Kenneth Tobey

Kenneth Tobey

Known for
Acting
Born
March 23, 1917
Died
December 22, 2002 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Oakland, California, USA

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

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Filmography

2013
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten poster

Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

TV · as Capt. Henry (archive footage) · 1 ep

2005
The Naked Monster poster

The Naked Monster

Movie · as Col. Patrick Hendry

1997
The Angry Beavers poster

The Angry Beavers

TV · as Scientist / General (voice) · 1 ep

1996
Hellraiser: Bloodline poster

Hellraiser: Bloodline

Movie · as Hologram Priest (uncredited)

1994
Body Shot poster

Body Shot

Movie · as Arthur Lassen

1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine poster

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

TV · as Rurigan · 1 ep

1992
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid poster

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

Movie · as Smitty

1992
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel poster

Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel

Movie · as Captain Holiday

1992
Bob poster

Bob

TV · 1 ep

1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch poster

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Movie · as Projectionist

1989
Ghost Writer poster

Ghost Writer

Movie · as Cop #2

1988
Gregory Peck: His Own Man poster

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Movie · as Self

1988
Big Top Pee-wee poster

Big Top Pee-wee

Movie · as Sheriff

1988
Freeway poster

Freeway

Movie · as Monsignor Kavanaugh

1987
Innerspace poster

Innerspace

Movie · as Man in Restroom

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Kent Watson · 2 eps

1986
Starman poster

Starman

TV · as Conrad Bennett · 1 ep

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Sheriff Haskin (segment "A Day in Beaumont") · 1 ep

1984
Gremlins poster

Gremlins

Movie · as Mobil Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

1984
The Lost Empire poster

The Lost Empire

Movie · as Capt. Hendry

1984
Night Court poster

Night Court

TV · as Harrison Kemp · 2 eps

1984
Hunter poster

Hunter

TV · as Father Cusack · 1 ep

1983
Strange Invaders poster

Strange Invaders

Movie · as Arthur Newman

1981
The Howling poster

The Howling

Movie · as Older Cop

1981
Falcon Crest poster

Falcon Crest

TV · as Judge Randolph Winthrop · 1 ep

1980
The Murder That Wouldn't Die poster

The Murder That Wouldn't Die

Movie · as Chuck Parks

1980
Hero at Large poster

Hero at Large

Movie · as Firechief Palmer

1980
Airplane! poster

Airplane!

Movie · as Air Controller Neubauer

1979
The Horror Show poster

The Horror Show

Movie · as (archive footage)

1978
Nowhere to Run poster

Nowhere to Run

Movie · as Mohr

1978
Goodbye, Franklin High poster

Goodbye, Franklin High

Movie · as Police Captain

1978
Wild and Wooly poster

Wild and Wooly

Movie · as Mark Hannah

1978
Vega$ poster

Vega$

TV · 1 ep

1977
MacArthur poster

MacArthur

Movie · as Admiral Halsey

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

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

Movie · as Oliver

1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries poster

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

TV · 1 ep

1976
W.C. Fields and Me poster

W.C. Fields and Me

Movie · as Parker

1976
Baby Blue Marine poster

Baby Blue Marine

Movie · as Buick Driver

1976
Gus poster

Gus

Movie · as Asst. Warden

1976
Gibbsville poster

Gibbsville

TV · 1 ep

1975
The Wild McCullochs poster

The Wild McCullochs

Movie · as Larry Carpenter

1975
Starsky & Hutch poster

Starsky & Hutch

TV · as Andy Wilkins · 1 ep

1974
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry poster

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

Movie · as Carl Donahue

1974
Homebodies poster

Homebodies

Movie · as Construction Boss

1974
The Death Squad poster

The Death Squad

Movie · as Hartman

1974
Little House on the Prairie poster

Little House on the Prairie

TV · as Barrett · 1 ep

1974
Petrocelli poster

Petrocelli

TV · as Jason Strafford · 1 ep

1974
The Rockford Files poster

The Rockford Files

TV · as Captain, University Police Chief Max Kilmore · 1 ep

1974
Chopper One poster

Chopper One

TV · as Sergeant Reardon · 1 ep

1973
Walking Tall poster

Walking Tall

Movie · as Augie McCullah

1973
Coffee, Tea or Me? poster

Coffee, Tea or Me?

Movie · as Captain

1973
The Alpha Caper poster

The Alpha Caper

Movie · as Police Captain

1973
Barnaby Jones poster

Barnaby Jones

TV · as Sheriff Tommy Allen, Ron Hagarty · 1 ep

1972
Rage poster

Rage

Movie · as Col. Alan A. Nickerson

1972
Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession poster

Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession

Movie · as Col. Bill Morgan

1972
Ben poster

Ben

Movie · as Engineer

1972
Fireball Forward poster

Fireball Forward

Movie · as Gen. Dawson

1972
The Crooked Hearts poster

The Crooked Hearts

Movie · as Fisherman

1972
The Candidate poster

The Candidate

Movie · as Floyd J. Starkey

1972
The Rookies poster

The Rookies

TV · 1 ep

1972
Kung Fu poster

Kung Fu

TV · as Sheriff Ingram · 1 ep

1972
Emergency! poster

Emergency!

