'Naked Gun' Actor George Kennedy Dies At 91

George Kennedy, the Oscar-winning star of 'Cool Hand Luke' and the 'Naked Gun' comedy movies, has died at the age of 91, his family announced.

The burly American actor — famed for his tough guy roles — died on Sunday morning in Idaho, grandson Cory Schenkel said on his Facebook page.

Kennedy’s local newspaper the Idaho Statesman reported that the actor had died of natural causes, having a history of heart problems.

Kennedy often played second billing to the likes of Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant, Gregory Peck, James Stewart, Robert Mitchum and, on several occasions, Clint Eastwood. He won a best supporting actor Oscar as a sadistic chain gang prisoner in 1968 for 'Cool Hand Luke' and starred in more than 200 films and TV series, including disaster movies 'Airport 1975', 'Earthquake', and long-running soap opera 'Dallas'. He was best known in his later career for playing bumbling police captain Ed Hocken in 'The Naked Gun' spoof cop series, from 1988 to 1994.