Burt Kennedy

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Biography

McLaglen. Moving from the typewriter to the director's chair by the early 1960s, Kennedy continued for a time creating lean, leathery B's and TV Westerns. He also received acclaim for his gritty WWII action drama, "Combat" (ABC, 1962-67).

Kennedy's traditional action fare brandished occasional laconic comic touches, but it was really with "The Rounders" (1965) and its spin-off TV series that comedy came to the fore in his work. "The War Wagon" …

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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer

Born

September 3, 1922

LATEST CREDITS

James Cagney: Top of the World

Actor

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Interviewee

Shootout in a One-Dog Town

Director

La Spina Dorsale del Diavola

Director

Support Your Local Sheriff

Director

Young Billy Young

Director

Hannie Caulder

Director

Welcome to Hard Times

Director

Mail Order Bride

Director

Return of the Seven

Director

The Rounders

Director

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

Director

Where the Hell's That Gold?!

Director

Wolf Lake

Director

The Train Robbers

Director

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Director

Rowdies

Director

The Killer Inside Me

Director

The Concrete Cowboys

Director

The War Wagon

Director

Big Bad John

Director

Sidekicks

Director

Once Upon a Texas Train

Director

More Wild Wild West

Director

The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory

Director