TV · as Doug Barton, Crane Operator, Capt. Gordon Trigg · 1 ep

1972
The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco

TV · as Sheriff Kenney, Commander Judd, Sheriff Holloway · 1 ep

1971
Billy Jack poster

Billy Jack

Movie · as Deputy Mike

1971
Terror in the Sky poster

Terror in the Sky

Movie · as Capt. Wilson

1971
Alias Smith and Jones poster

Alias Smith and Jones

TV · 2 eps

1971
Cannon poster

Cannon

TV · 1 ep

1971
McMillan & Wife poster

McMillan & Wife

TV · as Sgt. Halliday · 1 ep

1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law poster

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

TV · as Tony Alexander · 1 ep

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Police Commissioner · 1 ep

1970
The Andersonville Trial poster

The Andersonville Trial

Movie · as Board of Military Judges

1970
Breakout poster

Breakout

Movie · as Ranger

1970
Night Gallery poster

Night Gallery

TV · as Warden · 1 ep

1969
Marlowe poster

Marlowe

Movie · as Fred Beifus

1968
The Outcasts poster

The Outcasts

TV · 1 ep

1968
Adam-12 poster

Adam-12

TV · as Lt. King, Don Bates, Sgt. Bert Strong · 1 ep

1968
It Takes a Thief poster

It Takes a Thief

TV · as Captain · 1 ep

1968
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

TV · as Joe Kester · 1 ep

1967
A Time for Killing poster

A Time for Killing

Movie · as Sgt. Cleehan

1967
40 Guns to Apache Pass poster

40 Guns to Apache Pass

Movie · as Cpl. Bodine

1967
Judd, for the Defense poster

Judd, for the Defense

TV · 1 ep

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · as Mahoney, Lt. Reynolds · 1 ep

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · as Sheriff, Ted Bailey, Sheriff Wells · 1 ep

1966
A Man Called Adam poster

A Man Called Adam

Movie · as Club Owner

1966
Family Affair poster

Family Affair

TV · 1 ep

1966
Daktari poster

Daktari

TV · as Col. Simon Tredwell · 2 eps

1965
The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I.

TV · as Barstow · 1 ep

1965
I Spy poster

I Spy

TV · as Russ Conway

1964
Daniel Boone poster

Daniel Boone

TV · as Taggart · 1 ep

1963
Arrest and Trial poster

Arrest and Trial

TV · as Bill Latham · 1 ep

1963
The Lieutenant poster

The Lieutenant

TV · as Sergeant Baker · 1 ep

1963
Temple Houston poster

Temple Houston

TV · as Dan Powers · 1 ep

1962
Stark Fear poster

Stark Fear

Movie · as Kane

1962
Sam Benedict poster

Sam Benedict

TV · 1 ep

1962
Stoney Burke poster

Stoney Burke

TV · as Ryan · 1 ep

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Sheriff Howard Acton, Sheriff Kirby, Joe Pierce, Sheriff Dan Porter · 1 ep

1961
X-15 poster

X-15

Movie · as Col. Craig Brewster

1961
Target: The Corruptors! poster

Target: The Corruptors!

TV · 1 ep

1961
The Defenders poster

The Defenders

TV · as Blakey · 1 ep

1961
The Americans poster

The Americans

TV · 1 ep

1960
Seven Ways from Sundown poster

Seven Ways from Sundown

Movie · as Lieutenant Herly

1959
The Rebel poster

The Rebel

TV · as Major Quincy Bannister · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Josiah Heath, Notary · 1 ep

1958
Cry Terror! poster

Cry Terror!

Movie · as Agent Frank Cole

1958
77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip

TV · as Coach Jarech · 1 ep

1958
Sea Hunt poster

Sea Hunt

TV · as Pete Butler · 1 ep

1958
Bronco poster

Bronco

TV · 1 ep

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

TV · as Vince Slater · 1 ep

1958
Bat Masterson poster

Bat Masterson

TV · as Reed Amherst · 1 ep

1958
Jefferson Drum poster

Jefferson Drum

TV · as John Wallach · 1 ep

1958
Behind Closed Doors poster

Behind Closed Doors

TV · as Colonel Pete Kellogg · 1 ep

1958
Lawman poster

Lawman

TV · as Duncan Clooney, Tom Bishop · 1 ep

1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral poster

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Movie · as Bat Masterson

1957
The Wings of Eagles poster

The Wings of Eagles

Movie · as Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard

1957
The Vampire poster

The Vampire

Movie · as Buck Donnelly

1957
Jet Pilot poster

Jet Pilot

Movie

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Deputy D.A. Jack Alvin, Asst. District Attorney Alvin · 2 eps

1957
Whirlybirds poster

Whirlybirds

TV · as Chuck Martin · 111 eps

1957
Panic! poster

Panic!

