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Burt Kennedy Biography (1922-2001)
Full name, Burt Raphael Kennedy; born September 3, 1922, in Muskegon, MI; sonof Thomas James and Gertrude Amelia (O'Hagen) Kennedy; married Sheila Theresa Foster, July 11, 1973; children: Susan, Bridget. Addresses: AGENT--c/o Herb Tobias and Associates, Inc., 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 840, LosAngeles, CA 90067.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Details
- September 3, 1922
- Muskegon, Michigan, United States
- Death Details
- February 15, 2001
- Sherman Oaks, California
Famous Works
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Credits
- FIRST FILM WORK--Director, The Canadians, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961.
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Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK; DIRECTOR
- Mail Order Bride (also known as West of Montana), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1964.
- The Rounders, MGM, 1965.
- The Money Trap, MGM, 1966.
- Return of the Seven, United Artists, 1966.
- The War Wagon, Universal, 1967.
- Welcome to Hard Times (also known as Killer on a Horse), MGM, 1967.
- Support Your Local Sheriff, United Artists, 1969.
- The Good Guys and the Bad Guys, Warner Brothers, 1969.
- Young Billy Young (also known as Who Rides with Kane?), United Artists, 1969.
- The Deserter (also known as The Devil's Backbone and La Spina Dorsale delDiavolo), Paramount, 1971.
- (also producer) Dirty Dingus Magee, MGM, 1970.
- Support Your Local Gunfighter, United Artists, 1971.
- Hannie Caulder, Paramount, 1972.
- The Train Robbers, Warner Brothers, 1973.
- The Killer Inside Me, Warner Brothers, 1975.
- Also director, Wolf Lake, 1978; producer and director, The Trouble with Spies.
- PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK; ALL AS DIRECTOR,UNLESS INDICATEDSERIES (Also producer) Combat, ABC, 1962-67.
- producer, The Rounders, ABC, 1966-67.
- How the West Was Won, ABC, 1977-79.
- The Yellow Rose, NBC, 1983-84.
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Credits; PILOTS
- (Also producer) Sidekicks, CBS, 1974.
- The Wild Wild West Revisited, CBS, 1979.
- More Wild Wild West, CBS, 1980.
- Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1983.
- Simon and Simon, CBS, 1983.
- Rowdies, ABC, 1986.
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Credits; EPISODIC
- Lawman, ABC.
- The Virginian, NBC.
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Credits; MOVIES
- All the Kind Strangers, ABC, 1974.
- Shootout in a One-Dog Town, ABC, 1974.
- The Rhinemann Exchange, NBC, 1977.
- The Honor Guard, NBC, 1977.
- Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid, ABC, 1978.
- The Concrete Cowboys, CBS, 1979.
- Louis L'Amour's "Down the Long Hills," Disney Channel, 1986.
- The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory, NBC, 1987.
- (also producer) Once Upon a Texas Train, CBS, 1988.
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Writings;FILM
- Mail Order Bride, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1964.
- The Rounders, MGM, 1965.
- Man in the Vault, RKO, 1956.
- Seven Men from Now, Warner Brothers, 1956.
- Gun the Man Down (also known as Arizona Mission), United Artists, 1957.
- The Tall T, Columbia, 1957.
- Fort Dobbs, Warner Brothers, 1958.
- Ride Lonesome, Columbia, 1959.
- Yellowstone Kelly, Warner Brothers, 1959.
- Comanche Station, Columbia, 1960.
- The Canadians, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961.
- Six Black Horses, Universal, 1962.
- Welcome to Hard Times (also known as Killer on a Horse), MGM, 1967.
- Stay Away, Joe, MGM, 1968.
- Young Billy Young, United Artists, 1969.
- The Train Robbers, Warner Brothers, 1972.
- Littlest Horse Thieves (also known as Escape from the Dark), Buena Vista,1977.
- The Trouble with Spies.
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Writings;TELEVISION; SERIES
- Combat, ABC, 1962-67.
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Writings;MOVIES
- Concrete Cowboys, CBS, 1979.
- Once Upon a Texas Train, CBS, 1988.
- Also Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 1981.
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