Kenneth Tobey

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 171

Gender Male

Birthday March 23, 1917

Day of Death December 22, 2002 (85 years old)

Place of Birth Oakland, California, USA

Also Known As

Ken Tobey
Kenneth Toby
Kenneth Jesse Tobey

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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

Acting

2005

as Col. Patrick Hendry

1997

(1 episode) as Scientist / General (voice)

1996

as Hologram Priest (uncredited)

1994

as Arthur Lassen

1993

(1 episode) as Rurigan

1992		Honey, I Blew Up the Kid as Smitty
1992		Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel as Captain Holiday

1990

as Projectionist

1989

as Cop #2

1988		Freeway as Monsignor Kavanaugh
1988		Big Top Pee-wee as Sheriff
1988		Gregory Peck: His Own Man as Self

1987

as Man in Restroom

1986		Starman (1 episode) as Conrad Bennett
1986		L.A. Law (2 episodes) as Judge Kent Watson
1986		Vincent Price's Dracula as Buck Donnelly - (archive footage)

1984		Hunter (1 episode) as Father Cusack
1984		The Lost Empire as Capt. Hendry
1984		Gremlins as Mobil Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1984		Night Court (2 episodes) as Harrison Kemp

1983

as Arthur Newman

1981		Falcon Crest (1 episode)
1981		The Howling as Older Cop

1980		Airplane! as Air Controller Neubauer
1980		The Murder That Wouldn't Die as Chuck Parks
1980		Hero at Large as Firechief Palmer

1979

as (archive footage)

1978		Vega$ (1 episode)
1978		Goodbye, Franklin High as Police Captain
1978		Wild and Wooly as Mark Hannah
1978		Nowhere to Run as Mohr

1977		Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready as Oliver
1977		MacArthur as Admiral Halsey
1977		The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1 episode)

1976		Gibbsville (1 episode)
1976		Gus as Asst. Warden
1976		Baby Blue Marine as Buick Driver
1976		W.C. Fields and Me as Parker

1975		Starsky & Hutch (1 episode) as Andy Wilkins
1975		The Wild McCullochs as Larry Carpenter

1974		The Rockford Files (1 episode) as University Police Chief Max Kilmore (1 episode) as Captain
1974		Petrocelli (1 episode) as Jason Strafford
1974		Little House on the Prairie (1 episode)
1974		Homebodies as Construction Boss
1974		Dirty Mary Crazy Larry as Carl Donahue
1974		Chopper One (1 episode) as Sergeant Reardon
1974		The Death Squad as Hartman

1973		The Alpha Caper as Police Captain
1973		Coffee, Tea or Me? as Captain
1973		Walking Tall as Augie McCullah
1973		Barnaby Jones (1 episode) as Ron Hagarty (1 episode) as Sheriff (1 episode) as Sheriff Tommy Allen

1972		Rage as Col. Alan A. Nickerson
1972		The Crooked Hearts as Fisherman
1972		Kung Fu (1 episode) as Sheriff Ingram
1972		The Streets of San Francisco (1 episode) as Commander Judd (1 episode) as Sheriff Kenney (1 episode) as Sheriff Holloway
1972		The Rookies (1 episode)
1972		The Candidate as Floyd J. Starkey
1972		Ben as Engineer
1972		Fireball Forward as Gen. Dawson
1972		Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession
1972		Emergency! (1 episode) as Capt. Gordon Trigg (1 episode) as Crane Operator (1 episode) as Doug Barton

1971		McMillan and Wife (1 episode) as Sgt. Halliday
1971		Terror in the Sky as Capt. Wilson
1971		Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1 episode) as Tony Alexander
1971		Columbo (1 episode) as Police Commissioner
1971		Cannon (1 episode)
1971		Billy Jack as Deputy Mike
1971		Alias Smith and Jones (3 episodes)

1970		Night Gallery (1 episode) as Warden
1970		Breakout as Ranger
1970		The Andersonville Trial as Board of Military Judges

1969

as Fred Beifus

1968		The Outcasts (1 episode)
1968		Adam-12 (1 episode) as Lt. King (1 episode) as Sgt. Bert Strong (1 episode) as Don Bates
1968		The Outsider (1 episode)
1968		It Takes a Thief (1 episode) as Captain

1967		Mannix (1 episode) as Sheriff Wells (1 episode) as Ted Bailey (1 episode) as Sheriff
1967		Judd for the Defense (1 episode)
1967		A Time for Killing as Sgt. Cleehan
1967		40 Guns to Apache Pass as Cpl. Bodine
1967		Ironside (1 episode) as Lt. Reynolds (1 episode) as Mahoney

1966		Family Affair (1 episode)
1966		A Man Called Adam as Club Owner
1966		Daktari (2 episodes) as Col. Simon Tredwell

1965		The F.B.I. (1 episode) as Barstow
1965		I Spy (0 episodes) as Russ Conway

1964

(1 episode) as Taggart

1963		Temple Houston (1 episode) as Dan Powers
1963		Arrest and Trial (1 episode) as Bill Latham
1963		The Lieutenant (1 episode) as Sergeant Baker

