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Kennedy was born into a show business family and made his stage debut at the age of two; he then became a radio performer. He put aside show business during World War II and spent 16 years in the United States Army, seeing combat and working in the Armed Forces radio. After retiring from the military (reportedly because of a back injury), Kennedy found his way back to the entertainment industry. He became a technical advisor for the television series Sergeant Bilko. Kennedy began his film career in 1961See also 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad L'annee derniere a Marienbad released Top grossing films :North America # The Guns of Navarone # Exodus # The Parent Trap # The Absent-Minded Professor in The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. He won an Academy AwardBob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. The Academy Awards (often better known as Oscars) are the most prominent film award in the United States. The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a p for Best Supporting ActorThe Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners a in Cool Hand LukeCool Hand Luke is a 1967 film which tells the story of a prisoner in a Georgia prison camp who refuses to knuckle under to the system. Paul Newman stars as the title character. George Kennedy, J. Cannon, Lou Antonio, Robert Drivas, Strother Martin, Jo Van ( 1967See also 1966 in film 1967 1968 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events December 26 The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television. The prototype for the IMAX multi-screen system is exhibited at Expo '67 in Montreal, Canada Top grossi).
On television, Kennedy played Carter McKay in the CBSCBS Columbia Broadcasting System is a major radio and television network in the United States. CBS was one of the three commercial television networks that dominated broadcasting in the United States before the rise of cable television. In the days of rad prime timePrime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. In the United States, television networks broadcast their prime time programming in two blocks: One for the Eastern, Central, and Mountain time zones, and one for the P serialThis article is about serials in fiction . You might want, instead: Serial communications for information about computer communication technologies that use a single stream of data; Serialism (music) or Cliffhanger ( plot device). Serial in fiction is a t Dallas ( 1978 - 1991). He starred in the series from 1988 - 1991.