A tall, powerfully built man, Douglas Kennedy entered films after
graduating from Amherst. Making his debut in 1940, he appeared in many
westerns and detective thrillers, often as a villain. World War II
interrupted his career, and he spent the war years as a Signal Corps
officer and an operative in the OSS and US Army Intelligence. After the
war he returned to Hollywood, where he began playing supporting roles
in larger films and an occasional lead in a lower-budget film. He is
most fondly remembered, though, by audiences of the 1950s for two
roles: his western TV series
Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1955),
and as one of the policemen taken over by the Martians in the sci-fi
classic
Invaders from Mars (1953).
Hawaii Five-O(1968)as Peter Fleming, Turner Carr, Walter Sinclair
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury(1971)as Al Grimes, Policeman
Cade's County(1971)as Capt. Steve Hoover
Storefront Lawyers(1970)as Col. Brady
Bracken's World(1969)as Propman, Mr. Harvey
Legends of the West(1992)as Actor in 'Sitting Bull'
The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890(1991)as Trooper
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse(1953)
My Country 'Tis of Thee(1950)as Paratrooper
