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Kenneth Tobey (1917–2002)


Born in Oakland, California, Kenneth Tobey was headed for a law career when he first dabbled in acting at the University of California Little Theater. That experience led to a year and a half of study at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse, where his classmates included Gregory Peck, Eli Wallach and Tony Randall... See full bio »

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1997 The Angry Beavers (TV series)
General / Scientist
Bummer of Love/Food of the Clods (1997) … Scientist/General (voice) (as Kenneth Toby)
 
1996 Hellraiser: Bloodline
Hologram-Priest (uncredited)
 
1994 Body Shot
Arthur Lassen
 
1994 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series)
Rurigan
Shadowplay (1994) … Rurigan
 
1992 Single White Female
Desk Clerk (as Ken Tobey)
 
1992 Honey I Blew Up the Kid
Smitty
 
1991 Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
Capt. Holiday
 
1991 L.A. Law (TV series)
Speak, Lawyers, for Me (1991) (as Ken Tobey)
As God Is My Co-Defendant (1991) (as Ken Tobey)
 
1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Projectionist
 
1989 Ghost Writer
Cop #2
 
1988 Freeway
Monsignor Kavanaugh
 
1988 Big Top Pee-wee
Sheriff
 
1985-1988 Night Court (TV series)
Judge Harrison Kemp
 
1987 Hunter (TV series)
Father Cusack
Playing God (1987) … Father Cusack
 
1987 Innerspace
Man in Restroom (as Ken Tobey)
 
1986 Starman (TV series)
Conrad Bennett
Fatal Flaw (1986) … Conrad Bennett
 
1986 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
Sheriff (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
A Day in Beaumont/The Last Defender of Camelot (1986) … Sheriff (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
 
1985 The Lost Empire
Capt. Hendry
 
1984 Gremlins
Mobil Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
 
1984 Falcon Crest (TV series)
Judge Randolph Winthrop
Power Play (1984) … Judge Randolph Winthrop
 
1983 Strange Invaders
Arthur Newman
 
1981 The Howling
Older Cop
 
1980 Airplane!
Air Controller Neubauer
 
1980 Galactica 1980 (TV series)
Sheriff
Space Croppers (1980) … Sheriff (uncredited)
 
1980 Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die (TV movie)
Chuck Parks
 
1980 Hero at Large
Firechief
 
1979 Vega$ (TV series)
Bill Woods
The Way to Live (1979) … Bill Woods (as Ken Tobey)
 
1975-1979 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Ron Hagarty / Sheriff / Sheriff Tommy Allen
Master of Deception (1979) … Ron Hagarty
Band of Evil (1976) … Sheriff Tommy Allen
Fantasy of Fear (1975) … Sheriff
 
1978 Goodbye, Franklin High
Police Captain
 
1973-1978 Emergency! (TV series)
Captain Gordon Trigg / Crane Operator / Doug Barton
The Most Deadly Passage (1978) … Captain Gordon Trigg
Surprise (1974) … Crane Operator
Body Language (1973) … Doug Barton
 
1978 Wild and Wooly (TV movie)
Mark Hannah
 
1977-1978 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Captain / University Police Chief Max Kilmore
The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall (1978) … University Police Chief Max Kilmore
There's One in Every Port (1977) … Captain
 
1978 Nowhere to Run (TV movie)
Mohr (as Ken Tobey)
 
1977 Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready (TV movie)
Oliver
 
1977 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series)
Chandler
The Mystery of the Silent Scream (1977) … Chandler
 
1977 Most Wanted (TV series)
Harbor Master
The Pirate (1977) … Harbor Master
 
1976-1977 Gibbsville (TV series)
Chief Edmundson
In the Silence (1977)
The Grand Gesture (1977)
How Old, How Young (1976) … Chief Edmundson
 
1974-1976 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Commander Judd, USCG / Sheriff Holloway / Sheriff Kenney
The Thrill Killers: Part 2 (1976) … Commander Judd, USCG
The Thrill Killers: Part 1 (1976) … Commander Judd, USCG
Trail of Terror (1975) … Sheriff Kenney
Jacob's Boy (1974) … Sheriff Holloway (as Ken Tobey)
 
1976 Gus
Asst. Warden
 
1976 Baby Blue Marine
Buick Driver
 
1976 W.C. Fields and Me
Parker (uncredited)
 
1976 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Barrett
A Matter of Faith (1976) … Barrett
 
