Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 23, 1917
Place of Birth:
Oakland, California, USA
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Kenneth Tobey
Biography
Kenneth Jesse Tobey (March 23, 1917 – December 22, 2002) was an extremely prolific American actor who performed in hundreds of productions during a career that spanned more than half a century, including his role as the star of the 1957-1960 Desilu Productions TV series Whirlybirds.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Naked Monster | Col. Patrick Hendry |
| 1996 | Hellraiser: Bloodline | Hologram Priest (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Body Shot | Arthur Lassen |
| 1992 | Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Smitty |
| 1992 | Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel | Captain Holiday |
| 1990 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Projectionist |
| 1989 | Ghost Writer | Cop #2 |
| 1988 | Gregory Peck: His Own Man | Self |
| 1988 | Big Top Pee-wee | Sheriff |
| 1988 | Freeway | Monsignor Kavanaugh |
| 1987 | Innerspace | Man in Restroom |
| 1984 | Gremlins | Mobil Gas Station Attendant (uncredited) |
| 1984 | The Lost Empire | Capt. Hendry |
| 1983 | Strange Invaders | Arthur Newman |
| 1981 | The Howling | Older Cop |
| 1980 | The Murder That Wouldn't Die | Chuck Parks |
| 1980 | Hero at Large | Firechief Palmer |
| 1980 | Airplane! | Air Controller Neubauer |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) |
| 1978 | Nowhere to Run | Mohr |
| 1978 | Goodbye, Franklin High | Police Captain |
| 1978 | Wild and Wooly | Mark Hannah |
| 1977 | MacArthur | Admiral Halsey |
| 1977 | Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready | Oliver |
| 1976 | W.C. Fields and Me | Parker |
| 1976 | Baby Blue Marine | Buick Driver |
| 1976 | Gus | Asst. Warden |
| 1975 | The Wild McCullochs | Larry Carpenter |
| 1974 | Dirty Mary Crazy Larry | Carl Donahue |
| 1974 | Homebodies | Construction Boss |
| 1974 | The Death Squad | Hartman |
| 1973 | Walking Tall | Augie McCullah |
| 1973 | Coffee, Tea or Me? | Captain |
| 1973 | The Alpha Caper | Police Captain |
| 1972 | Rage | Col. Alan A. Nickerson |
| 1972 | Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession | Col. Bill Morgan |
| 1972 | Ben | Engineer |
| 1972 | Fireball Forward | Gen. Dawson |
| 1972 | The Crooked Hearts | Fisherman |
| 1972 | The Candidate | Floyd J. Starkey |
| 1971 | Billy Jack | Deputy Mike |
| 1971 | Terror in the Sky | Capt. Wilson |
| 1970 | The Andersonville Trial | Board of Military Judges |
| 1970 | Breakout | Ranger |
| 1969 | Marlowe | Fred Beifus |
| 1967 | A Time for Killing | Sgt. Cleehan |
| 1967 | 40 Guns to Apache Pass | Cpl. Bodine |
| 1966 | A Man Called Adam | Club Owner |
| 1965 | Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker | |
| 1962 | Stark Fear | Kane |
| 1961 | X-15 | Col. Craig Brewster |
| 1960 | Seven Ways from Sundown | Lieutenant Herly |
| 1958 | Cry Terror! | Agent Frank Cole |
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Bat Masterson |
| 1957 | The Wings of Eagles | Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard |
| 1957 | The Vampire | Buck Donnelly |
| 1956 | The Great Locomotive Chase | Anthony Murphy |
| 1956 | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Jocko |
| 1956 | The Steel Jungle | Dr. Lewy |
| 1956 | The Search for Bridey Murphy | Rex Simmons |
| 1955 | Captain Fathom | Jack Clyde |
| 1955 | It Came from Beneath the Sea | Cmdr. Pete Mathews |
| 1955 | Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race | Jocko |
| 1955 | Davy Crockett at the Alamo | James Bowie |
| 1955 | Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier | Col. Jim Bowie |
| 1955 | Rage at Dawn | Monk Claxton |
| 1954 | Down Three Dark Streets | Zack Stewart |
| 1954 | The Steel Cage | Steinberg, Convict Painter, segment "The Face" |
| 1954 | Ring of Fear | Shreveport |
| 1953 | Angel Face | Bill Crompton |
| 1953 | The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | Col. Evans |
| 1953 | The Bigamist | Tom Morgan, Defense Attorney |
| 1953 | Fighter Attack | George |
| 1951 | The Thing from Another World | Captain Patrick Hendry |
| 1951 | Rawhide | Lt. Wingate (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Right Cross | Reporter #3 |
| 1950 | The Flying Missile | Pete McEvoy |
| 1950 | When Willie Comes Marching Home | Lt. K. Geiger (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Gunfighter | Swede (uncredited) |
| 1950 | One Way Street | Cop at Second Accident (uncredited) |
| 1950 | My Friend Irma Goes West | Pilot |
| 1950 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Detective Tobey |
| 1950 | Three Secrets | Officer (uncredited) |
| 1949 | He Walked by Night | Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Twelve O'Clock High | Sgt. Keller |
| 1949 | Task Force | Capt. Ken Willliamson (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Free For All | Pilot |
| 1949 | I Was a Male War Bride | Red (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Great Sinner | Cabbie (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The File on Thelma Jordon | Police Photographer (Uncredited) |
| 1948 | Beyond Glory | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten | Capt. Henry (archive Footage) |
| 1997 | The Angry Beavers | Scientist / General (voice) |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Rurigan |
| 1992 | Bob | |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Judge Kent Watson |
| 1986 | Starman | Conrad Bennett |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Sheriff Haskin (segment "A Day in Beaumont") |
