Leon Isaac Kennedy

Leon Isaac Kennedy
Kennedy in 2015
Born (1949-01-01) January 1, 1949 (age 75)[1][2][3]
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film producer
  • playwright
  • disk jockey
Years active1970–1996
Known forMartel "Too Sweet" Gordone – Penitentiary, Penitentiary II, Penitentiary III
Leon "The Lover" Johnson – Body and Soul
Spouses
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(m. 1971; div. 1982)​
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Lolita Armbrister
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(m. 1995)​
Maureen LaVette
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(m. 2005)​
Websiteleonisaackennedy.com

Leon Isaac Kennedy (born January 1, 1949[3][2][1]) is a retired American actor, disc jockey, film producer and playwright. Kennedy's acting roles include Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone in Jamaa Fanaka's Penitentiary (1979), Penitentiary II (1982), Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) and Penitentiary III (1987),[6] and Leon "The Lover" Johnson in the 1981 film Body and Soul alongside his then-wife Jayne Kennedy.

  1. ^ a b VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever - Leon Isaac Kennedy (1949)
  2. ^ a b Screen World _ Leon Isaac Kennedy (1949)
  3. ^ a b Directory of Historical Figures - Salem
  4. ^ Notable Black American Women, Book 2 - Jayne Kennedy Overton
  5. ^ JET Magazine - Leon Kennedy Planned Slow Emergence Into Limelight - June 11, 1981
  6. ^ Encyclopaedia of Sports Films - By K Edgington, Thomas Erskine, James M. Welsh