
Kenneth Tobey
Acting • Born 1917-03-23 – Died 2002-12-22
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.
Filmography
211 credits
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Movie • 1988
Self

Marlowe
Movie • 1969
Fred Beifus

Angel Face
Movie • 1953
Bill Crompton

Billy Jack
Movie • 1971
Deputy Mike

The Thing from Another World
Movie • 1951
Captain Patrick Hendry

Nowhere to Run
Movie • 1978
Mohr

Cry Terror!
Movie • 1958
Agent Frank Cole

A Time for Killing
Movie • 1967
Sgt. Cleehan

The Howling
Movie • 1981
Older Cop

Big Top Pee-wee
Movie • 1988
Sheriff

Freeway
Movie • 1988
Monsignor Kavanaugh

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Movie • 1957
Bat Masterson

Captain Fathom
Movie • 1955
Jack Clyde

He Walked by Night
Movie • 1949
Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited)

The Horror Show
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Movie • 1953
Col. Evans

The Naked Monster
Movie • 2005
Col. Patrick Hendry

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Movie • 1992
Smitty

Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
Movie • 1992
Captain Holiday

It Came from Beneath the Sea
Movie • 1955
Cmdr. Pete Mathews

The Great Locomotive Chase
Movie • 1956
Anthony Murphy

Down Three Dark Streets
Movie • 1954
Zack Stewart

Twelve O'Clock High
Movie • 1949
Sgt. Keller

Right Cross
Movie • 1950
Reporter #3

40 Guns to Apache Pass
Movie • 1967
Cpl. Bodine

The Wings of Eagles
Movie • 1957
Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard

Gremlins
Movie • 1984
Mobil Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Strange Invaders
Movie • 1983
Arthur Newman

W.C. Fields and Me
Movie • 1976
Parker

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
Movie • 1956
Jocko

Stark Fear
Movie • 1962
Kane

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Movie • 1974
Carl Donahue

The Bigamist
Movie • 1953
Tom Morgan, Defense Attorney

The Steel Jungle
Movie • 1956
Dr. Lewy

Task Force
Movie • 1949
Capt. Ken Willliamson (uncredited)

The Vampire
Movie • 1957
Buck Donnelly

Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
Movie • 1955
Jocko

Davy Crockett at the Alamo
Movie • 1955
James Bowie

Seven Ways from Sundown
Movie • 1960
Lieutenant Herly

Rage
Movie • 1972
Col. Alan A. Nickerson

The Search for Bridey Murphy
Movie • 1956
Rex Simmons

The Steel Cage
Movie • 1954
Steinberg, Convict Painter, segment "The Face"

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Movie • 1990
Projectionist

Ring of Fear
Movie • 1954
Shreveport

MacArthur
Movie • 1977
Admiral Halsey

Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
Movie • 1977
Oliver

Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession
Movie • 1972
Col. Bill Morgan

The Flying Missile
Movie • 1950
Pete McEvoy

Fighter Attack
Movie • 1953
George

Body Shot
Movie • 1994
Arthur Lassen

A Man Called Adam
Movie • 1966
Club Owner

Baby Blue Marine
Movie • 1976
Buick Driver

The Murder That Wouldn't Die
Movie • 1980
Chuck Parks

The Wild McCullochs
Movie • 1975
Larry Carpenter

X-15
Movie • 1961
Col. Craig Brewster

Ben
Movie • 1972
Engineer

Innerspace
Movie • 1987
Man in Restroom

Homebodies
Movie • 1974
Construction Boss

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Movie • 1955
Col. Jim Bowie

The Andersonville Trial
Movie • 1970
Board of Military Judges

Rage at Dawn
Movie • 1955
Monk Claxton

Gus
Movie • 1976
Asst. Warden

When Willie Comes Marching Home
Movie • 1950
Lt. K. Geiger (uncredited)

Free For All
Movie • 1949
Pilot

Hero at Large
Movie • 1980
Firechief Palmer

Beyond Glory
Movie • 1948
Bit Role (uncredited)

I Was a Male War Bride
Movie • 1949
Red (uncredited)

Rawhide
Movie • 1951
Lt. Wingate (uncredited)

Breakout
Movie • 1970
Ranger

Airplane!
Movie • 1980
Air Controller Neubauer

The Gunfighter
Movie • 1950
Swede (uncredited)

The Great Sinner
Movie • 1949
Cabbie (uncredited)

Ghost Writer
Movie • 1989
Cop #2

One Way Street
Movie • 1950
Cop at Second Accident (uncredited)

The Lost Empire
Movie • 1984
Capt. Hendry

The Death Squad
Movie • 1974
Hartman

My Friend Irma Goes West
Movie • 1950
Pilot

Goodbye, Franklin High
Movie • 1978
Police Captain

Walking Tall
Movie • 1973
Augie McCullah

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Movie • 1950
Detective Tobey

Three Secrets
Movie • 1950
Officer (uncredited)

Hellraiser: Bloodline
Movie • 1996
Hologram Priest (uncredited)

Terror in the Sky
Movie • 1971
Capt. Wilson

Coffee, Tea or Me?
Movie • 1973
Captain

The File on Thelma Jordon
Movie • 1949
Police Photographer (uncredited)

