Oscar-winning actor George Kennedy has passed away at his home in Boise, Idaho on Sunday, aged 91.
Born into a show business family in 1925, Kennedy began his career in 1960 with an uncredited role in Spartacus, and made a host of movie and TV appearances in the early 60s before winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in 1967’s Cool Hand Luke.
Following his Oscar success, Kennedy went on to appear in the likes of The Boston Strangler, Guns of the Magnificent Seven, Airport, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot and Death on the Nile. In 1988, he took on the role of Captain Ed Hocken alongside Leslie Nielsen in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, returning for both sequels. His last big screen appearance came in 2014 with a role in The Gambler alongside Mark Wahlberg.
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Originally published February 29, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
