Burt Kennedy

Burton Raphael Kennedy (September 3, 1922 – February 15, 2001) was an American screenwriter and director known mainly for directing Westerns. Budd Boetticher called him "the best Western writer ever."

Biography Kennedy was born in 1922 in Muskegon, Michigan. His parents were dancers in vaudeville and he joined their act, the Dancing Kennedys, when he was 4 years old. They moved to Michigan, where Kennedy attended high school. He graduated school in 1941 and enlisted in the army the following year. Kennedy was commissioned and saw World War II service in the 1st Cavalry Division during the Liberation of the Philippines as a first lieutenant. He received the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster.

Kennedy died of cancer at home on February 15, 2001, in Sherman Oaks, California.

Filmography Film Year Title Director Writer Producer 1956 Seven Men From Now Gun the Man Down Man in the Vault 1957 The Tall T 1959 Ride Lonesome 1960 Comanche Station 1961 The Canadians 1962 Six Black Horses 1964 Mail Order Bride 1965 The Rounders The Money Trap 1966 Return of the Seven 1967 Return of the Gunfighter Welcome to Hard Times The War Wagon 1969 Support Your Local Sheriff! Young Billy Young The Good Guys and the Bad Guys 1970 Dirty Dingus Magee The Deserter 1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter Hannie Caulder 1973 The Train Robbers 1976 The Killer Inside Me Escape from the Dark 1981 Wolf Lake 1987 The Trouble with Spies 1990 Big Bad John White Hunter Black Heart 1991 Suburban Commando 2000 Comanche

Television TV movies Year Title Director Producer Writer 1974 Shootout in a One-Dog Town Sidekicks All the Kind Strangers 1978 Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid 1979 The Wild Wild West Revisited 1980 More Wild Wild West 1986 Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills 1987 The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory 1988 Once Upon a Texas Train Where the Hell's That Gold?