Fireball Forward
Movie • 1972
Gen. Dawson

The Crooked Hearts
Movie • 1972
Fisherman

The Alpha Caper
Movie • 1973
Police Captain

The Candidate
Movie • 1972
Floyd J. Starkey

Wild and Wooly
Movie • 1978
Mark Hannah

Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
Movie • 1956

The Company She Keeps
Movie • 1951
Rex Fisher (uncredited)

Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Judge Randolph Winthrop

Night Court
TV • 1984
Harrison Kemp

Family Affair
TV • 1966

77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Coach Jarech

The Rookies
TV • 1972

Kung Fu
TV • 1972
Sheriff Ingram

Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Andy Wilkins

Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974

The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Barstow

Alias Smith and Jones
TV • 1971

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV • 1977

Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Spadden

Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Deputy D.A. Jack Alvin

Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Bill Latham

Cannon
TV • 1971

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Miles Standish

Hunter
TV • 1984
Father Cusack

I Spy
TV • 1965
Russ Conway

Sea Hunt
TV • 1958
Pete Butler

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Jeff

Sam Benedict
TV • 1962

Target: The Corruptors!
TV • 1961

Vega$
TV • 1978

The Outcasts
TV • 1968

Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Taggart

Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Sergeant Tim Vernon

Climax!
TV • 1954
Captain Coppedge

Petrocelli
TV • 1974
Jason Strafford

Bronco
TV • 1958

Judd for the Defense
TV • 1967

Navy Log
TV • 1955

Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Vince Slater

Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Reed Amherst

Whirlybirds
TV • 1957
Chuck Martin

Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952

The Lieutenant
TV • 1963
Sergeant Baker

Stoney Burke
TV • 1962
Ryan

Ironside
TV • 1967
Mahoney

Frontier
TV • 1955

Panic!
TV • 1957

The Defenders
TV • 1961
Blakey

Davy Crockett
TV • 1954

Gibbsville
TV • 1976

Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
David Whitney

Jefferson Drum
TV • 1958
John Wallach

Behind Closed Doors
TV • 1958
Colonel Pete Kellogg

The Americans
TV • 1961

Dragnet
TV • 1951

Biff Baker U.S.A.
TV • 1952
Tommy Allen

The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952

McMillan & Wife
TV • 1971
Sgt. Halliday

Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Fickett

Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Bob Mathison

Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Ed Terrall

Adam-12
TV • 1968
Lt. King

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951

Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Harry Potter

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Lt. Lambert

Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Asst. District Attorney Alvin

Mannix
TV • 1967
Sheriff

The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Captain

Mannix
TV • 1967
Ted Bailey

The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
University Police Chief Max Kilmore

Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Sheriff Tommy Allen

Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Tim Decker

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV • 1993
Rurigan

The Angry Beavers
TV • 1997
Scientist / General (voice)

L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Kent Watson

Starman
TV • 1986
Conrad Bennett

Emergency!
TV • 1972
Capt. Gordon Trigg

Chopper One
TV • 1974
Sergeant Reardon

The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Sheriff Holloway

Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Sheriff

Emergency!
TV • 1972
Doug Barton

The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Sheriff Kenney

Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Ron Hagarty

Emergency!
TV • 1972
Crane Operator

The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Commander Judd

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TV • 1971
Tony Alexander

Mannix
TV • 1967
Sheriff Wells

Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Warden

It Takes a Thief
TV • 1968
Captain

Ironside
TV • 1967
Lt. Reynolds

The Virginian
TV • 1962
Sheriff Dan Porter

Daktari
TV • 1966
Col. Simon Tredwell

The Virginian
TV • 1962
Sheriff Kirby

Temple Houston
TV • 1963
Dan Powers

The Rebel
TV • 1959
Major Quincy Bannister

The Virginian
TV • 1962
Sheriff Howard Acton

Lawman
TV • 1958
Duncan Clooney

The Virginian
TV • 1962
Joe Pierce

Bonanza
TV • 1959
Josiah Heath

Lawman
TV • 1958
Tom Bishop

Bonanza
TV • 1959
Notary

The Restless Gun
TV • 1957
Sheriff Cash Harcourt

Father Knows Best
TV • 1954
Jack Bramer

Lassie
TV • 1954
Chuck Martin

Lassie
TV • 1954
Dan Fuller

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
James Bowie

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Jocko

Lassie
TV • 1954
Tom Anderson

Lassie
TV • 1954
Luke Moran

Lassie
TV • 1954
Jim Dixon

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Anthoney Murphy

The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Deputy Gil Jackson

Public Defender
TV • 1954
Patrolman Don Nelson

Public Defender
TV • 1954
Sgt. Angel

Adam-12
TV • 1968
Don Bates

Adam-12
TV • 1968
Sgt. Bert Strong

Lassie
TV • 1954
Colonel Bill Morgan

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Shorty

Columbo
TV • 1971
Police Commissioner

Bob
TV • 1992

Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
TV • 2013
Capt. Henry (archive footage)

The Lone Wolf
TV • 1954
Johnny Martin

The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
Sheriff Haskin (segment "A Day in Beaumont")

The Outsider
TV • 1968
Joe Kester

Science Fiction Theatre
TV • 1955