George Kennedy Movie Rankings
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George Kennedy scores a combined 3.5755 out of 4 stars for Cool Hand Luke
3.5755
Lucas “Luke” Jackson (Paul Newman) is charged with a petty theft he committed when he was drunk, and is sentenced to a prison camp where he is put on the chain-gang. ... more about Cool Hand Luke
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $2.87 
(0 sellers)
2
George Kennedy scores a combined 3.3065 out of 4 stars for Charade
3.3065
Regina returns home to find her house empty and her husband dead. The police inform her her husband had stolen $250,000 from the government. Now, his former associates begin harassing her, assuming she knows where the money is hidden. ... more about Charade
DVD from $0.43 
(7 sellers)
3
George Kennedy scores a combined 3.0733 out of 4 stars for Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
3.0733
Hard-boiled incompetent cop Frank Drebin must stop the evil Vincent Ludwig from compleating his diabolical plan of killing Queen Elizabeth II of England. ... more about Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
DVD from $3.00 
(6 sellers)
4
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.9947 out of 4 stars for Dirty Dozen
2.9947
During World War II, an American Major is given the task of recruiting 12 soldiers from an American military prison for a special guerilla mission that will give them the chance to regain their honor. ... more about Dirty Dozen
DVD from $2.99 
(7 sellers)
5
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.9554 out of 4 stars for Flight of the Phoenix
2.9554
When their plane crashes in the Sahara desert, the survivors - some businessmen and some British military officers - must find a way to survive the sun, the lack of water, and marauding Arabs. ... more about Flight of the Phoenix
DVD from $4.24 
(6 sellers)
6
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.8958 out of 4 stars for Hush... Hush
2.8958
Bette Davis plays Charlotte Hollis, a hermetic spinster haunted by memories of her murdered fiancé. Charlotte, whose only social contact is with her maid, Velma (Agnes Moorehead), is crushed to... Bette Davis plays Charlotte Hollis, a hermetic spinster haunted by memories of her murdered fiancé. ... more about Hush... Hush
DVD from $4.76 
(6 sellers)
7
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.8267 out of 4 stars for Boston Strangler
2.8267
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. ... more about Boston Strangler
DVD from $4.11 
(5 sellers)
8
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.7950 out of 4 stars for Creepshow 2
2.7950
EC Comics-inspired weirdness returns with three tales. In the first, a wooden statue of a Native American comes to life...to exact vengeance on the murderer of his elderly owners. ... more about Creepshow 2
DVD from $6.49 
(5 sellers)
9
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.7595 out of 4 stars for Brain Dead
2.7595
A psychological thriller from the writer of the original "Twilight Zone!" In a showdown of man vs. ... more about Brain Dead
DVD from $8.65 
(0 sellers)
10
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.7530 out of 4 stars for Sons of Katie Elder
2.7530
The Elder boys return to Clearwater, Texas for their Mother's funeral. John the eldest is a well known gunfighter and trouble follows him wherever he goes. ... more about Sons of Katie Elder
DVD from $3.66 
(6 sellers)
11
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.7481 out of 4 stars for Just Before Dawn
2.7481
Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the forest ranger Roy McLean that a huge machete-wielding maniac has been terrorising the area. ... more about Just Before Dawn
DVD from $11.68 
(4 sellers)
12
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.7137 out of 4 stars for Strait-Jacket
2.7137
Lucy Harbin has been in an asylum for 20 years after axing her husband and his mistress during a crime of passion, witnessed by her young daughter, Carol. ... more about Strait-Jacket
DVD from $5.50 
(6 sellers)
13
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.7060 out of 4 stars for Modern Romance
2.7060
Robert Cole, a film editor, is constantly breaking up with and reconciling with long-suffering girl friend Mary Harvard, who works at a bank. ... more about Modern Romance
DVD from $2.12 
(5 sellers)
14
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.6729 out of 4 stars for Lonely Are the Brave
2.6729
In order to free his best friend Bondi, Jack Burns lets himself be imprisoned only to find out that Bondi does not want to escape. Thus Burns breaks out on his own and is afterwards being chased by sheriff Johnson with helicopters and jeeps. ... more about Lonely Are the Brave
Not Available on DVD
15
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.6608 out of 4 stars for Don't Come Knocking
2.6608
Howard Spence ('Sam Shepard' (qv)) has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. ... more about Don't Come Knocking
DVD from $2.37 
(5 sellers)
16
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.6455 out of 4 stars for Shenandoah
2.6455
Charlie Anderson is a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia and finds himself (and his family) in the middle of the Civil War. He decides not to get involved in the war because he believes that this is not "his" war. ... more about Shenandoah
DVD from $4.98 
(1 sellers)
17
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.6237 out of 4 stars for Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
2.6237
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he is to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.. this adds to Frank's problems. ... more about Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
DVD from $3.88 
(6 sellers)
18
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.6012 out of 4 stars for Eiger Sanction
2.6012
Jonathan Hemlock is an Art teacher and collector who finances his hobby by performing the odd sanction (assassination) for an obscure government bureau. ... more about Eiger Sanction
DVD from $5.95 
(6 sellers)
19
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.5516 out of 4 stars for Earthquake
2.5516
Construction Engineer Stuart Graff is estranged from his jealously possessive wife, Remy, and has an affair with Denise Marshall, the widow of a co-worker. ... more about Earthquake
DVD from $5.95 
(5 sellers)
20
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.5429 out of 4 stars for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
2.5429
Seven years after a daring bank robbery involving an anti-tank gun used to blow open a vault, the robbery team temporarily puts aside their mutual suspicions to repeat the crime after they are unable to find the loot from the original heist, hidden ... more about Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
DVD from $5.07 
(0 sellers)
21
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.4925 out of 4 stars for Airport
2.4925
Mel Bakersfeld is the hard-charging manager of Lincoln International Airport, trying to keep his airport open despite a raging Midwestern snowstorm and an angry wife. ... more about Airport
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $9.99 
(5 sellers)
22
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.4905 out of 4 stars for Death on the Nile
2.4905
Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot has a set of murder suspects on a boat in the Nile after a rich heiress is killed. ... more about Death on the Nile
DVD from $2.94 
(1 sellers)
23
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.4792 out of 4 stars for Bandolero!
