Douglas Kennedy

Douglas Richards Kennedy (September 14, 1915 – August 10, 1973) was an American actor who appeared in more than 190 films from 1935 to 1973.

Early years Kennedy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dion W. Kennedy. He served in the U. S. Army from 1940 to 1945.

Career Kennedy was a character player and occasional leading man in Hollywood. Making his debut in 1935, he played a significant number of supporting roles and was able to secure contract-player status, first at Paramount Pictures and later at Warner Brothers.

His acting career was interrupted by World War II service as a major in the Signal Corps with the Office of Strategic Services and Army Intelligence. After the military, he returned to films and played character roles, often western villains or territorial marshals, as well as isolated leads in low-budget pictures.

Kennedy had a starring role in the series Steve Donovan, Western Marshal, with Eddy Waller as his sidekick Rusty Lee. He was also one of the policemen who vanishes in the science fiction classic Invaders from Mars.

He played the gunfighter William P. Longley in a 1954 episode of the series Stories of the Century, starring and narrated by Jim Davis.

In the 1957 (season one) Perry Mason episode 'The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink' he played the part of Detective Sergeant Jaffrey, eventually revealed as the murderer.

In 1958, he appeared as Steven Boles in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of The Lucky Loser". In 1960, he appeared as the murderer Lucky Sterling in the Perry Mason episode 'The Case of the Wary Wildcatter'. In 1965, he appeared as Brady Duncan in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Fatal Fetish".

In 1958, Kennedy appeared in Jim Davis' second series Rescue 8 in the episode "Calamity Coach". In the story, rescuers Wes Cameron (Davis) and Skip Johnson (Lang Jeffries) work to rescue three actors on location when a stagecoach tumbles down a mountain.

Kennedy played the role of Jay Brisco in the 1959 episode "Law West of the Pecos" of the series Colt .45. Frank Ferguson portrayed Judge Roy Bean, and Lisa Gaye was cast as June Webster.

Later, Kennedy portrayed Sheriff Fred Madden of The Big Valley, with Barbara Stanwyck. He made his last appearance in 1973 in three episodes of Hawaii Five-O, with Jack Lord.

Personal life and death Kennedy was married to Isabell Russell, and they had a son, Douglas Kennedy Jr.

Kennedy died of cancer at age of 57 in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he had been for the shooting of Hawaii Five-O. He is interred at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.

