Kenneth Tobey

Kenneth Tobey

Acting

Birthday

1917/03/23

Day of death

2002/12/22 (85 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Oakland, California, USA

Also know as

Ken Tobey, Kenneth Toby, Kenneth Jesse 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.

Acting
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
6.7

(1988) Gregory Peck: His Own Man

as Self

Marlowe
6.0

(1969) Marlowe

as Fred Beifus

Angel Face
7.1

(1953) Angel Face

as Bill Crompton

Billy Jack
5.9

(1971) Billy Jack

as Deputy Mike

The Thing from Another World
6.7

(1951) The Thing from Another World

as Captain Patrick Hendry

Nowhere to Run
7.0

(1978) Nowhere to Run

as Mohr

Cry Terror!
6.2

(1958) Cry Terror!

as Agent Frank Cole

A Time for Killing
4.5

(1967) A Time for Killing

as Sgt. Cleehan

The Howling
6.6

(1981) The Howling

as Older Cop

Big Top Pee-wee
4.9

(1988) Big Top Pee-wee

as Sheriff

Freeway
4.8

(1988) Freeway

as Monsignor Kavanaugh

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
7.0

(1957) Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

as Bat Masterson

0.0

(1955) Captain Fathom

as Jack Clyde

He Walked by Night
6.7

(1949) He Walked by Night

as Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited)

The Horror Show
6.0

(1979) The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
6.6

(1953) The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

as Col. Evans

The Naked Monster
4.0

(2005) The Naked Monster

as Col. Patrick Hendry

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
5.3

(1992) Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

as Smitty

Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
4.7

(1992) Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel

as Captain Holiday

It Came from Beneath the Sea
5.5

(1955) It Came from Beneath the Sea

as Cmdr. Pete Mathews

The Great Locomotive Chase
6.1

(1956) The Great Locomotive Chase

as Anthony Murphy

Down Three Dark Streets
5.7

(1954) Down Three Dark Streets

as Zack Stewart

Twelve O'Clock High
7.1

(1949) Twelve O'Clock High

as Sgt. Keller

Right Cross
6.6

(1950) Right Cross

as Reporter #3

40 Guns to Apache Pass
4.9

(1967) 40 Guns to Apache Pass

as Cpl. Bodine

The Wings of Eagles
6.2

(1957) The Wings of Eagles

as Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard

Gremlins
7.1

(1984) Gremlins

as Mobil Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Strange Invaders
4.8

(1983) Strange Invaders

as Arthur Newman

W.C. Fields and Me
7.8

(1976) W.C. Fields and Me

as Parker

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
6.3

(1956) Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

as Jocko

Stark Fear
5.1

(1962) Stark Fear

as Kane

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
6.4

(1974) Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

as Carl Donahue

The Bigamist
6.5

(1953) The Bigamist

as Tom Morgan, Defense Attorney

The Steel Jungle
5.3

(1956) The Steel Jungle

as Dr. Lewy

Task Force
7.0

(1949) Task Force

as Capt. Ken Willliamson (uncredited)

The Vampire
6.3

(1957) The Vampire

as Buck Donnelly

Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
7.0

(1955) Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race

as Jocko

Davy Crockett at the Alamo
6.5

(1955) Davy Crockett at the Alamo

as James Bowie

Seven Ways from Sundown
5.8

(1960) Seven Ways from Sundown

as Lieutenant Herly

Rage
6.7

(1972) Rage

as Col. Alan A. Nickerson

The Search for Bridey Murphy
6.3

(1956) The Search for Bridey Murphy

as Rex Simmons

The Steel Cage
0.0

(1954) The Steel Cage

as Steinberg, Convict Painter, segment "The Face"

