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.
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Acting History
2013
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten as Capt. Henry (archive footage)
2005The Naked Monster as Col. Patrick Hendry
1997The Angry Beavers as Scientist / General (voice)
1996Hellraiser: Bloodline as Hologram Priest (uncredited)
1994Body Shot as Arthur Lassen
1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Rurigan
1992Bob
1992Honey, I Blew Up the Kid as Smitty
1992Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel as Captain Holiday
1990Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Projectionist
1989Ghost Writer as Cop #2
1988Freeway as Monsignor Kavanaugh
1988Big Top Pee-wee as Sheriff
1988Gregory Peck: His Own Man as Self
1987Innerspace as Man in Restroom
1986Starman as Conrad Bennett
1986L.A. Law as Judge Kent Watson
1985The Twilight Zone as Sheriff Haskin (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
1984Hunter as Father Cusack
1984The Lost Empire as Capt. Hendry
1984Gremlins as Mobil Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1984Night Court as Harrison Kemp
1983Strange Invaders as Arthur Newman
1981Falcon Crest as Judge Randolph Winthrop
1981The Howling as Older Cop
1980Airplane! as Air Controller Neubauer
1980The Murder That Wouldn't Die as Chuck Parks
1980Hero at Large as Firechief Palmer
1979The Horror Show as (archive footage)
1978Vega$
1978Goodbye, Franklin High as Police Captain
1978Wild and Wooly as Mark Hannah
1978Nowhere to Run as Mohr
1977Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready as Oliver
1977MacArthur as Admiral Halsey
1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1976Gibbsville
1976Gus as Asst. Warden
1976Baby Blue Marine as Buick Driver
1976W.C. Fields and Me as Parker
1975Starsky & Hutch as Andy Wilkins
1975The Wild McCullochs as Larry Carpenter
1974The Rockford Files as Captain
1974The Rockford Files as University Police Chief Max Kilmore
1974Little House on the Prairie
1974Petrocelli as Jason Strafford
1974Homebodies as Construction Boss
1974Dirty Mary Crazy Larry as Carl Donahue
1974Chopper One as Sergeant Reardon
1974The Death Squad as Hartman
1973The Alpha Caper as Police Captain
1973Coffee, Tea or Me? as Captain
1973Walking Tall as Augie McCullah
1973Barnaby Jones as Sheriff Tommy Allen
1973Barnaby Jones as Sheriff
1973Barnaby Jones as Ron Hagarty
1972Rage as Col. Alan A. Nickerson
1972The Crooked Hearts as Fisherman
1972Kung Fu as Sheriff Ingram
1972The Streets of San Francisco as Sheriff Holloway
1972The Streets of San Francisco as Sheriff Kenney
1972The Streets of San Francisco as Commander Judd
1972The Rookies
1972The Candidate as Floyd J. Starkey
1972Ben as Engineer
1972Fireball Forward as Gen. Dawson
1972Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession as Col. Bill Morgan
1972Emergency! as Doug Barton
1972Emergency! as Crane Operator
1972Emergency! as Capt. Gordon Trigg
1971McMillan & Wife as Sgt. Halliday
1971Terror in the Sky as Capt. Wilson
1971Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Tony Alexander
1971Columbo as Police Commissioner
1971Cannon
1971Billy Jack as Deputy Mike
1971Alias Smith and Jones
1970Night Gallery as Warden
1970Breakout as Ranger
1970The Andersonville Trial as Board of Military Judges
1969Marlowe as Fred Beifus
1968The Outcasts
1968Adam-12 as Lt. King
1968Adam-12 as Don Bates
1968Adam-12 as Sgt. Bert Strong
1968The Outsider as Joe Kester
1968It Takes a Thief as Captain
1967Mannix as Sheriff
1967Mannix as Ted Bailey
1967Mannix as Sheriff Wells
1967Judd for the Defense
1967A Time for Killing as Sgt. Cleehan
196740 Guns to Apache Pass as Cpl. Bodine
1967Ironside as Mahoney
1967Ironside as Lt. Reynolds
1966Family Affair
1966A Man Called Adam as Club Owner
1966Daktari as Col. Simon Tredwell
1965The F.B.I. as Barstow
1965I Spy as Russ Conway
1964Daniel Boone as Taggart
1963Temple Houston as Dan Powers
1963Arrest and Trial as Bill Latham
1963The Lieutenant as Sergeant Baker
1962Stark Fear as Kane
1962Stoney Burke as Ryan
1962The Virginian as Sheriff Kirby
1962The Virginian as Sheriff Dan Porter
1962The Virginian as Joe Pierce
1962The Virginian as Sheriff Howard Acton
1962Sam Benedict
1961X-15 as Col. Craig Brewster
1961Target: The Corruptors!
