Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See also George Kennedy (journalist, professor) George Harris Kennedy, Jr. was an American actor who appeared in more than two hundred film and television productions. In addition to his acting roles, Kennedy wrote Trust Me: A Memoir. He was also credited as author on two mystery novels, both of which featured Kennedy as amateur sleuth on the trail of killers in a Hollywood setting rife with his many famous co-stars. An uncredited ghost author penned both mystery novels.