DOUGLAS KENNEDY BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Douglas Kennedy was born on September 14th, 1915 in New York City, New York with the birth name Douglas Richards Kennedy. He was born the tenth child to his parents, Robert and Ethel Skakel Kennedy. After graduating from Deerfield Academy High School he went on to earn a college degree at Amherst.
Soon he was working in the film industry and throughout his career he mainly focused on westerns as well as thrillers. Paramount Pictures gave him contract status and later on he was also employed with Warner Brothers Studio's.
He took a brief break from pursuing his career as an actor during World War II where he served as a Signal Corps officer and an operative in the OSS and US Army Intelligence.
Upon completing his military service, Kennedy returned back to pursuing his career in entertainment. He appeared on a number of more prominent films and was being cast in more starring roles.
He became most well known for his starring role in the western television series, "Steve Donovan, Western Marshal" (1955) and the film, "Invaders from Mars" (1953). Other credits he added to his resume were roles on such series as, "The Restless Gun", "Lassie", "Perry Mason", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "The Big Valley", "Bonanza", "Dragnet", "The Virginian", "Wagon Train" and "Maverick" and his final appearance was on the television series, "Hawaii Five-O".
At the young age of fifty seven he passed away from cancer on August 10th, 1973 in Honolulu, Hawaii. His remains are buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
Filmography
1973 Hawaii Five-O
1972 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
1971 Cade's County
1969 Bracken's World
1965-1969 The Big Valley
1968 Dragnet 1967
1959-1968 Bonanza
1968 The Destructors
1966-1967 The Virginian
1967 The Fastest Guitar Alive
1967 Valley of Mystery
1967 Iron Horse
1960-1966 Gunsmoke
1964-1966 Lassie
1965 The Legend of Jesse James
1959-1965 Rawhide
1957-1965 Perry Mason
1965 The Outer Limits
1961-1962 Everglades
1961 Flight of the Lost Balloon
1961 Ripcord
1960 The Amazing Transparent Man
1960 The Deputy
1960 Sugarfoot
1960 Pony Express
1960 The Rifleman
1960 Riverboat
1960 Lock Up
1960 Have Gun - Will Travel
1959-1960 The Texan
1956-1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1959 Laramie
1958-1959 Maverick
1959 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1959 The Alligator People
1959 Zorro
1959 Colt .45
1958-1959 Wagon Train
1959 The Lineup
1959 The Restless Gun
1959 G.E. True Theater
1959 Lone Texan
1959 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond
1959 Bat Masterson
1959 Good Day for a Hanging
1958 Rescue 8
1958 Jefferson Drum
1958 Northwest Passage
1958 Cimarron City
1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 Bronco
1958 The Rough Riders
1958 Tombstone Territory
1958 The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
1958 The Bonnie Parker Story
1958 State Trooper
1958 Studio One in Hollywood
1958 Flight
1957 Code 3
1957 Rockabilly Baby
1956-1957 Navy Log
1957 The Land Unknown
1957 Chicago Confidential
1957 Tales of Wells Fargo
1957 The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1957 Cheyenne
1957 Hell's Crossroads
1957 Last of the Badmen
1956 The Last Wagon
1956 General Electric Summer Originals
1956 Strange Intruder
1956 Sneak Preview
1955-1956 Steve Donovan, Western Marshal
1955-1956 Dragnet
1956 Assignment: Mexico
1955 Matinee Theatre
1955 TV Reader's Digest
1955 Wiretapper
1955 Annie Oakley
1955 The Eternal Sea
1955 Strange Lady in Town
1955 The Star and the Story
1950-1955 The Lone Ranger
1955 Science Fiction Theatre
1955 The Man Behind the Badge
1955 The Whistler
1954-1955 The Adventures of Falcon
1955 The Public Defender
1954 Climax!
1954 Cry Vengeance
1954 Sitting Bull
1954 The Big Chase
1954 The High and the Mighty
1954 Stories of the Century
1954 Massacre Canyon
1954 The Lone Gun
1954 Rails Into Laramie
1954 The Loretta Young Show
1954 Wyoming Renegades
1953-1954 Schlitz Playhouse
1954 The Pride of the Family
1954 Mr. & Mrs. North
1954 Hopalong Cassidy
1951-1953 Fireside Theatre
1953 Cavalcade of America
1953 Sea of Lost Ships
1953 The All American
1953 Mexican Manhunt
1953 War Paint
1953 Gun Belt
1953 Safari Drums
1953 Invaders from Mars
1953 Jack McCall Desperado
1953 San Antone
1952 Torpedo Alley
1952 Ride the Man Down
1952 The Ford Television Theatre
1952 Last Train from Bombay
1952 Hoodlum Empire
1952 Gruen Guild Theater
1952 Fort Osage
1952 For Men Only
1952 Indian Uprising
1951 Callaway Went Thataway
1951 China Corsair
1951 The Texas Rangers
1951 I Was an American Spy
1951 The Lion Hunters
1951 Oh! Susanna
1950 The Du Pont Story
1950 Revenue Agent
1950 Chain Gang
1950 Convicted
1950 The Cariboo Trail
1950 The Next Voice You Hear...
1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 Barricade
1950 Montana
1950 Backfire
1949 East Side, West Side
1949 Fighting Man of the Plains
1949 Ranger of Cherokee Strip
1949 The House Across the Street
1949 Task Force
1949 It's a Great Feeling
1949 South of Rio
1949 The Fountainhead
1949 One Last Fling
1949 Look for the Silver Lining
1949 Flamingo Road
1949 A Kiss in the Dark
1949 South of St. Louis
1949 Flaxy Martin
1949 John Loves Mary
1948 One Sunday Afternoon
1948 Whiplash
1948 The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948 Adventures of Don Juan
1948 Johnny Belinda
1948 Embraceable You
1948 The Big Punch
1948 Romance on the High Seas
1948 Let's Sing a Stephen Foster Song
1948 To the Victor
1947 The Voice of the Turtle
1947 Always Together
1947 That Hagen Girl
1947 The Unsuspected
1947 Let's Sing a Song of the West
1947 Dark Passage
1947 Life with Father
1947 Deep Valley
1947 Possessed
1947 Circus Horse
1947 The Unfaithful
1947 Stallion Road
1947 Nora Prentiss
1941 Passage from Hong Kong
1941 The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941 The Nurse's Secret
1941 Affectionately Yours
1941 Strange Alibi
1941 Wings of Steel
1941 Here Comes Happiness
1941 The Roundup
1941 The Great Mr. Nobody
1941 The Mad Doctor
1940 Love Thy Neighbor
1940 North West Mounted Police
1940 Arise, My Love
1940 Rhythm on the River
1940 Those Were the Days!
1940 The Ghost Breakers
1940 The Way of All Flesh
1940 Opened by Mistake
1940 Women Without Names
1935 'G' Men