TV · 1 ep

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV · as Tim Decker · 1 ep

1957
The Restless Gun poster

The Restless Gun

TV · as Sheriff Cash Harcourt · 1 ep

1956
The Great Locomotive Chase poster

The Great Locomotive Chase

Movie · as Anthony Murphy

1956
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates poster

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

Movie · as Jocko

1956
The Steel Jungle poster

The Steel Jungle

Movie · as Dr. Lewy

1956
The Search for Bridey Murphy poster

The Search for Bridey Murphy

Movie · as Rex Simmons

1956
Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker poster

Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker

Movie

1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit poster

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Movie · as Lt. Hank Mahoney (uncredited)

1955
Captain Fathom poster

Captain Fathom

Movie · as Jack Clyde

1955
It Came from Beneath the Sea poster

It Came from Beneath the Sea

Movie · as Cmdr. Pete Mathews

1955
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race poster

Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race

Movie · as Jocko

1955
Davy Crockett at the Alamo poster

Davy Crockett at the Alamo

Movie · as James Bowie

1955
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier poster

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

Movie · as Col. Jim Bowie

1955
Rage at Dawn poster

Rage at Dawn

Movie · as Monk Claxton

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Spadden, Fickett, Bob Mathison, Ed Terrall · 1 ep

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Jeff · 1 ep

1955
Navy Log poster

Navy Log

TV · 1 ep

1955
Frontier poster

Frontier

TV · 1 ep

1955
Science Fiction Theatre poster

Science Fiction Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1954
Down Three Dark Streets poster

Down Three Dark Streets

Movie · as Zack Stewart

1954
The Steel Cage poster

The Steel Cage

Movie · as Steinberg, Convict Painter, segment "The Face"

1954
Ring of Fear poster

Ring of Fear

Movie · as Shreveport

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Captain Coppedge · 1 ep

1954
Davy Crockett poster

Davy Crockett

TV

1954
Father Knows Best poster

Father Knows Best

TV · as Jack Bramer · 1 ep

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Jocko, Anthoney Murphy, James Bowie, Shorty · 2 eps

1954
Lassie poster

Lassie

TV · as Tom Anderson, Dan Fuller, Jim Dixon, Luke Moran, Chuck Martin, Colonel Bill Morgan · 1 ep

1954
Public Defender poster

Public Defender

TV · as Sgt. Angel, Patrolman Don Nelson · 1 ep

1954
The Lone Wolf poster

The Lone Wolf

TV · as Johnny Martin · 1 ep

1953
Angel Face poster

Angel Face

Movie · as Bill Crompton

1953
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms poster

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

Movie · as Col. Evans

1953
The Bigamist poster

The Bigamist

Movie · as Tom Morgan, Defense Attorney

1953
Fighter Attack poster

Fighter Attack

Movie · as George

1953
Letter to Loretta poster

Letter to Loretta

TV · as David Whitney, Harry Potter · 1 ep

1952
Cavalcade of America poster

Cavalcade of America

TV · 1 ep

1952
Biff Baker U.S.A. poster

Biff Baker U.S.A.

TV · as Tommy Allen · 1 ep

1952
The Ford Television Theatre poster

The Ford Television Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1951
The Thing from Another World poster

The Thing from Another World

Movie · as Captain Patrick Hendry

1951
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

Movie · as Lt. Wingate (uncredited)

1951
The Company She Keeps poster

The Company She Keeps

Movie · as Rex Fisher (uncredited)

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Miles Standish · 1 ep

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as Sergeant Tim Vernon, Lt. Lambert · 1 ep

1951
Dragnet poster

Dragnet

TV · 1 ep

1950
Right Cross poster

Right Cross

Movie · as Reporter #3

1950
The Flying Missile poster

The Flying Missile

Movie · as Pete McEvoy

1950
When Willie Comes Marching Home poster

When Willie Comes Marching Home

Movie · as Lt. K. Geiger (uncredited)

1950
The Gunfighter poster

The Gunfighter

Movie · as Swede (uncredited)

1950
One Way Street poster

One Way Street

Movie · as Cop at Second Accident (uncredited)

1950
My Friend Irma Goes West poster

My Friend Irma Goes West

Movie · as Pilot

1950
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye poster

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Movie · as Detective Tobey

1950
Three Secrets poster

Three Secrets

Movie · as Officer (uncredited)

1950
Lux Video Theatre poster

Lux Video Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1949
He Walked by Night poster

He Walked by Night

Movie · as Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited)

1949
Twelve O'Clock High poster

Twelve O'Clock High

Movie · as Sgt. Keller

1949
Task Force poster

Task Force

Movie · as Capt. Ken Willliamson (uncredited)

1949
Free For All poster

Free For All

Movie · as Pilot

1949
I Was a Male War Bride poster

I Was a Male War Bride

Movie · as Red (uncredited)

1949
The Great Sinner poster

The Great Sinner

Movie · as Cabbie (uncredited)

1949
The File on Thelma Jordon poster

The File on Thelma Jordon

Movie · as Police Photographer (uncredited)

1949
The Lone Ranger poster

The Lone Ranger

TV · as Deputy Gil Jackson · 1 ep

1948
Beyond Glory poster

Beyond Glory

Movie · as Bit Role (uncredited)

1947
Dangerous Venture poster

Dangerous Venture

Movie · as Red