Kenneth Tobey
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 23, 1917 in Oakland, California, USA
- Died
- December 22, 2002 (aged 85)
- Active Years
- 1947–1997 (51 Years)
- Total Credits
- 212 credits in database
Acting Born Mar 23, 1917 Died Dec 22, 2002 Oakland, California, USA 212 credits
Biography
Kenneth Tobey works in acting. Born March 23, 1917 in Oakland, California, USA. Died December 22, 2002. Archytele tracks 212 screen credits across canonical film and television databases.
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Career overview
Kenneth Jesse Tobey, also known as Ken Tobey, was an American actor born in Oakland, California, on March 1917, and passed away on December 22, 2002, at the age of eighty-five. His career spanned more than half a century, during which he became an extremely prolific performer who appeared in hundreds of productions.
Throughout his extensive career, Tobey amassed a known credit total of one hundred eighty-one acting entries across movies and television shows. Among his notable television work, he starred in the Desilu Productions television series Whirlybirds, which ran from 1957 to 1960.
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Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
The Naked Monster
The Angry Beavers
Hellraiser: Bloodline
Body Shot
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
BobHoney, I Blew Up the KidDesire and Hell at Sunset Motel
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Ghost Writer
Big Top Pee-weeFreewayGregory Peck: His Own Man
Innerspace
L.A. LawStarman
The Twilight Zone
HunterNight CourtGremlinsThe Lost Empire
Strange Invaders
Falcon CrestThe Howling
Airplane!Hero at LargeThe Murder That Wouldn't Die
The Horror Show
Vega$Goodbye, Franklin HighNowhere to RunWild and Wooly
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew MysteriesMacArthurDon't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
GibbsvilleBaby Blue MarineGusW.C. Fields and Me
Starsky & HutchThe Wild McCullochs
Little House on the PrairieThe Rockford FilesThe Rockford FilesPetrocelliDirty Mary Crazy Larry
Barnaby JonesBarnaby JonesBarnaby JonesWalking TallThe Alpha Caper
Emergency!Emergency!Emergency!The RookiesThe Streets of San Francisco
ColumboCannonMcMillan & WifeAlias Smith and JonesOwen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Night GalleryThe Andersonville TrialBreakout
Marlowe
Adam-12Adam-12Adam-12It Takes a ThiefThe Outcasts
IronsideIronsideMannixMannixMannix
Full Filmography
212 titles- Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten (2013) as Capt. Henry (archive footage)
- The Naked Monster (2005) as Col. Patrick Hendry
- The Angry Beavers (1997) as Scientist / General (voice)
- Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996) as Hologram Priest (uncredited)
- Body Shot (1994) as Arthur Lassen
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) as Rurigan
- Bob (1992)
- Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992) as Smitty
- Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel (1992) as Captain Holiday
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) as Projectionist
- Ghost Writer (1989) as Cop #2
- Big Top Pee-wee (1988) as Sheriff
- Freeway (1988) as Monsignor Kavanaugh
- Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988) as Self
- Innerspace (1987) as Man in Restroom
- L.A. Law (1986) as Kent Watson
- Starman (1986) as Conrad Bennett
- The Twilight Zone (1985) as Sheriff Haskin (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
- Hunter (1984) as Father Cusack
- Night Court (1984) as Harrison Kemp
- Gremlins (1984) as Mobil Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- The Lost Empire (1984) as Capt. Hendry
- Strange Invaders (1983) as Arthur Newman
- Falcon Crest (1981) as Judge Randolph Winthrop
- The Howling (1981) as Older Cop
- Airplane! (1980) as Air Controller Neubauer
- Hero at Large (1980) as Firechief Palmer
- The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980) as Chuck Parks
- The Horror Show (1979) as (archive footage)
- Vega$ (1978)
- Goodbye, Franklin High (1978) as Police Captain
- Nowhere to Run (1978) as Mohr
- Wild and Wooly (1978) as Mark Hannah
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
- MacArthur (1977) as Admiral Halsey
- Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready (1977) as Oliver
- Gibbsville (1976)
- Baby Blue Marine (1976) as Buick Driver
- Gus (1976) as Asst. Warden
- W.C. Fields and Me (1976) as Parker