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
6.5

(1990) Gremlins 2: The New Batch

as Projectionist

Ring of Fear
5.0

(1954) Ring of Fear

as Shreveport

MacArthur
6.2

(1977) MacArthur

as Admiral Halsey

Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
0.0

(1977) Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready

as Oliver

Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession
3.0

(1972) Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession

as Col. Bill Morgan

The Flying Missile
4.8

(1950) The Flying Missile

as Pete McEvoy

Fighter Attack
4.5

(1953) Fighter Attack

as George

Body Shot
3.6

(1994) Body Shot

as Arthur Lassen

A Man Called Adam
6.4

(1966) A Man Called Adam

as Club Owner

Baby Blue Marine
5.3

(1976) Baby Blue Marine

as Buick Driver

The Murder That Wouldn't Die
2.0

(1980) The Murder That Wouldn't Die

as Chuck Parks

The Wild McCullochs
4.0

(1975) The Wild McCullochs

as Larry Carpenter

X-15
5.9

(1961) X-15

as Col. Craig Brewster

Ben
5.9

(1972) Ben

as Engineer

Innerspace
6.8

(1987) Innerspace

as Man in Restroom

Homebodies
6.6

(1974) Homebodies

as Construction Boss

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
6.4

(1955) Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

as Col. Jim Bowie

The Andersonville Trial
6.7

(1970) The Andersonville Trial

as Board of Military Judges

Rage at Dawn
6.1

(1955) Rage at Dawn

as Monk Claxton

Gus
6.0

(1976) Gus

as Asst. Warden

When Willie Comes Marching Home
6.8

(1950) When Willie Comes Marching Home

as Lt. K. Geiger (uncredited)

Free For All
6.0

(1949) Free For All

as Pilot

Hero at Large
6.1

(1980) Hero at Large

as Firechief Palmer

Beyond Glory
7.3

(1948) Beyond Glory

as Bit Role (uncredited)

I Was a Male War Bride
6.9

(1949) I Was a Male War Bride

as Red (uncredited)

Rawhide
6.7

(1951) Rawhide

as Lt. Wingate (uncredited)

Breakout
0.0

(1970) Breakout

as Ranger

Airplane!
7.3

(1980) Airplane!

as Air Controller Neubauer

The Gunfighter
7.3

(1950) The Gunfighter

as Swede (uncredited)

The Great Sinner
6.7

(1949) The Great Sinner

as Cabbie (uncredited)

Ghost Writer
4.2

(1989) Ghost Writer

as Cop #2

One Way Street
5.1

(1950) One Way Street

as Cop at Second Accident (uncredited)

The Lost Empire
4.8

(1984) The Lost Empire

as Capt. Hendry

The Death Squad
7.0

(1974) The Death Squad

as Hartman

My Friend Irma Goes West
6.1

(1950) My Friend Irma Goes West

as Pilot

Goodbye, Franklin High
1.5

(1978) Goodbye, Franklin High

as Police Captain

Walking Tall
6.6

(1973) Walking Tall

as Augie McCullah

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
6.8

(1950) Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

as Detective Tobey

Three Secrets
6.4

(1950) Three Secrets

as Officer (uncredited)

Hellraiser: Bloodline
5.3

(1996) Hellraiser: Bloodline

as Hologram Priest (uncredited)

Terror in the Sky
6.8

(1971) Terror in the Sky

as Capt. Wilson

Coffee, Tea or Me?
0.0

(1973) Coffee, Tea or Me?

as Captain

The File on Thelma Jordon
6.6

(1949) The File on Thelma Jordon

as Police Photographer (Uncredited)

Fireball Forward
5.0

(1972) Fireball Forward

as Gen. Dawson

The Crooked Hearts
7.8

(1972) The Crooked Hearts

as Fisherman

The Alpha Caper
7.0

(1973) The Alpha Caper

as Police Captain

The Candidate
6.5

(1972) The Candidate

as Floyd J. Starkey

Wild and Wooly
4.0

(1978) Wild and Wooly

as Mark Hannah

Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
0.0

(1965) Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker

as ---

Falcon Crest
5.5

(1981) Falcon Crest

as Judge Randolph Winthrop

Night Court
7.3

(1984) Night Court

as Harrison Kemp

Family Affair
6.6

(1966) Family Affair

as ---

77 Sunset Strip
6.7

(1958) 77 Sunset Strip

as Coach Jarech

The Rookies
6.8

(1972) The Rookies

as ---

Kung Fu
7.6

(1972) Kung Fu

as Sheriff Ingram

Starsky & Hutch
7.3

(1975) Starsky & Hutch

as Andy Wilkins

Little House on the Prairie
7.9

(1974) Little House on the Prairie

as ---

The F.B.I.
5.5

(1965) The F.B.I.

