George Kennedy
Actor · 86 credits · 50 in highly-rated films
Best known for The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Frequent collaborators: James Stewart, Ernest Borgnine, Leslie Nielsen, Dean Martin, Strother Martin
Best George Kennedy movies by genre
- George Kennedy Drama Movies 35
- George Kennedy Action Movies 24
- George Kennedy Comedy Movies 22
- George Kennedy Thriller Movies 20
- George Kennedy Western Movies 13
- George Kennedy TV Movie Movies 12
- George Kennedy Crime Movies 11
- George Kennedy Horror Movies 11
- George Kennedy Adventure Movies 10
- George Kennedy Mystery Movies 5
- George Kennedy Science Fiction Movies 5
Movies (86 total, ranked by score)
1The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988 · ★ 7.3 (4,603 votes)
Comedy, Crime
2Cool Hand Luke
1967 · ★ 7.7 (1,657 votes)
Drama, Crime
3Charade
1963 · ★ 7.7 (1,575 votes)
Comedy, Mystery, Romance
4The Dirty Dozen
1967 · ★ 7.6 (1,357 votes)
Action, Adventure, War
5Death on the Nile
1978 · ★ 7.2 (939 votes)
Mystery
6The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991 · ★ 6.8 (2,846 votes)
Comedy, Crime
7Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994 · ★ 6.5 (2,593 votes)
Comedy, Crime
8Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974 · ★ 6.8 (660 votes)
Comedy, Action, Drama
9The Flight of the Phoenix
1965 · ★ 7.2 (373 votes)
Adventure, Drama
10Lonely are the Brave
1962 · ★ 7.4 (170 votes)
Western
11Cats Don't Dance
1997 · ★ 7.2 (201 votes)
Animation, Comedy, Family
12The Sons of Katie Elder
1965 · ★ 7.1 (304 votes)
Western
13The Boston Strangler
1968 · ★ 6.6 (255 votes)
Drama, Crime, Thriller
14Bandolero!
1968 · ★ 6.6 (131 votes)
Western
15The Eiger Sanction
1975 · ★ 6.1 (459 votes)
Action, Adventure, Drama
16Creepshow 2
1987 · ★ 6.2 (667 votes)
Horror, Comedy, Fantasy
17Modern Romance
1981 · ★ 6.8 (95 votes)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
18The Gambler
2014 · ★ 6.0 (1,579 votes)
Thriller, Crime, Drama
19Fools' Parade
1971 · ★ 6.7 (28 votes)
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
20Earthquake
1974 · ★ 6.1 (375 votes)
Action, Drama, Thriller
21Strait-Jacket
1964 · ★ 6.5 (132 votes)
Thriller, Horror, Drama
22Airport 1975
1974 · ★ 5.8 (302 votes)
Drama, Thriller, Action
23Cahill: United States Marshal
1973 · ★ 6.1 (155 votes)
Drama, Western
24Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
1961 · ★ 5.6 (5 votes)
Western
25Airport '77
1977 · ★ 5.6 (339 votes)
Action, Drama, Thriller
26Zig Zag
1970 · ★ 7.7 (8 votes)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
27The Bull of the West
1972 · ★ 5.4 (8 votes)
Western, TV Movie
28Sonic Boom
1974 · ★ 4.5 (3 votes)
Comedy
29Esmeralda Bay
1989 · ★ 4.4 (6 votes)
Drama, War, Action
30Hurry Sundown
1967 · ★ 6.4 (39 votes)
Drama
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