Biography
Sir Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy (3 November 1919 β 18 October 2009) was a Scottish journalist, broadcaster, humanist and author. As well as his wartime service in the Royal Navy, he is known for presenting many current affairs programmes and for reexamining cases such as the Lindbergh kidnapping and the murder convictions of Timothy Evans and Derek Bentley. He also campaigned for the abolition of the death penalty in the United Kingdom.
Filmography
all 16
Movies 11
self 9
TV Shows 5
Writer 3
Voice 1
Writer
Crime of the Century (1996)
Movie
Self
Sink the Bismarck! (1996)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Granada: From the North (1992)
Movie
Self
A Life In Pieces (1990)
TV
Self
A Life in Pieces (1990)
Movie
Plunder (1990)
TV
Self - Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Tartar
Search For the Battleship Bismarck (1989)
Movie
Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
TV
6
Narrator / Writer
Who Killed the Lindbergh Baby? (1982)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
A Guide to Armageddon (1982)
Movie
Self / Presenter
Great Railway Journeys (1980)
TV
Writer
10 Rillington Place (1971)
Movie
6
Date With History: Hiroshima (1965)
Movie
Himself
Heavens Above! (1963)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Did You See...?
TV
Self - Presenter
The Lime Grove Story
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1919-11-03
Deathday2009-10-18 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceEdinburgh, United Kingdom
Religionatheism
Height
RelationshipsMoira Shearer (1950-01-01 - 2006-01-01)
ChildrenFiona Jane Kennedy, Rachel Katherine Kennedy, Ailsa Margaret Kennedy, Alastair Charles Coverley Kennedy
FatherEdward Coverley Kennedy
MotherRosalind Margaret Innes Grant
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Knight Bachelor
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