Bill Kennedy (actor) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Bill Kennedy (actor) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Willard "Bill" Kennedy (June 27, 1908 â€" January 27, 1997) was an

American actor, voice artist, and host of the long-running

Detroit-based television show, Bill Kennedy at the Movies. He began

his career as a staff announcer in radio; Kennedy's voice narrates the

opening of the television series Adventures of Superman.Kennedy was

born June 27, 1908 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.Kennedy began his media

career as a staff announcer at WWJ, The Detroit News.In the 1940s, he

became a Warner Bros. contract player, appearing in dozens of

Hollywood movies from 1941 through 1955. He was often cast as a police

officer or detective. He played Thierache, the Executioner, who sets

fire to Joan (played by Ingrid Bergman) in Joan of Arc (1948), but

recounted that after the picture previewed in a neighborhood popular

with gays, his one line â€" "We need more fagots" (a term referring to

a bundle of sticks used to burn someone at the stake) â€" generated

loud laughter from the audience during the execution scene. He also

played opposite Cary Grant in Destination Tokyo.
Bill Kennedy (actor) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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