as Barstow

Alias Smith and Jones
6.9

(1971) Alias Smith and Jones

as ---

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
7.0

(1977) The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

as ---

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Spadden

Perry Mason
7.7

(1957) Perry Mason

as Deputy D.A. Jack Alvin

Arrest and Trial
7.0

(1963) Arrest and Trial

as Bill Latham

Cannon
6.4

(1971) Cannon

as ---

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Miles Standish

Hunter
7.2

(1984) Hunter

as Father Cusack

I Spy
6.3

(1965) I Spy

as Russ Conway

Sea Hunt
6.5

(1958) Sea Hunt

as Pete Butler

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.7

(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Jeff

Sam Benedict
6.0

(1962) Sam Benedict

as ---

Target: The Corruptors!
3.5

(1961) Target: The Corruptors!

as ---

Vega$
7.0

(1978) Vega$

as ---

The Outcasts
5.3

(1968) The Outcasts

as ---

Daniel Boone
6.9

(1964) Daniel Boone

as Taggart

6.0

(1950) Lux Video Theatre

as ---

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.0

(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Sergeant Tim Vernon

Climax!
3.0

(1954) Climax!

as Captain Coppedge

Petrocelli
7.0

(1974) Petrocelli

as Jason Strafford

Bronco
5.2

(1958) Bronco

as ---

Judd for the Defense
7.5

(1967) Judd for the Defense

as ---

4.5

(1955) Navy Log

as ---

Wanted: Dead or Alive
6.9

(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Vince Slater

Bat Masterson
6.1

(1958) Bat Masterson

as Reed Amherst

Whirlybirds
5.5

(1957) Whirlybirds

as Chuck Martin

Cavalcade of America
3.5

(1952) Cavalcade of America

as ---

The Lieutenant
6.0

(1963) The Lieutenant

as Sergeant Baker

Stoney Burke
5.7

(1962) Stoney Burke

as Ryan

Ironside
6.8

(1967) Ironside

as Mahoney

Frontier
5.0

(1955) Frontier

as ---

The Defenders
6.2

(1961) The Defenders

as Blakey

Panic!
0.0

(1957) Panic!

as ---

Davy Crockett
6.1

(1954) Davy Crockett

as ---

Gibbsville
0.0

(1976) Gibbsville

as ---

Letter to Loretta
6.2

(1953) Letter to Loretta

as David Whitney

4.5

(1958) Jefferson Drum

as John Wallach

Behind Closed Doors
0.0

(1958) Behind Closed Doors

as Colonel Pete Kellogg

The Outsider
5.2

(1968) The Outsider

as ---

The Americans
6.0

(1961) The Americans

as ---

Dragnet
6.4

(1951) Dragnet

as ---

Biff Baker U.S.A.
7.5

(1952) Biff Baker U.S.A.

as Tommy Allen

The Ford Television Theatre
7.0

(1952) The Ford Television Theatre

as ---

McMillan & Wife
7.1

(1971) McMillan & Wife

as Sgt. Halliday

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Fickett

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Bob Mathison

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Ed Terrall

Adam-12
7.1

(1968) Adam-12

as Lt. King

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.0

(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as ---

Letter to Loretta
6.2

(1953) Letter to Loretta

as Harry Potter

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.0

(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Lt. Lambert

Perry Mason
7.7

(1957) Perry Mason

as Asst. District Attorney Alvin

Mannix
6.7

(1967) Mannix

as Sheriff

The Rockford Files
7.5

(1974) The Rockford Files

as Captain

Mannix
6.7

(1967) Mannix

as Ted Bailey

The Rockford Files
7.5

(1974) The Rockford Files

as University Police Chief Max Kilmore

Barnaby Jones
6.9

(1973) Barnaby Jones

as Sheriff Tommy Allen

Have Gun, Will Travel
7.4

(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel

as Tim Decker

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
7.9

(1993) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Rurigan

L.A. Law
7.1

(1986) L.A. Law

as Judge Kent Watson

The Angry Beavers
6.9

(1997) The Angry Beavers

as Scientist / General (voice)

