Background
Kennedy, Burt Raphael was born on September 3, 1922 in Muskegon, Michigan, United States. Son of Thomas James and Gertrude Amelia (O'Hagen) Kennedy.
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Kennedy, Burt Raphael was born on September 3, 1922 in Muskegon, Michigan, United States. Son of Thomas James and Gertrude Amelia (O'Hagen) Kennedy.
Graduated from the high school, Ravenna, Michigan.
After World World War II service in the 1st Cavalry Division, the 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 double 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 television program was never produced, it led Kennedy to write screenplays for a number of Batjac films starting with the 1956 western Seven Men from Now starring Randolph Scott.
In the 1960s, after also becoming a film director, Kennedy moved on to write for western television programs.
He wrote and directed an episode from the first season of the 60"s television series Combat! titled "The Walking Wounded."
In 1996, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.
(Western Fiction, Movie Tie-in)
1st lieutenant First Cavalry United States Army, 1942-1946, PTO. Member Directors Guild American, Writers Guild American, Producers Guild, Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy television Arts and Sciences Clubs: Players (New York City).
Married Sheila Theresa Foster, July 11, 1973. Children: Susan, Bridget, Tinker, Allegra.