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Bill Kennedy Biography (1908-1997)

Born Willard A. Kennedy, June 27, 1908, in Cleveland Heights, OH; died of emphysema, January 27, 1997, in Palm Beach, FL; married second wife Suzanne Wiggins King, 1971; children: two sons, one daughter, two stepdaughters.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

June 27, 1908

Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States

Death Details

January 27, 1997

Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Television Appearances; Series
• Host, Bill Kennedy's Showtime, CKLW-TV (Windsor, Ontario, Canada), 1956-69.
• Host, Bill Kennedy at the Movies, WKBD-TV (Detroit, MI), 1969-83.
• Credits; Film Appearances
• Flying Fortress, Warner Bros., 1942.
• Hamilton Hunneker, Now Voyager, Warner Bros., 1942.
• This Is the Army, Warner Bros., 1943.
• Tim Shaughnessy, Truck Busters, Warner Bros., 1943.
• Hospital attendant, Crime by Night, Warner Bros., 1944.
• Torpedo officer, Destination Tokyo, Warner Bros., 1944.
• In Our Time, Warner Bros., 1944.
• Janie, Warner Bros., 1944.
• (Billed as William Kennedy) FBI man, Make Your Own Bed, Warner Bros., 1944.
• Thatcher, Mr. Skeffington, Warner Bros./First National, 1944.
• Hank Albright, Escape in the Desert, Warner Bros., 1945.
• Herbert Stone, Rhapsody in Blue, Warner Bros., 1945.
• Harry Arnold, Don't Gamble with Strangers, Monogram, 1946.
• The People's Choice, 1946.
• Arthur, That Brennan Girl, Republic, 1946.
• Thirache the Executioner, Joan of Arc, RKO, 1948.
• The commentator, Red Planet Mars, United Artists, 1952.
• Sanders, Unchained, Warner Bros., 1955.
• Also appeared in Winning Your Wings.

Further Reference

Periodicals:

• Detroit Free Press, January 28, 1997, p. A1.