Person · Director, screenwriter and producer · Active 1956–1991
Burt Kennedy
1922–2001, Muskegon
American director, screenwriter and producer, born in Muskegon. Wrote nine films on this site, including White Hunter Black Heart (1990), Ride Lonesome (1959) and The Tall T (1957).
Kennedy directed a contemporary film The Money Trap (1966), starring Ford and Rita Hayworth, then returned to Westerns with Return of the Seven (1966), a sequel to The Magnificent Seven with Yul Brynner returning and Robert Fuller replacing Steve McQueen as Vin Tanner.
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Kennedy directed two films with Robert Mitchum, Young Billy Young (1969) and The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969), then directed Frank Sinatra in another comedy Western Dirty Dingus Magee (1970), co-written by Joseph Heller.
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Regulars
- 6Harry Stradlingshot 6 of 19 films
- 5Jack Elamacted in 5 of 19 films
- 4Kathleen Freemanacted in 4 of 19 films
Films in this guide
Best known
- White Hunter Black Heart 1990screenwriter
- The War Wagon 1967director
- Ride Lonesome 1959screenwriter
- The Tall T 1957screenwriter
- Return of the Seven 1966director
- Support Your Local Sheriff! 1969director
1950s
- Seven Men from Now (1956)screenwriter
- The Tall T (1957)screenwriter
- Ride Lonesome (1959)screenwriter
1960s
- The Money Trap (1965)director
- The Rounders (1965)director, screenwriter
- Return of the Seven (1966)director
- The War Wagon (1967)director
- Welcome to Hard Times (1967)director, screenwriter
- Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)director
- The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)director
- Young Billy Young (1969)director, screenwriter
1970s
- Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)director, producer
- Hannie Caulder (1971)director, screenwriter
- Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)director
- The Deserter (1971)director
- The Train Robbers (1973)director, screenwriter
- The Killer Inside Me (1976)director
1990s
- White Hunter Black Heart (1990)screenwriter
- Suburban Commando (1991)director