webfact Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Actor George Kennedy, star of Naked Gun, dies aged 91BOISE, Idaho: -- US actor George Kennedy, who starred in movies including Cool Hand Luke and the Naked Gun series, has died at the age of 91, his grandson has announced.Cory Schenkel said his grandfather died on Sunday morning in the city of Boise, Idaho, celebrity news website TMZ reported.Kennedy won an Oscar in 1968 for Best Supporting Actor in Cool Hand Luke.Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35693198-- BBC 2016-03-01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLCrab Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 My favorite George Kennedy line from 1965 version of The Flight of the Phoenix, when trying to start the rebuilt aircraft's engine after crash landing in the African desert: "There ain't nothing wrong with that engine -- maybe he ain't givin' it enough juice." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 RIP, but he had to be one of the biggest hams in Hollywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shot Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 (edited) The Dirty Dozen, Cool Hand Luke, The Eiger Sanction. Just a few of my favorites. <<<<< He was also in an episode of Gomer Pyle USMC. "SURPRISE, SURPRISE". Edited March 1, 2016 by Shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 R.I.P. to a good supporting actor. Some of his lines were so corny that you got a good laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggy Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 RIP. Good memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usernames Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I'll bet nobody except me remembers Pink Jungle. James Garner's character upon seeing George Kennedy's for the first time, "that looks like an advertisement for an atrocity commercial." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 He was always one of the good "bad Guys" in Saturday morning westerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 2016 really has to slow the #$%@ down! R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 His character in Cool Hand Luke was as good as Paul Newman's. Kennedy was believable as a human Foghorn Leghorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckd Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 A real Hollywood icon. RIP Check out this site for his film and TV credits. It is impressive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kennedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usernames Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 A real Hollywood icon. RIP Check out this site for his film and TV credits. It is impressive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kennedy An always at work actor. Even with the new Oscar diversity rules, he would still have been eligible to vote next near. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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