1975 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
Andy Wilkins
Terror on the Docks (1975) … Andy Wilkins
 
1975 Columbo (TV series)
Police Commissioner
A Case of Immunity (1975) … Police Commissioner
 
1975 The Family Holvak (TV series)
McGrath
First Love: Part 2 (1975) … McGrath
 
1975 The Wild McCullochs
Larry Carpenter
 
1975 S.W.A.T. (TV series)
Sergeant
The Killing Ground (1975) … Sergeant (as Kenneth Toby)
 
1974-1975 Get Christie Love! (TV series)
The Big Rematch (1975)
Pawn Ticket for Murder (1974) (as Ken Tobey)
 
1975 Movin' On (TV series)
Richardson
Explosion (1975) … Richardson (as Ken Tobey)
 
1974 The Missiles of October (TV movie)
Adm. George W. Anderson Jr., Chief of Naval Operations
 
1973-1974 Police Story (TV series)
Det. Fowler / McWalters
Glamour Boy (1974) … Det. Fowler
Requiem for an Informer (1973) … McWalters (as Ken Tobey)
 
1974 McMillan & Wife (TV series)
Sgt. Halliday
The Game of Survival (1974) … Sgt. Halliday
 
1974 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV series)
Powell
Can I Save My Children? (1974) … Powell
 
1972-1974 The Rookies (TV series)
Officer Corbett / Officer Rankin / Radio Officer
Death at 6 A.M. (1974) … Officer Corbett (as Ken Tobet)
The Good Die Young (1972) … Radio Officer
The Bear That Didn't Get Up (1972) … Officer Rankin
 
1974 Homebodies
Construction Boss
 
1970-1974 Ironside (TV series)
Lt. Reynolds / Mahoney
What's New with Mark? (1974) … Mahoney
Little Jerry Jessup (1970) … Lt. Reynolds
 
1974 Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Carl Donahue
 
1974 Chopper One (TV series)
Sergeant Reardon
Downtime (1974) … Sergeant Reardon
 
1974 Firehouse (TV series)
Barkham
A Gift for Grumper (1974) … Barkham
 
1970-1974 Adam-12 (TV series)
Don Bates / Lt. King / Sgt. Bert Strong
Clinic on 18th St (1974) … Don Bates
Log 174: Loan Sharks (1970) … Sgt. Bert Strong
Log 34: Astro Division (1970) … Lt. King
 
1974 The Death Squad (TV movie)
Hartman
 
1973 The New Perry Mason (TV series)
Detective Naismith
The Case of the Cagey Cager (1973) … Detective Naismith (as Ken Tobey)
 
1970-1973 Mannix (TV series)
Sheriff Wells / Ted Bailey
Desert Run (1973) … Ted Bailey
Sunburst (1970) … Sheriff Wells
 
1973 The Alpha Caper (TV movie)
Police Captain
 
1973 Coffee, Tea or Me? (TV movie)
Captain
 
1973 Kung Fu (TV series)
Sheriff Ingram
Alethea (1973) … Sheriff Ingram
 
1973 Walking Tall
Augie McCullah
 
1971-1972 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Sheriff Kimball / Sheriff Slocum
Witness to a Lynching (1972) … Sheriff Kimball
Jailbreak at Junction City (1971) … Sheriff Slocum
 
1972 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Warden
Finnegan's Flight (1972) … Warden
 
1972 Rage
Col. Alan A. Nickerson
 
1960-1972 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Ben Spadden / Bob Mathison / Ed Terrall / …
Tatum (1972) … Ed Terrall
The Prisoner (1969) … Bob Mathison
Once a Haggen (1964) … Fickett
The Worm (1960) … Ben Spadden
 
1972 The Crooked Hearts (TV movie)
Fisherman
 
1972 Cannon (TV series)
Sgt. Fred Macklin
Stakeout (1972) … Sgt. Fred Macklin
 
1972 The Candidate
Floyd J. Starkey
 
1972 Ben
Engineer
 
1972 Cade's County (TV series)
Jessie (1972)
 
1972 Fireball Forward (TV movie)
Gen. Dawson
 
1972 Longstreet (TV series)
Lieutenant
Through Shattering Glass (1972) … Lieutenant
 
1968-1972 Bonanza (TV series)
Josiah Heath / Notary
Search in Limbo (1972) … Notary
The Thirteenth Man (1968) … Josiah Heath (as Ken Tobey)
 
