ARTHUR KENNEDY

Arthur Kennedy was an actor from the 1940 to 1990. He was born in 1914 and became a stage actor in the mid 1930s, appearing in a touring Shakespearean company. He made it to Broadway in 1938, and later that year, he moved to California, where James Cagney "discovered" him in a Los Angeles play, and cast him as his brother in 1940's "City for Conquest". He was signed by Warner Bros. and made supporting appearances in a number of their A-movies. He then served in World War II, and after, he went back to the Broadway stage, sand starred in "All My Sons" and "The Crucible". In the late 1940s, he returned to Hollywood, becoming one of the top character actors of the late 1940s and 1950s, with important roles in films which included: Boomerang, The Champion (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), The Glass Menagerie, Trial (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Some Came Running (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Bright Victory (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; as a blinded World War II veteran; he won the New York Film Critics' Circle Award for this role). He continued to act throughout the 1950s and 1960s, making some appearances in top movies like "Lawrence of Arabia". He switched to TV until he retired in the mid 1980s. He passed away in 1990 at the age of 75.