2.4792
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. ... more about Bandolero!
DVD from $4.91 
(5 sellers)
24
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.3248 out of 4 stars for Airport 1975
2.3248
A mid-air collision involving a a small plane and a commercial jetliner leads to potential disaster, as a plane loaded with passengers and no pilot becomes the worst nightmare for a flight attendant tasked with flying the craft. ... more about Airport 1975
DVD from $9.99 
(5 sellers)
25
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.3246 out of 4 stars for In Harm's Way
2.3246
Captain Rockwell Torrey and Commander Paul Eddington are part of the Navy's effort to recuperate from, and retaliate for, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. ... more about In Harm's Way
DVD from $3.90 
(5 sellers)
26
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.2043 out of 4 stars for Mirage
2.2043
New York City. David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are trying to kill him succeed. ... more about Mirage
Not Available on DVD
27
George Kennedy scores a combined 2.1837 out of 4 stars for Brass Target
2.1837
General Patton tries to transfer the German gold stock to Frankfurt. But someone foils his plan. The military police begin to find the guilty... ... more about Brass Target
Not Available on DVD
28
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.9792 out of 4 stars for Hurry Sundown
1.9792
Set in the south in the days just after World War II, a black and a white farmer team up to irrigate their fields and escape the crushing poverty that their families live under. ... more about Hurry Sundown
Not Available on DVD
29
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.8717 out of 4 stars for Cahill U.S. Marshal
1.8717
J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they bargained for. ... more about Cahill U.S. Marshal
DVD from $2.99 
(1 sellers)
30
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.8428 out of 4 stars for Radioactive Dreams
1.8428
After an atomic war Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent 15 years on their own in an bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detective novels. ... more about Radioactive Dreams
Not Available on DVD
32
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.7703 out of 4 stars for Airport '77
1.7703
A luxury 747 carrying valuable art work is hijacked and lands in the ocean, submerged in shallow water. ... more about Airport '77
DVD from $9.99 
(5 sellers)
33
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.6899 out of 4 stars for Death Ship
1.6899
Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. ... more about Death Ship
Not Available on DVD
34
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.6717 out of 4 stars for Concorde: Airport '79
1.6717
This film is the last (so far) of the 'Airport' genre which stars George Kennedy again in his aviation-disaster struck role as Joe Patroni who has to contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over ... more about Concorde: Airport '79
DVD from $9.99 
(5 sellers)
35
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.6571 out of 4 stars for Dirty Dingus Magee
1.6571
Ass-breaker Dingus Magee is looking for a gold train when he comes upon old acquaintance Hoke Birdsill on stage to San Francisco, and robs him of his money. ... more about Dirty Dingus Magee
Not Available on DVD
36
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.5871 out of 4 stars for Demonwarp
1.5871
Not Available on DVD
37
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.5433 out of 4 stars for Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
1.5433
Los Angeles Lt. Frank Drebin goes to Washington, D.C. to be honored for shooting his 1,000th drug dealer. Never was the nation, or the world, in such serious jeopardy. ... more about Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
Not Available on DVD
38
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.5141 out of 4 stars for Terror Within
1.5141
It's the post-apocalypse, and the world has been changed by "the accident," a chemical warfare experiment gone awry. At an isolated subterranean complex, a group of people survives because they were able to get the antidote for the illness. ... more about Terror Within
DVD from $12.50 
(0 sellers)
39
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.4794 out of 4 stars for Truce
1.4794
Not Available on DVD
40
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.4365 out of 4 stars for Wacko
1.4365
Not Available on DVD
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George Kennedy scores a combined 1.3908 out of 4 stars for Nightmare at Noon
1.3908
Scientists poison the water supply of a small town, turning the residents into homicidal maniacs who kill each other and anybody who passes through. ... more about Nightmare at Noon
DVD from $3.09 
(0 sellers)
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George Kennedy scores a combined 1.2644 out of 4 stars for Double McGuffin
1.2644
Some school kids stumble across a briefcase full of money, when they go back for it, they find a body instead. When they bring the police, neither is there, and the police refuses to believe them. ... more about Double McGuffin
DVD from $2.00 
(0 sellers)
44
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.2235 out of 4 stars for Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1.2235
Marshal Flagg, an aging lawman about to be retired, hears that his old nemesis, the outlaw McKaye, is back in the area and planning a robbery. ... more about Good Guys and the Bad Guys
DVD from $5.99 
(6 sellers)
46
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.2127 out of 4 stars for Savage Dawn
1.2127
Not Available on DVD
47
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.2005 out of 4 stars for Mean Dog Blues
1.2005
When his friend injures a little girl in a small southern town while driving drunk, country singer Paul agrees to state in court he had been driving. But his lawyer betrays him, and he ends up in a prison farm, sentenced to 5 years. ... more about Mean Dog Blues