- Starsky & Hutch (1975) as Andy Wilkins
- The Wild McCullochs (1975) as Larry Carpenter
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Barrett
- The Rockford Files (1974) as Captain
- The Rockford Files (1974) as University Police Chief Max Kilmore
- Petrocelli (1974) as Jason Strafford
- Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974) as Carl Donahue
- Chopper One (1974) as Sergeant Reardon
- The Death Squad (1974) as Hartman
- Homebodies (1974) as Construction Boss
- Barnaby Jones (1973) as Sheriff Tommy Allen
- Barnaby Jones (1973) as Sheriff
- Barnaby Jones (1973) as Ron Hagarty
- Walking Tall (1973) as Augie McCullah
- The Alpha Caper (1973) as Police Captain
- Coffee, Tea or Me? (1973) as Captain
- Emergency! (1972) as Doug Barton
- Emergency! (1972) as Crane Operator
- Emergency! (1972) as Capt. Gordon Trigg
- The Rookies (1972)
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972) as Sheriff Kenney
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972) as Commander Judd
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972) as Sheriff Holloway
- Ben (1972) as Engineer
- The Candidate (1972) as Floyd J. Starkey
- Rage (1972) as Col. Alan A. Nickerson
- Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession (1972) as Col. Bill Morgan
- Kung Fu (1972) as Sheriff Ingram
- The Crooked Hearts (1972) as Fisherman
- Fireball Forward (1972) as Gen. Dawson
- Columbo (1971) as Police Commissioner
- Cannon (1971)
- McMillan & Wife (1971) as Sgt. Halliday
- Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971) as Tony Alexander
- Billy Jack (1971) as Deputy Mike
- Terror in the Sky (1971) as Capt. Wilson
- Night Gallery (1970) as Warden
- The Andersonville Trial (1970) as Board of Military Judges
- Breakout (1970) as Ranger
- Marlowe (1969) as Fred Beifus
- Adam-12 (1968) as Lt. King
- Adam-12 (1968) as Don Bates
- Adam-12 (1968) as Sgt. Bert Strong
- It Takes a Thief (1968) as Captain
- The Outcasts (1968)
- The Outsider (1968) as Joe Kester
- Ironside (1967) as Mahoney
- Ironside (1967) as Lt. Reynolds
- Mannix (1967) as Sheriff
- Mannix (1967) as Ted Bailey
- Mannix (1967) as Sheriff Wells
- Judd, for the Defense (1967)
- A Time for Killing (1967) as Sgt. Cleehan
- 40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967) as Cpl. Bodine
- Family Affair (1966)
- Daktari (1966) as Col. Simon Tredwell
- A Man Called Adam (1966) as Club Owner
- The F.B.I. (1965) as Barstow
- I Spy (1965) as Russ Conway
- Daniel Boone (1964) as Taggart
- Arrest and Trial (1963) as Bill Latham
- The Lieutenant (1963) as Sergeant Baker
- Temple Houston (1963) as Dan Powers
- The Virginian (1962) as Sheriff Howard Acton
- The Virginian (1962) as Sheriff Kirby
- The Virginian (1962) as Joe Pierce
- The Virginian (1962) as Sheriff Dan Porter
- Stoney Burke (1962) as Ryan
- Sam Benedict (1962)
- Stark Fear (1962) as Kane
- The Defenders (1961) as Blakey
- The Americans (1961)
- Target: The Corruptors! (1961)
- X-15 (1961) as Col. Craig Brewster
- Seven Ways from Sundown (1960) as Lieutenant Herly
- Bonanza (1959) as Josiah Heath
- Bonanza (1959) as Notary
- The Rebel (1959) as Major Quincy Bannister
- Lawman (1958) as Duncan Clooney
- Lawman (1958) as Tom Bishop
- Bat Masterson (1958) as Reed Amherst
- Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) as Vince Slater
- Sea Hunt (1958) as Pete Butler
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Coach Jarech
- Bronco (1958)
- Behind Closed Doors (1958) as Colonel Pete Kellogg
- Jefferson Drum (1958) as John Wallach
- Cry Terror! (1958) as Agent Frank Cole
- Perry Mason (1957) as Deputy D.A. Jack Alvin
- Perry Mason (1957) as Asst. District Attorney Alvin
- Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) as Tim Decker
- Whirlybirds (1957) as Chuck Martin
- The Restless Gun (1957) as Sheriff Cash Harcourt
- Panic! (1957)
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) as Bat Masterson
- The Wings of Eagles (1957) as Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard
- The Vampire (1957) as Buck Donnelly
- Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956) as Jocko
- The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) as Anthony Murphy
- The Steel Jungle (1956) as Dr. Lewy
- The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956) as Rex Simmons
- Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker (1956)
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Spadden
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Fickett
