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Joseph P. Kennedy (1888–1969)

Patriarch of a famous political family, Kennedy had a brief Hollywood career: He was one of the first financiers to play a leading role in the movie industry. Although he grew up in modest East Boston, where his father was a barkeeper and politician, Kennedy was educated with the Establishment's children at Boston Latin School and Harvard... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1928 Tyrant of Red Gulch (presenter)
 
1928 The Pinto Kid (presenter)
 
1928 Phantom of the Range (presenter)
 
1928 Red Riders of Canada (presenter)
 
1928 The Little Buckaroo (presenter)
 
1928 Driftin' Sands (presenter)
 
1927 South Sea Love (presenter)
 
1927 The Slingshot Kid (presenter)
 
1927 Aflame in the Sky (presenter)
 
1927 The Harvester (presenter)
 
1927 The Cherokee Kid (presenter)
 
1927 Jake the Plumber (presenter)
 
1927 Ranger of the North (presenter)
 
1927 The Mojave Kid (presenter)
 
1927 Legionnaires in Paris (presenter)
 
1927 In a Moment of Temptation (presenter)
 
1927 Clancy's Kosher Wedding (presenter)
 
1927 The Flying U Ranch (presenter)
 
1927 A Racing Romeo (presenter)
 
1927 Not for Publication (presenter)
 
1927 The Coward (presenter)
 
1927 Breed of Courage (presenter)
 
1927 Judgment of the Hills (presenter)
 
1927 Galloping Thunder (presenter)
 
1927 Great Mail Robbery (presenter)
 
1927 The Gingham Girl (presenter)
 
1927 Ladies Beware (presenter)
 
1927 Bulldog Pluck (presenter)
 
1927 Silver Comes Through (presenter)
 
1927 Splitting the Breeze (presenter)
 
1927 The Outlaw Dog (presenter)
 
1927 Mother (presenter)
 
1927 City of Shadows (presenter)
 
1927 The Fighting Hombre (presenter)
 
1927 Yours to Command (presenter)
 
1927 Ain't Love Funny? (presenter)
 
1927 Tarzan and the Golden Lion (presenter)
 
1927 The Terror of Bar X (presenter)
 
1927 The Sonora Kid (presenter)
 
1927 Salvation Jane (presenter)
 
1927 Uneasy Payments (presenter)
 
1927 Lightning Lariats (presenter)
 
1927 Don Mike (presenter)
 
1927 California or Bust (presenter)
 
1927 Home Struck (presenter)
 
1927 Her Father Said No (presenter)
 
1926 A Regular Scout (presenter)
 
1926 Red Hot Hoofs (presenter)
 
1926 Flaming Fury (presenter)
 
1926 Rose of the Tenements (presenter)
 
1926 Bred in Old Kentucky (presenter)
 
1926 Border Whirlwind (presenter)
 
1926 Breed of the Sea (presenter)
 
1926 The Dude Cowboy (presenter)
 
1926 The Adorable Deceiver (presenter)
 
1926 Hair Trigger Baxter (presenter)
 
1926 Lone Hand Saunders (presenter)
 
1926 Laddie (presenter)
 
1926 Out of the West (presenter)
 
1926 Going the Limit (presenter)
 
1926 Tom and His Pals (presenter)
 
1926 Flashing Fangs (presenter)
 
1926 Kosher Kitty Kelly (presenter)
 
1926 One Minute to Play (presenter)
 
1926 The Lady of Lyons, N.Y. (short) (presenter)
 
1926 Collegiate (presenter)
 
1926 The College Boob (presenter)
 
1926 Back Fire (short) (presenter)
 
1926 The Devil's Gulch (presenter)
 
1926 Her Honor, the Governor (presenter)
 
1926 Bigger Than Barnum's (presenter)
 
1926 Flame of the Argentine (presenter)
 
1926 The Cowboy Cop (presenter)
 
1926 All's Swell That Ends Swell (short) (presenter)
 
1926 The Two-Gun Man (presenter)
 
1926 The Gorilla Hunt (documentary) (presenter)
 
1926 Smouldering Tires (short) (presenter)
 
1926 Is That Nice? (presenter)
 
1924 The Danger Line (presenter)
 
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1930 What a Widow! (executive producer)
 
1929 Red Hot Rhythm (producer)
 
1929 The Trespasser (executive producer)
 
1929 The Sophomore (producer)
 
1929 Queen Kelly (producer - uncredited)
 
1927 Shanghaied (producer)
 
1927 Tom's Gang (producer)
 
1927 Splitting the Breeze (producer)
 
1927 Naughty Nanette (executive producer)
 
1926 Heavy Fullbacks (short) (executive producer)
 
1923 The Eagle's Talons (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1969 I due Kennedy (documentary)
Himself
 
1937 The March of Time Volume IV, Issue 5 (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (21 titles)
2012 Ethel (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 20/20 (TV series documentary)
 
2011 The Lost Kennedy Home Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Kennedys' Home Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Hubert H Humphrey: The Art of the Possible (TV documentary)
Himself - Father of John F. Kennedy
 
2007 War Stories with Oliver North (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Revealed (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Rumrunners, Moonshiners, & Bootleggers (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis (video documentary)
Himself (as Joseph Kennedy Sr.)
 
2000 The Kennedys: The Curse of Power (TV documentary)
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1999 The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The Rat Pack (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1998 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Modern Marvels (TV series documentary)
 
1994-1996 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1996 Assassinations That Changed the World (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself (1996)
 
1991 JFK
Himself - with Family (uncredited)
 
1980 Hollywood
Himself
 
1976 All This and World War II (documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details


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7 Print Biographies  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Joseph Kennedy Sr.
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[after the 1929 stock market crash] I knew it was time to sell when my 'shoeshine boy' gave me a stock tip. See more »

Trivia:

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, believing that Kennedy knew all of the goings on of the stock market, made him head of the Securities and Exchange Commission. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo