Appeared in more than two hundred film and TV | 'George Kennedy'




George Kennedy, who has died aged 91


Was known mainly for three movie roles, each of which represented a different aspect of his career: 
As heavy -  hero and clown. 

They were the bullying convict Dragline in Cool Hand Luke (1967).

For which he won the Oscar for best supporting actor, Aviation expert Joe Patroni in the Airport series of disaster movies from the 1970s

Captain Ed Hocken, the none-too-bright sidekick of bumbling cop Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) in the spoof Naked Gun trilogy (1988-94).