1971 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series)
Colonel Phillips
Operation: Spread (1971) … Colonel Phillips
 
1971 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Barstow
Recurring Nightmare (1971) … Barstow
 
1971 Terror in the Sky (TV movie)
Capt. Wilson
 
1971 Billy Jack
Deputy Mike (as Ken Tobey)
 
1970 Breakout (TV movie)
Ranger
 
1970 Men at Law (TV series)
Lt. Everton
Where Are You At? (1970) … Lt. Everton
 
1967-1970 The Virginian (TV series)
Joe Pierce / Sheriff Acton / Sheriff Dan Porter / …
Lady at the Bar (1970) … Sheriff Acton
Rich Man, Poor Man (1970) … Joe Pierce
The Decision (1968) … Sheriff Dan Porter
The Reckoning (1967) … Sheriff Kirby
 
1970 The Andersonville Trial (TV movie)
The Board of Military Judges (as Ken Tobey)
 
1970 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Captain
Project X (1970) … Captain
 
1970 Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession (TV movie)
Colonel Bill Morgan
 
1960-1969 Lassie (TV series)
Chuck Martin / Dan Fuller / Jim Dixon / …
Success Story (1969) … Luke Moran
Fury at Wind River (1967) … Tom Anderson
Lure of the Wild (1967) … Jim Dixon
A Career for Lassie (1962) … Dan Fuller
The Rescue (1960) … Chuck Martin
 
1969 Marlowe
Sgt. Fred Beifus
 
1969 The Outsider (TV series)
Joe Kester
All the Social Graces (1969) … Joe Kester
 
1969 Family Affair (TV series)
Steve Jackson
To Love with Buffy (1969) … Steve Jackson
 
1968 The Outcasts (TV series)
Sheriff Garrett
 
1968 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
Dr. Yale Udall
Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch to Live (1968) … Dr. Yale Udall
 
1967-1968 I Spy (TV series)
Russ Conway / Gabe
Pinwheel (1968) … Russ Conway (as Ken Tobey)
The Name of the Game (1968) … Russ Conway (as Ken Tobey)
This Guy Smith (1968) … Russ Conway (as Ken Tobey)
Anyplace I Hang Myself Is Home (1968) … Russ Conway (as Ken Tobey)
Oedipus at Colonus (1967) … Russ Conway (as Ken Tobey)
 
1967 Iron Horse (TV series)
Patch
T Is for Traitor (1967) … Patch
 
1967 A Time for Killing
Sgt. Cleehan
 
1967 40 Guns to Apache Pass
Corporal Bodine
 
1967 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Taggart
The Wolf Man (1967) … Taggart
 
1965 Our Private World (TV series)
Dick Robinson
Episode #1.22 (1965) … Dick Robinson
Episode #1.19 (1965) … Dick Robinson
 
1965 The Defenders (TV series)
Blakey
Nobody Asks What Side You're On (1965) … Blakey (as Ken Tobey)
 
1964 Temple Houston (TV series)
Dan Powers
Sam's Boy (1964) … Dan Powers
 
1964 Grindl (TV series)
Jack
Grindl, Private Eye (1964) … Jack
 
1963 The Lieutenant (TV series)
Sgt. Baker
Captain Thomson (1963) … Sgt. Baker
 
1963 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Bill Latham
My Name Is Martin Burnham (1963) … Bill Latham
 
1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Burke O'Hara
The Old Man and the City (1963) … Burke O'Hara
 
1963 Stoney Burke (TV series)
Ryan
Forget No More (1963) … Ryan
 
1962 Stark Fear
Cliff Kane
 
1962 Frontier Circus (TV series)
Frank Mitchell / Marshal Walden
The Good Fight (1962) … Marshal Walden
 
1962 Target: The Corruptors (TV series)
Delaney
Viva Vegas (1962) … Delaney
 
1962 Ripcord (TV series)
Reverend Dr. Darrell
The Human Kind (1962) … Reverend Dr. Darrell
 
1960-1961 Lawman (TV series)
Duncan Clooney / Tom Bishop / Tom Gibson
Trojan Horse (1961) … Duncan Clooney (as Ken Tobey)
The Parting (1960) … Tom Bishop/Tom Gibson
 
