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Burt Kennedy
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter Born: September 3, 1922 in Muskegon, MI Death: February 15, 2001 in Sherman Oaks, CA Biography:Born into a show business family, "Burt Kennedy" was but a tot when he joined his parents' vaudeville dancing troupe. After serving with distinction as a Naval Officer in World War II, Kennedy turned to writing for radio. His particular specialty was western shows, particularly westerns with a sturdy inner lining of comedy and satire. He curbed his comic tendencies in the 1950s when he became a principal scripter for the terse, rugged "Budd Boetticher"-directed "Randolph Scott" westerns. Graduating to directing himself with 1961's "The Canadians", Kennedy spent several years in series television, again working primarily in westerns. He returned to theatrical features as writer/director of the 1964 "Buddy Ebsen" vehicle "Mail Order Bride", then scored a box-office hit with his tongue-in-cheek rodeo saga "The Rounders" (1965). While auterists prefer the violent allegory of Kennedy's "Welcome to Hard... Full Biography
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