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Burt Kennedy

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Actor | * 09/03/1922 († 78, 02/15/2001) | Muskegon, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
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." ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Western | Drama | Action

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An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his ne ...

The War Wagon

PG

1967 | 3.4/5 | 1h 36min
Western
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George Trent, a British spy, has gone incommunicado in Ibiza. Appleton Porter (Donald Sutherland) is sent to find out what happened to Trent. Porter settles into a small hotel with several busybody gu ...

The Trouble with Spies

PG-13

1987 | 2.0/5 | 1h 31min
Comedy, Adventure, Action
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A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh. ...

The Train Robbers

PG

1973 | 3.2/5 | 1h 32min
Western, Action
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Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World ...

Combat!

TV-PG

1962 | 3.8/5 | 1h per episode
War & Politics, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Burt Kennedy

Silver Star
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Movies with Burt Kennedy as Actor(2)

as himself1997 Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as himself1973 Wayne Train

Movies with Burt Kennedy as Crew(64)

Directing/Director2000 Comanche
Writing/Screenplay2000 Comanche
Directing/Director1991 Suburban Commando
Directing/Director1990 Big Bad John
Writing/Screenplay1990 Big Bad John
Writing/Screenplay1990 White Hunter, Black Heart
Directing/Director1988 Once Upon a Texas Train
Writing/Writer1988 Once Upon a Texas Train
Production/Producer1988 Once Upon a Texas Train
Directing/Director1988 Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Writing/Writer1988 Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Directing/Director1987 The Trouble with Spies
Production/Producer1987 The Trouble with Spies
Writing/Writer1987 The Trouble with Spies
Directing/Director1987 The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Directing/Director1986 Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
Directing/Director1980 More Wild Wild West
Directing/Director1980 Wolf Lake
Writing/Writer1980 Wolf Lake
Directing/Director1979 The Wild Wild West Revisited
Directing/Director1979 Concrete Cowboys
Directing/Director1978 Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Directing/Director1976 Drum
Directing/Director1976 The Killer Inside Me
Writing/Story1976 The Littlest Horse Thieves
Directing/Director1974 Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Directing/Director1974 Sidekicks
Production/Producer1974 Sidekicks
Directing/Director1974 All the Kind Strangers
Directing/Director1973 The Train Robbers
Writing/Writer1973 The Train Robbers
Directing/Director1971 Hannie Caulder
Writing/Screenplay1971 Hannie Caulder
Directing/Director1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter
Production/Executive Producer1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter
Directing/Director1970 Dirty Dingus Magee
Production/Producer1970 Dirty Dingus Magee
Directing/Director1970 The Deserter
Directing/Director1969 Support Your Local Sheriff!
Directing/Director1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Directing/Director1969 Young Billy Young
Writing/Screenplay1969 Young Billy Young
Directing/Director1967 Welcome to Hard Times
Writing/Writer1967 Welcome to Hard Times
Writing/Story1967 Return of the Gunfighter
Directing/Director1967 The War Wagon
Directing/Director1966 Return of the Seven
Directing/Director1965 The Rounders
Writing/Screenplay1965 The Rounders
Directing/Director1965 The Money Trap
Directing/Director1964 Mail Order Bride
Writing/Writer1964 Mail Order Bride
Writing/Writer1962 Six Black Horses
Directing/Director1961 The Canadians
Writing/Writer1961 The Canadians
Writing/Screenplay1960 Comanche Station
Writing/Screenplay1959 Yellowstone Kelly
Writing/Writer1959 Ride Lonesome
Writing/Screenplay1958 Fort Dobbs
Writing/Screenplay1957 The Tall T
Writing/Screenplay1956 Man in the Vault
Writing/Screenplay1956 7 Men from Now
Writing/Original Story1956 7 Men from Now
Writing/Screenplay1956 Gun the Man Down

TV Shows/Series with Burt Kennedy as Crew(11)

Directing/Director1989 Snoops
Directing/Director1983 The Yellow Rose
Directing/Director1982 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Directing/Director1981 Simon & Simon
Directing/Director1980 Magnum, P.I.
Directing/Director1977 The Rhinemann Exchange
Directing/Director1977 Big Hawaii
Directing/Director1966 The Rounders
Directing/Director1962 Combat!
Directing/Director1962 The Virginian
Directing/Director1958 Lawman

Full Name: Burt Kennedy
Born: Sunday, 09/03 1922 (September) in Muskegon, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 02/15 2001 (February) in Sherman Oaks (aged: 78)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Burt Kennedy frequently works together with these people:
Jack Elam (12x, Actor)
Don Barry (12x, Actor)
William Smith (9x, Actor)
Gene Evans (9x, Actor)
Robert B. Williams (9x, Actor)
Harry Harvey (8x, Actor)
Horst Ebersberg (8x, Actor)
Randolph Scott (7x, Actor)
Skip Homeier (7x, Actor)
Edward Faulkner (7x, Actor)
Budd Boetticher (7x, Crew)
Gregg Palmer (7x, Actor)
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