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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 23, 1917
Died
December 22, 2002
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
Also Known As
- Ken Tobey
- Kenneth Toby
- Kenneth Jesse Tobey
Kenneth Tobey
0.9 Popularity
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
7.8
Capt. Henry (archive footage)
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
2013
4.1
Col. Patrick Hendry
The Naked Monster
2005
6.9
Scientist / General (voice)
The Angry Beavers
1997
5.3
Hologram Priest (uncredited)
Hellraiser: Bloodline
1996
3.1
Arthur Lassen
Body Shot
1994
7.9
Rurigan
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
7.3
Bob
1992
5.3
Smitty
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992
5.2
Captain Holiday
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
1992
6.5
Projectionist
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
Credits
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
as Capt. Henry (archive footage)
2013
7.8
The Naked Monster
as Col. Patrick Hendry
2005
4.1
The Angry Beavers
as Scientist / General (voice)
1997
6.9
Hellraiser: Bloodline
as Hologram Priest (uncredited)
1996
5.3
Body Shot
as Arthur Lassen
1994
3.1
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Rurigan
1993
7.9
Bob
1992
7.3
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
as Smitty
1992
5.3
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
as Captain Holiday
1992
5.2
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Projectionist
1990
6.5
Ghost Writer
as Cop #2
1989
4.3
Freeway
as Monsignor Kavanaugh
1988
4.7
Big Top Pee-wee
as Sheriff
1988
4.9
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
as Self
1988
6.7
Innerspace
as Man in Restroom
1987
6.8
Starman
as Conrad Bennett
1986
6.8
L.A. Law
as Judge Kent Watson
1986
7.0
The Twilight Zone
as Sheriff Haskin (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
1985
7.8
Hunter
as Father Cusack
1984
7.1
The Lost Empire
as Capt. Hendry
1984
4.7
Gremlins
as Mobil Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1984
7.1
Night Court
as Harrison Kemp
1984
7.3
Strange Invaders
as Arthur Newman
1983
4.8
Falcon Crest
as Judge Randolph Winthrop
1981
5.5
The Howling
as Older Cop
1981
6.6
Airplane!
as Air Controller Neubauer
1980
7.3
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
as Chuck Parks
1980
2.0
Hero at Large
as Firechief Palmer
1980
5.9
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
3.8
Vega$
1978
7.0
Goodbye, Franklin High
as Police Captain
1978
1.7
Wild and Wooly
as Mark Hannah
1978
4.0
Nowhere to Run
as Mohr
1978
7.0
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
as Oliver
1977
0.0
MacArthur
as Admiral Halsey
1977
6.3
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
7.1
Gibbsville
1976
0.0
Gus
as Asst. Warden
1976
6.0
Baby Blue Marine
as Buick Driver
1976
4.9
W.C. Fields and Me
as Parker
1976
7.8
Starsky & Hutch
as Andy Wilkins
1975
7.3
The Wild McCullochs
as Larry Carpenter
1975
3.7
The Rockford Files
as Captain
1974
7.6
The Rockford Files
as University Police Chief Max Kilmore
1974
7.6
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
Petrocelli
as Jason Strafford
1974
7.2
Homebodies
as Construction Boss
1974
6.7
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
as Carl Donahue
1974
6.3
Chopper One
as Sergeant Reardon
1974
5.0
The Death Squad
as Hartman
1974
6.6
The Alpha Caper
as Police Captain
1973
5.5
Coffee, Tea or Me?
