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Douglas Richards Kennedy (September 14, 1915 – August 10, 1973) was an American actor who appeared in more than 190 films from 1935 to 1973. Early years Kennedy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dion W. Kennedy. He served in the U. S. Army from 1940 to 1945. Career Kennedy was a character player and occasional leading man in Hollywood. Making his debut in 1935, he played a significant number of supporting roles and was able to secure contract-player status, first at Paramount Pictures and later at Warner Brothers. His acting career was interrupted by World War II service as a major in the Signal Corps with the Office of Strategic Services and Army Intelligence. After the military, he returned to films and played character roles, often western villains or territorial marshals, as well as isolated leads in low-budget pictures. Kennedy had a starring role in the series Steve Donovan, Western Marshal, with Eddy Waller as his sidekick Rusty Lee. He was also one of the policemen who vanishes in the science fiction classic Invaders from Mars. He played the gunfighter William P. Longley in a 1954 episode of the series Stories of the Century, starring and narrated by Jim Davis. In the 1957 (season one) Perry Mason episode 'The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink' he played the part of Detective Sergeant Jaffrey, eventually revealed as the murderer. In 1958, he appeared as Steven Boles in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of The Lucky Loser". In 1960, he appeared as the murderer Lucky Sterling in the Perry Mason episode 'The Case of the Wary Wildcatter'. In 1965, he appeared as Brady Duncan in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Fatal Fetish". In 1958, Kennedy appeared in Jim Davis' second series Rescue 8 in the episode "Calamity Coach". In the story, rescuers Wes Cameron (Davis) and Skip Johnson (Lang Jeffries) work to rescue three actors on location when a stagecoach tumbles down a mountain. Kennedy played the role of Jay Brisco in the 1959 episode "Law West of the Pecos" of the series Colt .45. Frank Ferguson portrayed Judge Roy Bean, and Lisa Gaye was cast as June Webster. Later, Kennedy portrayed Sheriff Fred Madden of The Big Valley, with Barbara Stanwyck. He made his last appearance in 1973 in three episodes of Hawaii Five-O, with Jack Lord. Personal life and death Kennedy was married to Isabell Russell, and they had a son, Douglas Kennedy Jr. Kennedy died of cancer at age of 57 in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he had been for the shooting of Hawaii Five-O. He is interred at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. Selected appearances Films TV shows Career notes External links All Movie Guide Douglas Kennedy at IMDb Douglas Kennedy at Find a Grave. Discover the Doug Kennedy popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Doug Kennedy books.