Not Available on DVD
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George Kennedy scores a combined 1.1625 out of 4 stars for Uninvited
1.1625
A bunch of young people are invited to a Caribbean cruise on a gangster's yacht, to distract the attention of the authorities. Unfortunately, a mutant cat which escaped from a test laboratory also gets on board, and kills most of the passengers. ... more about Uninvited
Not Available on DVD
49
George Kennedy scores a combined 1.1091 out of 4 stars for Lost Horizon
1.1091
This retelling of the classic tale of James Hilton's Utopian lost world plays out uneasily amid musical production numbers and Bacharach pop music. ... more about Lost Horizon
Not Available on DVD
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George Kennedy scores a combined 0.9844 out of 4 stars for Bolero
0.9844
Follows the tale of a young woman's sexual awakening and subsequent journey around the world in pursuit of her ideal lover. Encounters include an Arabian sheik and a Spanish bullfighter. ... more about Bolero
Actor Awards
Razzie Awards - Worst Supporting Actor
DVD from $4.35 
(2 sellers)
52
George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Ballad of Josie
0.0001
Josie Minick is a widow, who is forced to fend for herself. Josie living in a cattle country, finds herself in odds and war with the cattlemen of the town, when she decides to make a sheep farm her livelihood. ... more about Ballad of Josie
Not Available on DVD
53
George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Bayou Ghost
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Born to Race
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Fools' Parade
0.0001
When a trio of ex-convicts led by Mattie Appleyard is released from prison, they hope to open a general store using money Mattie has saved during his 40-year sentence. ... more about Fools' Parade
Not Available on DVD
58
George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Virus
0.0001
A military-engineered virus, released during a plane crash, kills the entire human population. The only survivors are scientists in Antarctica, who desperately try to find a cure and save what is left of the planet from further destruction. ... more about Virus
Not Available on DVD
59
George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Gaily
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
60
George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Hangfire
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
61
George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Hired to Kill
0.0001
A fashion photographer and seven models travel to a South American island fortress, ostensibly to do a fashion shoot. In reality, the photographer is a mercenary and their job is to free an imprisoned rebel leader. ... more about Hired to Kill
Not Available on DVD
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George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Hotwire
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Magic Kid
0.0001
Karate action and laughs never cease when a brother and sister go to California to visit their uncle. ... more about Magic Kid
DVD from $39.99 
(0 sellers)
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George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for McHale's Navy
0.0001
The crew of PT-73 get into trouble when they back the wrong horse in a race. Now they have to come up with a way to raise the money to pay off the winners. ... more about McHale's Navy
DVD from $2.75 
(1 sellers)
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George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Pink Jungle
0.0001
A famous fashion photographer is trapped in a remote South American country with a beautiful model and together with some unscrupulous characters, become involved in the search for a lost diamond mine. ... more about Pink Jungle
Not Available on DVD
69
George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Rare Breed
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
70
George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Search and Destroy
0.0001
The members of a Vietnam veteran's old Army unit start turning up murdered. The police soon begin to suspect that he is in fact the killer. He knows he isn't, and must find the real killer in order to clear his name. ... more about Search and Destroy
Not Available on DVD
72
George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Steel
0.0001
Mike Catton was once a world-renowned construction foreman (at least in the construction world), but an accident left him with a serious fear of heights. Unable to climb the big skyscrapers while under construction, he retired and became a truck driver. ... more about Steel
Not Available on DVD
73
George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Three Bad Men
0.0001
Bank robbers and best friends Frame, Luther, and Matt forego safe haven in Colorado to save a women from Dutch Henry and his gang. Meanwhile a possie is formed to track them down and return all the money they stole from a small towns bank. ... more about Three Bad Men
Not Available on DVD
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George Kennedy scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Zigzag
0.0001
A dying man frames himself for the kidnapping and murder of an industrialist so his wife and daughter can benefit from the reward money. ... more about Zigzag
Not Available on DVD
 
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George Kennedy
Birthdate:
February 18, 1925

George Kennedy

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1960s
24
total ranking of 2.5701  2.5701
1970s
19
total ranking of 2.1523  2.1523
1980s
19
total ranking of 2.0518  2.0518
1990s
9
total ranking of 1.7398  1.7398
2000s
3
total ranking of 1.0666  1.0666
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
2.5592
George Kennedy is ranked overall as 2.5592 of of 4 stars
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