as Captain
1973
0.0
Walking Tall
as Augie McCullah
1973
6.6
Barnaby Jones
as Sheriff Tommy Allen
1973
6.9
Barnaby Jones
as Sheriff
1973
6.9
Barnaby Jones
as Ron Hagarty
1973
6.9
Rage
as Col. Alan A. Nickerson
1972
6.5
The Crooked Hearts
as Fisherman
1972
7.8
Kung Fu
as Sheriff Ingram
1972
7.7
The Streets of San Francisco
as Sheriff Kenney
1972
7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
as Commander Judd
1972
7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
as Sheriff Holloway
1972
7.0
The Rookies
1972
6.8
The Candidate
as Floyd J. Starkey
1972
6.5
Ben
as Engineer
1972
5.9
Fireball Forward
as Gen. Dawson
1972
5.0
Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession
as Col. Bill Morgan
1972
3.0
Emergency!
as Doug Barton
1972
7.8
Emergency!
as Crane Operator
1972
7.8
Emergency!
as Capt. Gordon Trigg
1972
7.8
McMillan & Wife
as Sgt. Halliday
1971
6.9
Terror in the Sky
as Capt. Wilson
1971
6.8
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Tony Alexander
1971
6.3
Columbo
as Police Commissioner
1971
8.1
Cannon
1971
6.6
Billy Jack
as Deputy Mike
1971
5.9
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
Night Gallery
as Warden
1970
7.8
Breakout
as Ranger
1970
0.0
The Andersonville Trial
as Board of Military Judges
1970
6.7
Marlowe
as Fred Beifus
1969
6.0
The Outcasts
1968
5.3
Adam-12
as Lt. King
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Don Bates
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Sgt. Bert Strong
1968
7.0
The Outsider
as Joe Kester
1968
5.2
It Takes a Thief
as Captain
1968
7.2
Mannix
as Sheriff
1967
6.7
Mannix
as Ted Bailey
1967
6.7
Mannix
as Sheriff Wells
1967
6.7
Judd for the Defense
1967
7.5
A Time for Killing
as Sgt. Cleehan
1967
4.6
40 Guns to Apache Pass
as Cpl. Bodine
1967
4.9
Ironside
as Mahoney
1967
6.8
Ironside
as Lt. Reynolds
1967
6.8
Family Affair
1966
6.7
A Man Called Adam
as Club Owner
1966
6.0
Daktari
as Col. Simon Tredwell
1966
7.2
The F.B.I.
as Barstow
1965
5.4
I Spy
as Russ Conway
1965
6.5
Daniel Boone
as Taggart
1964
7.0
Temple Houston
as Dan Powers
1963
5.7
Arrest and Trial
as Bill Latham
1963
7.7
The Lieutenant
as Sergeant Baker
1963
6.0
Stark Fear
as Kane
1962
5.0
Stoney Burke
as Ryan
1962
5.7
The Virginian
as Sheriff Howard Acton
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Sheriff Kirby
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Joe Pierce
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Sheriff Dan Porter
1962
6.4
Sam Benedict
1962
6.0
X-15
as Col. Craig Brewster
1961
5.9
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
3.5
The Defenders
as Blakey
1961
5.9
The Americans
1961
6.0
Seven Ways from Sundown
as Lieutenant Herly
1960
5.8
The Rebel
as Major Quincy Bannister
1959
4.7
Bonanza
as Josiah Heath
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Notary
1959
7.5
77 Sunset Strip
as Coach Jarech
1958
6.7
Bat Masterson
as Reed Amherst
1958
6.1
Lawman
as Duncan Clooney
1958
5.6
Lawman
as Tom Bishop
1958
5.6
Behind Closed Doors
as Colonel Pete Kellogg
1958
0.0
Bronco
1958
5.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Vince Slater
1958
6.8
Cry Terror!
as Agent Frank Cole
1958
6.3
🎬
Jefferson Drum
as John Wallach
1958
4.5
Sea Hunt
as Pete Butler
1958
6.6
The Restless Gun
as Sheriff Cash Harcourt
1957
3.0
Perry Mason
as Deputy D.A. Jack Alvin
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Asst. District Attorney Alvin
1957
7.7
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Tim Decker
1957
7.3
The Vampire
as Buck Donnelly
1957
6.2
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Bat Masterson
1957
7.0
Panic!
