Actor George Kennedy Passes Away at Age 91

vienna · 02-29-16, 08:13 PM

George Kennedy, highly regarded film and television actor, has passed away at age 91:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/mo...t-91.html?_r=0

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001421/?ref_=nv_sr_3

Back in the mid-70s, Kennedy starred in a TV series, The Blue Knight, based on the Joseph Wambaugh novels about life in the Los Angeles Police Department. I recall one incident when I was walking through downtown LA and I passed by an alleyway. Coming down the alleyway. about mid-block was an LAPD officer and a couple of civilians. What caught my eye was the fact this was the biggest LAPD officer i had ever seen. The LAPD, at the time, was trying to keep up a sort of Adam-12 image: young patrol officer, lean, compact, athletic, robotic, leading to a sort of cookie cutter force of seemingly interchangable members. Coming form San Francisco, originally, I was more used to the sort SFPD officers who seemed more human and approachable. I looked more closely and realized the LAPD cop was George Kennedy, in costume for filming nearby. In that LAPD uniform, he was a very formidible figure; if he had been an actual officer, he would have had no problem projecting an authoritative presence...

RIP, Mr. Kennedy, and thanks for all the great performances and memories...

<O>

Torplexed · 02-29-16, 08:44 PM

Farewell George.

Aktungbby · 02-29-16, 08:58 PM

My favorite scene from his Oscar winning performance as 'Dragline'

Ps: Joy Harmon became a baker!

razark · 02-29-16, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

My favorite scene from his Oscar winning performance as 'Dragline'

"Hey Lord, whatever I done, don't strike me blind for another couple of minutes!"

This was the first role I thought of when I heard on the radio. RIP.

Buddahaid · 02-29-16, 10:05 PM

:c ool:

Red October1984 · 02-29-16, 11:02 PM

Sad to hear this.

The Naked Gun films are among my favorite of all time.

Buddahaid · 02-29-16, 08:51 PM

R. I. P.

02-29-16, 08:13 PM	#1
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,712 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Actor George Kennedy Passes Away at Age 91 George Kennedy, highly regarded film and television actor, has passed away at age 91: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/mo...t-91.html?_r=0 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001421/?ref_=nv_sr_3 Back in the mid-70s, Kennedy starred in a TV series, The Blue Knight, based on the Joseph Wambaugh novels about life in the Los Angeles Police Department. I recall one incident when I was walking through downtown LA and I passed by an alleyway. Coming down the alleyway. about mid-block was an LAPD officer and a couple of civilians. What caught my eye was the fact this was the biggest LAPD officer i had ever seen. The LAPD, at the time, was trying to keep up a sort of Adam-12 image: young patrol officer, lean, compact, athletic, robotic, leading to a sort of cookie cutter force of seemingly interchangable members. Coming form San Francisco, originally, I was more used to the sort SFPD officers who seemed more human and approachable. I looked more closely and realized the LAPD cop was George Kennedy, in costume for filming nearby. In that LAPD uniform, he was a very formidible figure; if he had been an actual officer, he would have had no problem projecting an authoritative presence... RIP, Mr. Kennedy, and thanks for all the great performances and memories... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

02-29-16, 08:58 PM	#3
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,016 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	LUCILLE!!!! My favorite scene from his Oscar winning performance as 'Dragline' Ps: Joy Harmon became a baker! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

02-29-16, 10:05 PM	#5
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,322 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	:c ool: __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

02-29-16, 11:02 PM	#6
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	Sad to hear this. The Naked Gun films are among my favorite of all time. __________________

02-29-16, 08:51 PM	#7
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,322 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	R. I. P. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

02-29-16, 08:44 PM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Farewell George.