Adam Kennedy | |
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 Kennedy (right) with Maria Tsien in The Californians, 1958 | |
| Born | Jack Kennedy [1] March 10, 1922 Otterbein, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | October 16, 1997 (aged 75) Kent, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, screenwriter |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara Curley [2] Susan Adams [3] |
| Children | 2 [3] |
Jack Kennedy (March 10, 1922 – October 16, 1997) was an American actor and screenwriter. [4] He was known for playing Dion Patrick in the American western television series The Californians . [5]
Kennedy was born in Otterbein, Indiana, where he was raised on a farm. [2] [3] He attended DePauw University, [2] from which he graduated in art and English literature. [3] His studies were interrupted by World War II, however, when he served in the United States Army Air Forces. [2] He also studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. [2]
Kennedy began his career after he emigrated to France, in which he made numerous appearances in stage plays. [6] He made his film debut in 1955, first appearing in the film The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell . Kennedy then made two appearances to the anthology television series Chevron Hall of Stars . In 1957, he joined the cast of the new NBC western television series The Californians for its first season. Kennedy played as journalist Dion Patrick. [5] While appearing in the first season, the television series had received low ratings for which his character was then removed. [5]
After being removed from the television series, Kennedy played as Pvt. Maslow in the film Men in War and as Lieutenant Ed Simmons in Bailout at 43,000 . [7] He guest-starred in television programs including Gunsmoke , Frontier Circus , Schlitz Playhouse of Stars , Lock-Up , and Crossroads . His final film credit was from the 1957 film The Tall Stranger , where he played as Red. He also played as rancher Brock Hayden in the soap opera television series The Doctors . [1] According to The Indianapolis Star, he was considered with an Irish and Swedish descent. [1]
Kennedy wrote the films The Dove and Raise the Titanic . He was a novelist for which his known work included The Domino Principle which was adapted into a 1977 film, directed and produced by Stanley Kramer. [8] According to The San Francisco Examiner, Kennedy said he turned to writing because he no longer had the ego required to pursue an acting career. [8]
Kennedy died in October 1997 of a heart attack at his home in Kent, Connecticut, at the age of 75. [3] [6]
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