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Burt Kennedy

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Burt Kennedy

Born September 3, 1922 in Muskegon, Michigan, USADied February 15, 200132 films

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Burt Kennedy (September 3, 1922 - February 15, 2001) was an American screenwriter and director known for mainly directing film Westerns. After World War II service in the 1st Cavalry Division, Muskegon, Michigan-born Kennedy found work writing for radio, then used his training as a cavalry officer to secure a job as a fencing trainer and fencing stunt doubles in films. That led to Kennedy being hired to write for a television program with a fencing theme for John Wayne's Batjac productions. Although the TV program was never produced it led the young writer to write screenplays for a number of Batjac films starting with the 1956 film Seven Men from Now. In the 1960s, after also becoming a film director, Kennedy moved on to write for western television programs.

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Support Your Local Sheriff! posterFirst watchSupport Your Local Sheriff!19696.9In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The War Wagon poster6.8The War Wagon1967Return of the Seven poster6.1Return of the Seven1966The Train Robbers poster6.3The Train Robbers1973Hannie Caulder poster6.2Hannie Caulder1971Support Your Local Gunfighter poster6.6Support Your Local Gunfighter1971Suburban Commando poster4.7Suburban Commando1991

Filmography

32 films as director
  1. 2000ComancheDirector
  2. 1991Suburban CommandoDirector
  3. 1990Big Bad JohnDirector
  4. 1988Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?Director
  5. 1988Once Upon a Texas TrainDirector
  6. 1987The Trouble with SpiesDirector
  7. 1987The Alamo: Thirteen Days to GloryDirector
  8. 1986Louis L'Amour's Down the Long HillsDirector
  9. 1980More Wild Wild WestDirector
  10. 1980Wolf LakeDirector
  11. 1979Concrete CowboysDirector
  12. 1979The Wild Wild West RevisitedDirector
  13. 1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape KidDirector
  14. 1976The Killer Inside MeDirector
  15. 1974All the Kind StrangersDirector
  16. 1974SidekicksDirector
  17. 1974Shootout in a One-Dog TownDirector
  18. 1973The Train RobbersDirector
  19. 1971Hannie CaulderDirector
  20. 1971Support Your Local GunfighterDirector
  21. 1970The DeserterDirector
  22. 1970Dirty Dingus MageeDirector
  23. 1969Young Billy YoungDirector
  24. 1969The Good Guys and the Bad GuysDirector
  25. 1969Support Your Local Sheriff!Director
  26. 1967The War WagonDirector
  27. 1967Welcome to Hard TimesDirector
  28. 1966Return of the SevenDirector
  29. 1965The Money TrapDirector
  30. 1965The RoundersDirector
  31. 1964Mail Order BrideDirector
  32. 1961The CanadiansDirector