Arthur Kennedy

Data di nascita
17 febbraio 1914 · Worcester, Massachusetts, Stati Uniti
Data di morte
5 gennaio 1990 · Branford, Connecticut, Stati Uniti (tumore al cervello)
Nome alla nascita
John Arthur Kennedy
Soprannome
- Johnny
Altezza
1,78 m

His character Jackson Bentley, newspaper man and filmmaker, in Lawrence d'Arabia (1962) is a fictionalized version of real-life discoverer of T.E. Lawrence, Lowell Thomas.
Edmond O'Brien was originally cast as Jackson Bentley in Lawrence d'Arabia (1962). After O'Brien filmed several scenes, he suffered a heart attack and had to be replaced. Kennedy was recommended to director David Lean by Anthony Quinn, whom Kennedy had replaced on Broadway in the role of King Henry II in the play "Becket" (1960).
Kennedy twice played Alexander Hamilton on television.
In 1936, while a struggling actor in New York, Kennedy roomed with David Wayne, Ben Yaffeem, and several others in a West Seventies brownstone.
Had starred in three Oscar Best Picture nominees: I peccatori di Peyton (1957), Il figlio di Giuda (1960) and Lawrence d'Arabia (1962). Lawrence of Arabia won.

[1985, about retiring] I ask myself that frequently. It seems the theater has been on the downcline since the mid-fifties. The pace of television shows is very unappealing to me. I will not live in Hollywood or New York anymore and if they don't see you around they just don't think of you for roles. I guess I'm retired, but if Tony Quinn [Anthony Quinn] told me that there was a hell of a part for me in a picture or play I'd probably do it. Because I'd believe him and I miss his company. I like to work with old friends and there are fewer and fewer of them left.
[on English actors] They use film as a method for living well, but theater is their heart's desire. They're always going back to it.
[In a 1988 interview on making movies in Italy] They were spaghetti Mafiosos. Only two or three had any quality; but I love to travel and the scripts didn't matter too much. I worked in English, the Italians in their language. There's no direct sound; you have to dub everything. Finally, I told my agent to wrap it up. I haven't worked until now.
[on Henry Hathaway] A walking encyclopedia of the business. Away from work, he was delightful, but on the set, a holy terror!

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