George Harris Kennedy, Jr. (born February 18, 1925) is an American actor who has appeared in more than two hundred
film and
television productions. His wide variety of roles include "Dragline" in
Cool Hand Luke, for which he won an
Academy Award; as Joe Patroni in all four of the 1970s
Airport disaster films; as Police Captain Ed Hocken in the
Naked Gun series of comedy films; and as corrupt oil tycoon
Carter McKay on the original
Dallas television series.