LOS ANGELES — George Kennedy, the hulking, tough-guy character actor who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a savage chain-gang convict in the 1960s classic “Cool Hand Luke,” has died ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - George Kennedy, the hulking, tough-guy character actor who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a savage chain-gang convict in the 1960s classic "Cool Hand Luke," has died ...

George Kennedy, the hulking, tough-guy character actor who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a savage chain-gang convict in the 1960s classic "Cool Hand Luke," has died.

George Kennedy, the veteran actor who built his early career playing heavies and won an Academy Award in 1968 for his supporting role as the tough Southern prison-camp convict who grew to hero ...

George Kennedy, a fixture of 1970s disaster movies including the "Airport" franchise and "Earthquake," died Sunday in Boise, Idaho.

George Kennedy won an Oscar in 1968 for best supporting actor for his role in “Cool Hand Luke.” Associated Press file photo ...

Kennedy, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of a chain-gang convict in the 1960s classic “Cool Hand Luke,” has died.

George Kennedy, a versatile actor whose long list of credits includes the Airport and Naked Gun films and an Oscar for Cool Hand Luke, has died.

To the world, George Kennedy was a man of action in films such as “The Dirty Dozen” and “Airport,” and TV Westerns such as “Rawhide” and “Bonanza.” Sandy haired, tall and burly, he ...

Actor George Kennedy, known for playing rough-hewn characters and then for parodying them, died Sunday, family members told TMZ.

George Kennedy, the burly character actor who won an Academy Award as a chain-gang leader in “Cool Hand Luke,” threatened Audrey Hepburn as a hook-armed villain in “Charade” and was a ...