1957
0.0
The Wings of Eagles
as Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard
1957
6.2
Whirlybirds
as Chuck Martin
1957
5.4
The Search for Bridey Murphy
as Rex Simmons
1956
6.3
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
as Jocko
1956
6.3
The Great Locomotive Chase
as Anthony Murphy
1956
6.3
Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
1956
0.0
The Steel Jungle
as Dr. Lewy
1956
5.1
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
as Jocko
1955
7.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Jeff
1955
7.8
Frontier
1955
5.0
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
Gunsmoke
as Spadden
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Fickett
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Bob Mathison
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Ed Terrall
1955
6.6
It Came from Beneath the Sea
as Cmdr. Pete Mathews
1955
5.6
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
as Col. Jim Bowie
1955
6.4
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
6.2
Rage at Dawn
as Monk Claxton
1955
6.1
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
as James Bowie
1955
6.5
🎬
Captain Fathom
as Jack Clyde
1955
0.0
Davy Crockett
1954
6.1
The Steel Cage
as Steinberg, Convict Painter, segment "The Face"
1954
0.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Jocko
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Anthoney Murphy
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as James Bowie
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Shorty
1954
7.8
Climax!
as Captain Coppedge
1954
3.3
Father Knows Best
as Jack Bramer
1954
6.5
Lassie
as Tom Anderson
1954
6.1
Lassie
as Dan Fuller
1954
6.1
Lassie
as Jim Dixon
1954
6.1
Lassie
as Luke Moran
1954
6.1
Lassie
as Chuck Martin
1954
6.1
Lassie
as Colonel Bill Morgan
1954
6.1
Down Three Dark Streets
as Zack Stewart
1954
5.7
Ring of Fear
as Shreveport
1954
5.0
The Lone Wolf
as Johnny Martin
1954
7.0
Public Defender
as Sgt. Angel
1954
5.7
Public Defender
as Patrolman Don Nelson
1954
5.7
The Bigamist
as Tom Morgan, Defense Attorney
1953
6.4
Fighter Attack
as George
1953
4.5
Letter to Loretta
as David Whitney
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Harry Potter
1953
6.5
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
as Col. Evans
1953
6.6
Angel Face
as Bill Crompton
1953
7.1
Biff Baker U.S.A.
as Tommy Allen
1952
7.5
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
7.3
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Miles Standish
1951
8.6
Dragnet
1951
6.4
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Sergeant Tim Vernon
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Lt. Lambert
1951
7.2
The Thing from Another World
as Captain Patrick Hendry
1951
6.7
Rawhide
as Lt. Wingate (uncredited)
1951
6.7
The Company She Keeps
as Rex Fisher (uncredited)
1951
5.9
The Flying Missile
as Pete McEvoy
1950
4.9
Three Secrets
as Officer (uncredited)
1950
6.4
Right Cross
as Reporter #3
1950
6.6
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.3
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
as Detective Tobey
1950
6.8
My Friend Irma Goes West
as Pilot
1950
6.1
The Gunfighter
as Swede (uncredited)
1950
7.3
One Way Street
as Cop at Second Accident (uncredited)
1950
5.2
When Willie Comes Marching Home
as Lt. K. Geiger (uncredited)
1950
6.8
Twelve O'Clock High
as Sgt. Keller
1949
7.1
The File on Thelma Jordon
as Police Photographer (Uncredited)
1949
6.5
Free For All
as Pilot
1949
6.0
The Lone Ranger
as Deputy Gil Jackson
1949
6.8
Task Force
as Capt. Ken Willliamson (uncredited)
1949
7.0
I Was a Male War Bride
as Red (uncredited)
1949
6.9
The Great Sinner
as Cabbie (uncredited)
1949
6.6
He Walked by Night
as Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited)
1949
6.7
Beyond Glory
as Bit Role (uncredited)
1948
7.3