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