1962		Stark Fear as Kane
1962		Stoney Burke (1 episode) as Ryan
1962		The Virginian (1 episode) as Sheriff Howard Acton (1 episode) as Joe Pierce (1 episode) as Sheriff Dan Porter (1 episode) as Sheriff Kirby
1962		Sam Benedict (1 episode)

1961		X-15 as Col. Craig Brewster
1961		Target: The Corruptors! (1 episode)
1961		The Defenders (1 episode) as Blakey
1961		The Americans (1 episode)

1960

as Lieutenant Herly

1959		The Rebel (1 episode) as Major Quincy Bannister
1959		Bonanza (1 episode) as Notary (1 episode) as Josiah Heath

1958		77 Sunset Strip (1 episode) as Coach Jarech
1958		Bat Masterson (1 episode) as Reed Amherst
1958		Lawman (1 episode) as Duncan Clooney (1 episode) as Tom Bishop
1958		Behind Closed Doors (1 episode) as Colonel Pete Kellogg
1958		Bronco (1 episode)
1958		Wanted: Dead or Alive (1 episode) as Vince Slater
1958		Cry Terror! as Agent Frank Cole
1958		Jefferson Drum (1 episode) as John Wallach
1958		Sea Hunt (1 episode) as Pete Butler

1957		The Restless Gun (1 episode) as Sheriff Cash Harcourt
1957		Perry Mason (1 episode) as Asst. District Attorney Alvin (2 episodes) as Deputy D.A. Jack Alvin
1957		Have Gun, Will Travel (1 episode) as Tim Decker
1957		The Vampire as Buck Donnelly
1957		Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Bat Masterson
1957		Panic! (1 episode)
1957		The Wings of Eagles as Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard
1957		Whirlybirds (111 episodes) as Chuck Martin

1956		The Search for Bridey Murphy as Rex Simmons
1956		Davy Crockett and the River Pirates as Jocko
1956		The Great Locomotive Chase as Anthony Murphy
1956		The Steel Jungle as Dr. Lewy

1955		Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race as Jocko
1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 episode) as Jeff
1955		Frontier (1 episode)
1955		Navy Log (1 episode)
1955		Gunsmoke (1 episode) as Ed Terrall (1 episode) as Bob Mathison (1 episode) as Fickett (1 episode) as Spadden
1955		It Came from Beneath the Sea as Cmdr. Pete Mathews
1955		Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier as Col. Jim Bowie
1955		Rage at Dawn as Monk Claxton
1955		Davy Crockett at the Alamo as James Bowie
1955		Captain Fathom as Jack Clyde

1954		Davy Crockett (0 episodes)
1954		The Steel Cage as Steinberg, Convict Painter, segment "The Face"
1954		Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1 episode) as Anthoney Murphy (2 episodes) as Jocko (1 episode) as James Bowie (1 episode) as Shorty
1954		Climax! (1 episode) as Captain Coppedge
1954		Father Knows Best (1 episode) as Jack Bramer
1954		Lassie (1 episode) as Luke Moran (1 episode) as Tom Anderson (1 episode) as Jim Dixon (1 episode) as Dan Fuller (1 episode) as Chuck Martin (1 episode) as Colonel Bill Morgan
1954		Down Three Dark Streets as Zack Stewart
1954		Ring of Fear as Shreveport
1954		Public Defender (1 episode) as Sgt. Angel (1 episode) as Patrolman Don Nelson
1954		The Lone Wolf (1 episode)

1953		The Bigamist as Tom Morgan, Defense Attorney
1953		Fighter Attack as George
1953		Letter to Loretta (1 episode) as Harry Potter (1 episode) as David Whitney
1953		The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms as Col. Evans
1953		Angel Face as Bill Crompton

1952		Biff Baker U.S.A. (1 episode) as Tommy Allen
1952		The Ford Television Theatre (1 episode)
1952		Cavalcade of America (1 episode)

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 episode) as Miles Standish
1951		Dragnet (1 episode)
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 episode) as Lt. Lambert (2 episodes) (1 episode) as Sergeant Tim Vernon
1951		The Thing from Another World as Captain Patrick Hendry
1951		Rawhide as Lieutenant Wingate

1950		The Flying Missile as Pete McEvoy
1950		Three Secrets as Officer (uncredited)
1950		Right Cross as Reporter #3
1950		Lux Video Theatre (1 episode)
1950		Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye as Detective Tobey
1950		My Friend Irma Goes West as Pilot
1950		The Gunfighter as Swede (uncredited)
1950		When Willie Comes Marching Home as Lt. K. Geiger (uncredited)

1949		Twelve O'Clock High as Sgt. Keller
1949		The File on Thelma Jordon as Police Photographer (Uncredited)
1949		Free For All as Pilot
1949		The Lone Ranger (1 episode) as Deputy Gil Jackson
1949		Task Force as Capt. Ken Willliamson (uncredited)
1949		I Was a Male War Bride as Red (uncredited)
1949		He Walked by Night as Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited)

1948

as Bit Role (uncredited)

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