Barnaby Jones
6.9

(1973) Barnaby Jones

as Sheriff

Starman
6.8

(1986) Starman

as Conrad Bennett

Emergency!
7.8

(1972) Emergency!

as Doug Barton

The Streets of San Francisco
7.0

(1972) The Streets of San Francisco

as Sheriff Kenney

Barnaby Jones
6.9

(1973) Barnaby Jones

as Ron Hagarty

Emergency!
7.8

(1972) Emergency!

as Crane Operator

The Streets of San Francisco
7.0

(1972) The Streets of San Francisco

as Commander Judd

The Streets of San Francisco
7.0

(1972) The Streets of San Francisco

as Sheriff Holloway

It Takes a Thief
7.0

(1968) It Takes a Thief

as Captain

Emergency!
7.8

(1972) Emergency!

as Capt. Gordon Trigg

Night Gallery
7.8

(1970) Night Gallery

as Warden

Ironside
6.8

(1967) Ironside

as Lt. Reynolds

Mannix
6.7

(1967) Mannix

as Sheriff Wells

Chopper One
5.0

(1974) Chopper One

as Sergeant Reardon

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
6.3

(1971) Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

as Tony Alexander

Temple Houston
5.7

(1963) Temple Houston

as Dan Powers

Daktari
7.0

(1966) Daktari

as Col. Simon Tredwell

The Rebel
5.1

(1959) The Rebel

as Major Quincy Bannister

The Virginian
6.4

(1962) The Virginian

as Sheriff Howard Acton

Lawman
5.4

(1958) Lawman

as Duncan Clooney

The Virginian
6.4

(1962) The Virginian

as Sheriff Kirby

The Virginian
6.4

(1962) The Virginian

as Joe Pierce

The Virginian
6.4

(1962) The Virginian

as Sheriff Dan Porter

Bonanza
7.5

(1959) Bonanza

as Josiah Heath

Lawman
5.4

(1958) Lawman

as Tom Bishop

Bonanza
7.5

(1959) Bonanza

as Notary

Father Knows Best
6.5

(1954) Father Knows Best

as Jack Bramer

The Restless Gun
3.7

(1957) The Restless Gun

as Sheriff Cash Harcourt

The Wonderful World of Disney
7.6

(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney

as Jocko

Lassie
6.1

(1954) Lassie

as Tom Anderson

Lassie
6.1

(1954) Lassie

as Dan Fuller

Lassie
6.1

(1954) Lassie

as Jim Dixon

The Wonderful World of Disney
7.6

(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney

as Anthoney Murphy

The Wonderful World of Disney
7.6

(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney

as James Bowie

Lassie
6.1

(1954) Lassie

as Luke Moran

Lassie
6.1

(1954) Lassie

as Chuck Martin

The Lone Ranger
6.6

(1949) The Lone Ranger

as Deputy Gil Jackson

Public Defender
6.0

(1954) Public Defender

as Sgt. Angel

Public Defender
6.0

(1954) Public Defender

as Patrolman Don Nelson

Adam-12
7.1

(1968) Adam-12

as Don Bates

Adam-12
7.1

(1968) Adam-12

as Sgt. Bert Strong

Lassie
6.1

(1954) Lassie

as Colonel Bill Morgan

The Wonderful World of Disney
7.6

(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney

as Shorty

Columbo
8.1

(1971) Columbo

as Police Commissioner

Bob
6.8

(1992) Bob

as ---

Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
7.6

(2013) Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

as Capt. Henry (archive Footage)

The Lone Wolf
7.0

(1954) The Lone Wolf

as Johnny Martin