1961 X-15
Col. Craig Brewster
 
1961 Sea Hunt (TV series)
Pete Butler
Roustabout (1961) … Pete Butler
 
1961 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Tim Decker
Broken Image (1961) … Tim Decker
 
1961 Make Room for Daddy (TV series)
Coach Fred Farrell
Rusty's Punishment (1961) … Coach Fred Farrell
 
1961 The Americans (TV series)
Lt. Jones
Harper's Ferry (1961) … Lt. Jones
 
1960 Bronco (TV series)
Campbell
The Mustangers (1960) … Campbell
 
1960 Seven Ways from Sundown
Texas Ranger Lieutenant Herly
 
1960 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Coach Jarech
Fraternity of Fear (1960) … Coach Jarech
 
1960 Overland Trail (TV series)
Wyatt Cady
West of Boston (1960) … Wyatt Cady
 
1960 The Rebel (TV series)
Major Quincy Bannister
Noblesse Oblige (1960) … Major Quincy Bannister (as Ken Tobey)
 
1960 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Reed Amherst
Deadly Diamonds (1960) … Reed Amherst
 
1957-1960 Whirlybirds (TV series)
Chuck Martin
Dead Wrong (1959) … Chuck Martin
Shoot Out (1959) … Chuck Martin
Hot Cargo (1959) … Chuck Martin
 
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Jeff
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1959) … Jeff
 
1959 Laramie (TV series)
Joe Tanner
The Lonesome Gun (1959) … Joe Tanner (uncredited)
 
1959 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)
Vince Slater
The Legend (1959) … Vince Slater
 
1955-1959 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Jocko / Anthoney Murphy / James Bowie / …
Elfego Baca, Attorney at Law (1959) … Shorty
Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker (1956) … Anthoney Murphy
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race (1955) … Jocko
 
1958 Jefferson Drum (TV series)
John Wallach
$50 for a Dead Man (1958) … John Wallach
 
1958 Behind Closed Doors (TV series)
Colonel Pete Kellogg
Mig 9 (1958) … Colonel Pete Kellogg
 
1958 Cry Terror!
Agent Frank Cole
 
1958 Navy Log (TV series)
Captain Bright
The Way of the Wrangell (1958) … Captain Bright
 
1957 Jet Pilot
Sergeant (uncredited)
 
1957 The Vampire
Sheriff Buck Donnelly
 
1957 Code 3 (TV series)
Ward Hooper
Road Block (1957) … Ward Hooper
 
1957 Panic! (TV series)
John Edward Brester
The Prisoner (1957) … John Edward Brester
 
1957 Crossroads (TV series)
Mr. Alston
Call for Help (1957) … Mr. Alston
 
1957 Sheriff of Cochise (TV series)
Jim Callahan
Bandit Chief (1957) … Jim Callahan (as Ken Tobey)
 
1957 The Wings of Eagles
Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard
 
1956 The Search for Bridey Murphy
Rex Simmons
 
1956 Conflict (TV series)
Larry
Shock Wave (1956) … Larry
 
1955-1956 Frontier (TV series)
Gabe Sharp / Wade Trippe
The Hostage (1956) (as Ken Tobey)
Out from Texas (1956) … Gabe Sharp (as Ken Tobey)
In Nebraska (1955) … Wade Trippe (as Ken Tobey)
 
1953-1956 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Lt. Lambert / Sergeant Tim Vernon
The Happy Sun (1956)
Ordeal (1956) … Lt. Lambert
Jury of One (1955) (as Ken Tobey)
Storm Swept (1953) … Sergeant Tim Vernon
 
1956 Telephone Time (TV series)
Smith of Ecuador (1956)
 
1956 The Great Locomotive Chase
Anthony Murphy
 
1956 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
Jim Weston
Faith (1956) … Jim Weston
 
1956 Father Knows Best (TV series)
Jack Bramer
Hero Father (1956) … Jack Bramer
 
1955-1956 Science Fiction Theatre (TV series)
Frank Davis / Lieutenant Dunne
The Green Bomb (1956) … Frank Davis
Y.O.R.D. (1955) … Lieutenant Dunne (as Ken Tobey)
 
1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Lt. Hank Mahoney (uncredited)
 
1956 The Steel Jungle
Dr. Lewy
 
1954-1955 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
David Whitney / Harry Potter
Slander (1955) … Harry Potter (as Ken Tobey)
A Family Out of Us (1954) … David Whitney
 