1961The Defenders as Blakey
1961The Americans
1960Seven Ways from Sundown as Lieutenant Herly
1959The Rebel as Major Quincy Bannister
1959Bonanza as Josiah Heath
1959Bonanza as Notary
195877 Sunset Strip as Coach Jarech
1958Bat Masterson as Reed Amherst
1958Lawman as Tom Bishop
1958Lawman as Duncan Clooney
1958Behind Closed Doors as Colonel Pete Kellogg
1958Bronco
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive as Vince Slater
1958Cry Terror! as Agent Frank Cole
1958Jefferson Drum as John Wallach
1958Sea Hunt as Pete Butler
1957The Restless Gun as Sheriff Cash Harcourt
1957Perry Mason as Deputy D.A. Jack Alvin
1957Perry Mason as Asst. District Attorney Alvin
1957Have Gun, Will Travel as Tim Decker
1957The Vampire as Buck Donnelly
1957Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Bat Masterson
1957Panic!
1957The Wings of Eagles as Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard
1957Whirlybirds as Chuck Martin
1956The Search for Bridey Murphy as Rex Simmons
1956Davy Crockett and the River Pirates as Jocko
1956The Great Locomotive Chase as Anthony Murphy
1956Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
1956The Steel Jungle as Dr. Lewy
1955Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race as Jocko
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Jeff
1955Frontier
1955Navy Log
1955Gunsmoke as Spadden
1955Gunsmoke as Fickett
1955Gunsmoke as Bob Mathison
1955Gunsmoke as Ed Terrall
1955It Came from Beneath the Sea as Cmdr. Pete Mathews
1955Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier as Col. Jim Bowie
1955Science Fiction Theatre
1955Rage at Dawn as Monk Claxton
1955Davy Crockett at the Alamo as James Bowie
1955Captain Fathom as Jack Clyde
1954Davy Crockett
1954The Steel Cage as Steinberg, Convict Painter, segment "The Face"
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as James Bowie
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Jocko
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Anthoney Murphy
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Shorty
1954Climax! as Captain Coppedge
1954Father Knows Best as Jack Bramer
1954Lassie as Chuck Martin
1954Lassie as Dan Fuller
1954Lassie as Jim Dixon
1954Lassie as Tom Anderson
1954Lassie as Luke Moran
1954Lassie as Colonel Bill Morgan
1954Down Three Dark Streets as Zack Stewart
1954Ring of Fear as Shreveport
1954The Lone Wolf as Johnny Martin
1954Public Defender as Patrolman Don Nelson
1954Public Defender as Sgt. Angel
1953The Bigamist as Tom Morgan, Defense Attorney
1953Fighter Attack as George
1953Letter to Loretta as David Whitney
1953Letter to Loretta as Harry Potter
1953The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms as Col. Evans
1953Angel Face as Bill Crompton
1952Biff Baker U.S.A. as Tommy Allen
1952The Ford Television Theatre
1952Cavalcade of America
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Miles Standish
1951Dragnet
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Sergeant Tim Vernon
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Lt. Lambert
1951The Thing from Another World as Captain Patrick Hendry
1951Rawhide as Lt. Wingate (uncredited)
1951The Company She Keeps as Rex Fisher (uncredited)
1950The Flying Missile as Pete McEvoy
1950Three Secrets as Officer (uncredited)
1950Right Cross as Reporter #3
1950Lux Video Theatre
1950Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye as Detective Tobey
1950My Friend Irma Goes West as Pilot
1950The Gunfighter as Swede (uncredited)
1950One Way Street as Cop at Second Accident (uncredited)
1950When Willie Comes Marching Home as Lt. K. Geiger (uncredited)
1949Twelve O'Clock High as Sgt. Keller
1949The File on Thelma Jordon as Police Photographer (Uncredited)
1949Free For All as Pilot
1949The Lone Ranger as Deputy Gil Jackson
1949Task Force as Capt. Ken Willliamson (uncredited)
1949I Was a Male War Bride as Red (uncredited)
1949The Great Sinner as Cabbie (uncredited)
1949He Walked by Night as Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited)
1948Beyond Glory as Bit Role (uncredited)