| 1984 | Night Court | Harrison Kemp |
| 1984 | Hunter | Father Cusack |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Judge Randolph Winthrop |
| 1978 | Vega$ | |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | |
| 1976 | Gibbsville | |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Andy Wilkins |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | |
| 1974 | Petrocelli | Jason Strafford |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Captain |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | University Police Chief Max Kilmore |
| 1974 | Chopper One | Sergeant Reardon |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Sheriff Tommy Allen |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Sheriff |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Ron Hagarty |
| 1972 | The Rookies | |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | Sheriff Ingram |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Capt. Gordon Trigg |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Sheriff Holloway |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Doug Barton |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Sheriff Kenney |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Crane Operator |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Commander Judd |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1971 | McMillan & Wife | Sgt. Halliday |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Tony Alexander |
| 1971 | Columbo | Police Commissioner |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Warden |
| 1968 | The Outcasts | |
| 1968 | The Outsider | |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Lt. King |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Captain |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Don Bates |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Sgt. Bert Strong |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense | |
| 1967 | Ironside | Mahoney |
| 1967 | Mannix | Sheriff |
| 1967 | Mannix | Ted Bailey |
| 1967 | Mannix | Sheriff Wells |
| 1967 | Ironside | Lt. Reynolds |
| 1966 | Family Affair | |
| 1966 | Daktari | Col. Simon Tredwell |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Barstow |
| 1965 | I Spy | Russ Conway |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Taggart |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Bill Latham |
| 1963 | The Lieutenant | Sergeant Baker |
| 1963 | Temple Houston | Dan Powers |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke | Ryan |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Sheriff Dan Porter |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Sheriff Kirby |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Sheriff Howard Acton |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Joe Pierce |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Blakey |
| 1961 | The Americans | |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Major Quincy Bannister |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Josiah Heath |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Notary |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Coach Jarech |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt | Pete Butler |
| 1958 | Bronco | |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Vince Slater |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Reed Amherst |
| 1958 | Jefferson Drum | John Wallach |
| 1958 | Behind Closed Doors | Colonel Pete Kellogg |
| 1958 | Lawman | Duncan Clooney |
| 1958 | Lawman | Tom Bishop |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Deputy D.A. Jack Alvin |
| 1957 | Whirlybirds | Chuck Martin |
| 1957 | Panic! | |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Asst. District Attorney Alvin |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Tim Decker |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun | Sheriff Cash Harcourt |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Spadden |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jeff |
| 1955 | Navy Log | |
| 1955 | Frontier | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Fickett |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Bob Mathison |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Ed Terrall |
| 1954 | Climax! | Captain Coppedge |
| 1954 | Davy Crockett | |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best | Jack Bramer |
| 1954 | Lassie | Chuck Martin |
| 1954 | Lassie | Dan Fuller |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | James Bowie |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Jocko |
| 1954 | Lassie | Tom Anderson |
| 1954 | Lassie | Luke Moran |
| 1954 | Lassie | Jim Dixon |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Anthoney Murphy |
| 1954 | Public Defender | Patrolman Don Nelson |
| 1954 | Public Defender | Sgt. Angel |
| 1954 | Lassie | Colonel Bill Morgan |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Shorty |
| 1954 | The Lone Wolf | Johnny Martin |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | David Whitney |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Harry Potter |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | |
| 1952 | Biff Baker U.S.A. | Tommy Allen |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Miles Standish |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Sergeant Tim Vernon |
| 1951 | Dragnet | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Lt. Lambert |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Deputy Gil Jackson |