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Bob Mathison
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Ed Terrall
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Jeff
- Navy Log (1955)
- Frontier (1955)
- Science Fiction Theatre (1955)
- Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955) as Col. Jim Bowie
- Rage at Dawn (1955) as Monk Claxton
- It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) as Cmdr. Pete Mathews
- Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race (1955) as Jocko
- Davy Crockett at the Alamo (1955) as James Bowie
- Captain Fathom (1955) as Jack Clyde
- Lassie (1954) as Tom Anderson
- Lassie (1954) as Dan Fuller
- Lassie (1954) as Jim Dixon
- Lassie (1954) as Luke Moran
- Lassie (1954) as Chuck Martin
- Lassie (1954) as Colonel Bill Morgan
- Father Knows Best (1954) as Jack Bramer
- Climax! (1954) as Captain Coppedge
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Jocko
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Anthoney Murphy
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as James Bowie
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Shorty
- Public Defender (1954) as Sgt. Angel
- Public Defender (1954) as Patrolman Don Nelson
- The Lone Wolf (1954) as Johnny Martin
- Davy Crockett (1954)
- Down Three Dark Streets (1954) as Zack Stewart
- The Steel Cage (1954) as Steinberg, Convict Painter, segment "The Face"
- Ring of Fear (1954) as Shreveport
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as David Whitney
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Harry Potter
- The Bigamist (1953) as Tom Morgan, Defense Attorney
- Angel Face (1953) as Bill Crompton
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) as Col. Evans
- Fighter Attack (1953) as George
- The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
- Cavalcade of America (1952)
- Biff Baker U.S.A. (1952) as Tommy Allen
- Dragnet (1951)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Miles Standish
- The Thing from Another World (1951) as Captain Patrick Hendry
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Sergeant Tim Vernon
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Lt. Lambert
- The Company She Keeps (1951) as Rex Fisher (uncredited)
- Rawhide (1951) as Lt. Wingate (uncredited)
- Lux Video Theatre (1950)
- The Gunfighter (1950) as Swede (uncredited)
- My Friend Irma Goes West (1950) as Pilot
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) as Detective Tobey
- One Way Street (1950) as Cop at Second Accident (uncredited)
- When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) as Lt. K. Geiger (uncredited)
- The Flying Missile (1950) as Pete McEvoy
- Right Cross (1950) as Reporter #3
- Three Secrets (1950) as Officer (uncredited)
- The Lone Ranger (1949) as Deputy Gil Jackson
- He Walked by Night (1949) as Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited)
- Twelve O'Clock High (1949) as Sgt. Keller
- The Great Sinner (1949) as Cabbie (uncredited)
- I Was a Male War Bride (1949) as Red (uncredited)
- The File on Thelma Jordon (1949) as Police Photographer (uncredited)
- Task Force (1949) as Capt. Ken Willliamson (uncredited)
- Free For All (1949) as Pilot
- Beyond Glory (1948) as Bit Role (uncredited)
- Dangerous Venture (1947) as Red
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Kenneth Tobey best known for?
Kenneth Tobey is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Deadly Strike (1978), The Angry Beavers (1997), Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996), Jaws: The Revenge (1987).
When and where was Kenneth Tobey born?
Kenneth Tobey was born on March 23, 1917 in Oakland, California, USA. They passed away on December 22, 2002.
How many credits does Kenneth Tobey have?
Kenneth Tobey has 212 film and television credits listed on archytele, with work dated between 1947 and 1997.
What is Kenneth Tobey's background in cinema and television?
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.
Kenneth Tobey by the numbers
212credits
93films
119TV series
1947–2013active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Miles Standish — aged about 34
- Arrest and Trial (1963) as Bill Latham — aged about 46
- Columbo (1971) as Police Commissioner — aged about 54
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) as Rurigan — aged about 76
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Barrett — aged about 57
- Emergency! (1972) as Doug Barton — aged about 55
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