Selected filmography Films

'G' Men (1935) – Agent – 1949 Reissue Scenes (uncredited) Women Without Names (1940) – Secretary (uncredited) Opened by Mistake (1940) – State Trooper (uncredited) Those Were the Days! (1940) – Allen The Way of All Flesh (1940) – Timothy The Ghost Breakers (1940) – Intern (uncredited) Rhythm on the River (1940) – Party Guest (uncredited) Arise, My Love (1940) – College Boy (uncredited) North West Mounted Police (1940) – Constable Carter Love Thy Neighbor (1940) – Doorman at Rehearsal (uncredited) The Mad Doctor (1941) – Hotel Clerk (uncredited) The Great Mr. Nobody (1941) – Mr. McGraw The Round Up (1941) – Trooper Here Comes Happiness (1941) – Announcer (voice, uncredited) Strange Alibi (1941) – Reporter (uncredited) Affectionately Yours (1941) – Airline Official (uncredited) The Nurse's Secret (1941) – Dr. Keene The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) – Second Reporter Passage from Hong Kong (1941) – Jeff Hunter The Unfaithful (1947) – Roger Nora Prentiss (1947) – NYC Emergency Room doctor Stallion Road (1947) – Horse Show Announcer (uncredited) Possessed (1947) – Assistant District Attorney Deep Valley (1947) – Guard (uncredited) Life with Father (1947) – Morley – Young Clergyman (uncredited) Dark Passage (1947) – Detective Kennedy The Unsuspected (1947) – Bill (uncredited) That Hagen Girl (1947) – Herb Delaney Always Together (1947) – Doberman The Voice of the Turtle (1947) – Naval Officer April Showers (1948) – Narrator (voice, uncredited) To the Victor (1948) – Steve Romance on the High Seas (1948) – Car Salesman (uncredited) The Big Punch (1948) – Football Broadcaster (voice, uncredited) Embraceable You (1948) – Dr. Wirth Johnny Belinda (1948) – Mountie (uncredited) Adventures of Don Juan (1948) – Don Rodrigo The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948) – J. Roger Bascomb (uncredited) Whiplash (1948) – Costello One Sunday Afternoon (1948) – Jasper (uncredited) John Loves Mary (1949) – Colonel McGaw (uncredited) Flaxy Martin (1949) – Hap Richie South of St. Louis (1949) – Lee Price A Kiss in the Dark (1949) – Radio Concert Broadcaster (voice, uncredited) Homicide (1949) – Opening Off-Screen Narrator (voice, uncredited) Flamingo Road (1949) – Police Radio Broadcaster (voice, uncredited) Look for the Silver Lining (1949) – Doctor (uncredited) The Fountainhead (1949) – Reporter (uncredited) One Last Fling (1949) – Vic Lardner South of Rio (1949) – Henchman Bob Mitchell It's a Great Feeling (1949) – Opening Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited) Task Force (1949) – Ship's Radio (voice, uncredited) The House Across the Street (1949) – Opening Narrator (voice, uncredited) Fighting Man of the Plains (1949) – Ken Vedder Ranger of Cherokee Strip (1949) – Joe Bearclaws East Side, West Side (1949) – Alec Dawning Montana (1950) – Rodney Ackroyd Backfire (1950) – Heard on Radio (voice, uncredited) Barricade (1950) – Clay's Man (uncredited) Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950) – George Donahue (uncredited) The Next Voice You Hear... (1950) – Mitch (uncredited) The Cariboo Trail (1950) – Murphy Convicted (1950) – Detective Bailey Chain Gang (1950) – Cliff Roberts Revenue Agent (1950) – Steve Daniels – IRS agent The Du Pont Story (1950) – Coleman du Pont Oh! Susanna (1951) – Trooper Emers The Lion Hunters (1951) – Marty Martin I Was an American Spy (1951) – Sergeant John Phillips The Texas Rangers (1951) – Dave Rudabaugh China Corsair (1951) – Captain Frenchy Callaway Went Thataway (1951) – Drunk Indian Uprising (1952) – Cliff Taggert For Men Only (1952) – Dean Oliver Harland Mayberry Fort Osage (1952) – George Keane Hoodlum Empire (1952) – Henchman Brinkley (uncredited) Last Train from Bombay (1952) – Kevin / Brian O'Hara Ride the Man Down (1952) – Harve Garrison Torpedo Alley (1952) – Lieutenant Dora Gates San Antone (1953) – Captain Garfield, U.S. Cavalry Jack McCall, Desperado (1953) – 'Wild' Bill Hickok Invaders from Mars (1953) – Tall Cop Jackson Who Vanishes (uncredited) Safari Drums (1953) – Brad Morton Gun Belt (1953) – Mel Dixon War Paint (1953) – Trooper Clancy Mexican Manhunt (1953) – Dan McCracken All American (1953) – Tate Hardy Sea of Lost Ships (1953) – Helicopter Pilot Rails Into Laramie (1954) – Telegraph Operator The Lone Gun (1954) – Gad Moran Massacre Canyon (1954) – Sergeant James Marlowe The High and the Mighty (1954) – Boyd, Public Relations (uncredited) The Big Chase (1954) – Police Lieutenant Ned Daggert Sitting Bull (1954) – Colonel Custer Cry Vengeance (1954) – Tino Morelli Wyoming Renegades (1955) – Charlie Veer Strange Lady in Town (1955) – Slade Wickstrom The Eternal Sea (1955) – Captain Walter Riley Wiretapper (1955) – Charles Rumsden Strange Intruder (1956) – Parry Sandborn The Last Wagon (1956) – Colonel Normand Miami Exposé (1956) – Dan McCracken Last of the Badmen (1957) – Hawkins Hell's Crossroads (1957) – Frank James The Land Unknown (1957) – Captain Burnham Chicago Confidential (1957) – Ken Harrison Rockabilly Baby (1957) – Tom Griffith The Bonnie Parker Story (1958) – Tom Steel The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958) – Ross Brady Good Day for a Hanging (1959) – Voice of Gang Member (uncredited) Lone Texan (1959) – Major Phillip Harvey The Alligator People (1959) – Dr. Wayne MacGregor The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) – Joey Faust Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961) – Sir Hubert Warrington The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967) – Joe The Destructors (1968) – General