1952-1955 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Joe Ellison / Larsen
Retribution (1954) … Joe Ellison
The Roof (1952) … Larsen
 
1955 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
Herbert
Mr. Pak Takes Over (1955) … Herbert
 
1955 Climax! (TV series)
Captain Coppedge
Flight 951 (1955) … Captain Coppedge
 
1955 Rage at Dawn
Monk Claxton
 
1954-1955 The Public Defender (TV series)
Don Nelson / Sgt. Angel
Cornered (1955) … Sgt. Angel
Road to Nowhere (1954) … Don Nelson
 
1955 The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (TV series)
Frank
A Hunting We Will Go (1955) … Frank
 
1955 Captain Fathom (TV movie)
Jack Clyde (as Ken Tobey)
 
1954 The Steel Cage
Steinberg, Convict Painter (segment "The Face")
 
1954 Down Three Dark Streets
FBI Agent Zack Stewart
 
1954 Ring of Fear
Shreveport
 
1954 The Lone Wolf (TV series)
Johnny Martin
The Honolulu Story … Johnny Martin
 
1954 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
 
1954 Mayor of the Town (TV series)
Driscoll
His Honor, Butch (1954) … Driscoll
 
1953 The Bigamist
Tom Morgan, Defense Attorney
 
1953 Fighter Attack
George
 
1953 The Courtship of Miles Standish (TV movie)
 
1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Women Who Wait (1953)
 
1953 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Col. Jack Evans
 
1953 Dragnet (TV series)
The Big Friend (1953) (as Ken Tobey)
 
1953 Your Favorite Story (TV series)
The Dynamiter (1953)
 
1952 Biff Baker, U.S.A. (TV series)
Tommy Allen
Counterfeit Plates (1952) … Tommy Allen (as Ken Tobey)
 
1952 Angel Face
Bill Crompton
 
1952 The Unexpected (TV series)
Brode
The Perfectionists (1952) … Brode
 
1951 Rawhide
Lt. Wingate (uncredited)
 
1951 Up Front
Cooper (uncredited)
 
1951 The Company She Keeps
Rex Fisher (uncredited)
 
1950 The Flying Missile
Crewman Pete McEvoy
 
1950 Three Secrets
Officer (uncredited)
 
1950 Right Cross
Ken, the Third Reporter (as Ken Tobey)
 
1950 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Det. Fowler
 
1950 My Friend Irma Goes West
Pilot
 
1950 The Gunfighter
Swede (uncredited)
 
1950 The Lone Ranger (TV series)
Deputy Gil Jackson
Spanish Gold (1950) … Deputy Gil Jackson
 
1950 Love That Brute
Henchman #1 in Cigar Store (uncredited)
 
1950 One Way Street
Cop at Second Accident (uncredited)
 
1950 When Willie Comes Marching Home
Lt. K. Geiger (uncredited)
 
1950 The File on Thelma Jordon
Police Photographer (uncredited)
 
1949 Twelve O'Clock High
Sgt. Keller - Guard at Gate (uncredited)
 
1949 Free for All
Pilot
 
1949 The Doctor and the Girl
Surgeon at Bellevue (uncredited)
 
1949 Task Force
Capt. Ken Willliamson (uncredited)
 
1949 I Was a Male War Bride
Red, Seaman (uncredited)
 
1949 The Great Sinner
Cabbie (uncredited)
 
1949 Illegal Entry
Dave (uncredited)
 
1949 The Stratton Story
Detroit Player (uncredited)
 
1948 He Walked by Night
Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited)
 
1948 Beyond Glory
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1947 This Time for Keeps
Redheaded Soldier at Pool (uncredited)
 
1947 Dangerous Venture
Red (as Ken Tobey)
 
1945 The Front Page (TV movie)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1953 Stump the Stars (TV series)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2005 Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (TV documentary)
Capt. Patrick Hendry (uncredited)
 
1979 The Horror Show (documentary)
 
1961-1977 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1955 Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier
Col. Jim Bowie (as Ken Tobey)
 
1952 Hopalong Cassidy (TV series)
 

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Alternate Names:

Ken Tobet | Ken Tobey | Kenneth Toby

Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Trivia:

Stepbrother-in-law of Ina Ray Hutton. See more »

Trademark:

Often played tough-talking men of action See more »

Star Sign:

Aries