's Opus, Ghosts of Mississippi, Air Force One, Boogie Nights, Pleasantville, Gus Van Sant's remake of Psycho, Happy, Texas (set in the town of the same name), Mystery Men, Magnolia, Jurassic Park III, Panic, Welcome to Collinwood, Seabiscuit, and The Cooler. 1959 Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Some Came Running. His film work also includes Benny & Joon, Above Suspicion , Mr. He may be best known for his lead role in Fargo, in a role for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. He has appeared in films that Mamet wrote and/or directed, such as House of Games, Things Change, Homicide (his favorite role by Mamet), Oleanna, and more recently, Wag the Dog and State and Main. While living there he had roles in over fifty off-Broadway and Broadway plays. After spending some time in Los Angeles, he moved to New York in 1980. Nicholas Theater Company, where Macy originated roles in a number of Mamet's plays, such as American Buffalo and The Water Engine. Within a year he and Mamet, among others, founded the successful St. He moved to Chicago after graduating in 1971, and got a job as a bartender to pay the rent. Macy later came to consider Mamet the greatest writer of our time. It was at Goddard that he met the playwright David Mamet, who was only a couple of years older than he was. By his own admission a "wretched student," he transferred to Goddard College and got involved in theatre. After graduating from Allegany High School in Cumberland, Maryland, he entered Bethany College to study veterinary medicine. He was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Georgia and Maryland. William Hall Macy (born March 13, 1950) is an actor, teacher, and director, in theatre, film, and television. Benny & Joon (1993) - Randy Burch. Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) - Tunafish Father. David Morgenstern. ER (1994-1998) - Dr. Holland's Opus (1995) - Vice Principal Gene Wolters. Mr. Fargo (1996) - Jerry Lundegaard. Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) - Charlie Crisco. Air Force One (1997) - Major Caldwell. Boogie Nights (1997) - Little Bill. Wag the Dog (1997) - CIA Agent Charles Young. Pleasantville (1998) - George Parker. Psycho (1998) - Milton Arbogast. Happy, Texas (1999) - Sheriff Chappy Dent. Mystery Men (1999) - The Shoveller. Magnolia (1999) - Quiz Kid Donnie Smith. State and Main (2000) - Walt Price. Jurassic Park III (2001) - Paul Kirby. Door to Door (2002) - Bill Porter. The Cooler (2003) - Bernie Lootz. Seabiscuit (2003) - Tick Tock McGlaughlin. Cellular (2004) - Mooney. |