TV shows

Fireside Theatre (1951–1953) – Stafford / Dan / Joe / Will Paton Cavalcade of America (1953) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1953–1954) – Lieutenant Mark Randall / Colonel Robert Edwards / Tom Babcock Hopalong Cassidy (1954) – Stacy Keller Letter to Loretta (1954) – Roger Stevens Stories of the Century (1954) – Bill Longley Climax! (1954) – Uncle Gavin The Lone Ranger (1950–1955) Episode 41 "Pardon for Curley" Science Fiction Theatre (1955) – Colonel R.J. Barton Annie Oakley (1955) – Ralph Putnam / Jim Hayward Matinee Theatre (1955–1956) Dragnet (1955–1967) – Agent Tom Ashford Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1955–1956) – Marshal Steve Donovan Sneak Preview (1956) (Season 1 Episode 5: "The Way Back") Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1959) (Season 2 Episode 10: "Jonathan") (1956) - Jonathan Dalliford (Season 2 Episode 38: "A Little Sleep") (1957) - Austin (Season 5 Episode 13: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge") (1959) - Union Officer Tales of Wells Fargo (1957) – Clancy, Martin Yates Cheyenne (1957) – Blake Holloway Perry Mason (1957–1965) Studio One (1958) – Mr. Gordon Tombstone Territory (1958) – Sam Colby The Rough Riders (1958) – Sergeant True Bronco (1958) – Paul Duquesne Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) – Sheriff Hank Bedloe Cimarron City (1958) – Sam Thaw Northwest Passage (1958) – Eli Dillon Jefferson Drum (1958) – Dallas Wagon Train (1958–1959) – Colonel Hillary / John Loring Maverick (1958–1959) – McFearson / Connors Bat Masterson (1959) – Sheriff Jeb Crater Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1959) – Sergeant Cooper General Electric Theater (1959) – Sam Allen The Restless Gun (1959) – Sheriff / Cal Winfield The Lineup (1959) Colt .45 (1959) – Jay Brisco Zorro (1959) – Manuel Larrios Wyatt Earp (1959) – Dave Mather Pony Express (1960) – General Tate / Marshal Jeb Loring Laramie (1960) – Gunrunner The Texan (1959–1960) – Sheriff / Jason Quarles Rawhide (1959–1965) – Nat Benson / Maxey / Ewan Dangerfield Bonanza (1959–1968) – Sheriff Sam Purcell / Jonathan Frazier / Big Charlie Monahan / Stoney S7 E13 "A Natural Wizard"/ Bill Stewart Have Gun - Will Travel (1960) – Wynn Loring Lock-Up (1960) – Gavin Bledsoe Riverboat (1960) – McLeish The Rifleman (1960) – Pete Crandell Pony Express (1960) – General Tate / Marshal Jeb Loring Sugarfoot (1960) – Sheriff Williams Gunsmoke (1960–1966) – John Stoner / Talbot / Yancey Cliver / Traych Ripcord (1961) The Everglades (1961–1962) – Mike Flint / Dan Martin The Outer Limits (1965) – General Daniel Pettit The Legend of Jesse James (1965) – Ben Todd The Big Valley (1965–1969) – Sheriff Fred Madden / Marshal / Alexander Morrison / McColl Lassie (1964–1966) – Dale Jensen / Father The Virginian (1966–1967) – Mr. Oliver / Sheriff Cade's County (1971) – Captain Steve Hoover O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972) – Policeman Hawaii Five-O (1973) – Turner Carr / Sinclair / Fleming