Kenneth Tobey

Known for: Acting

Born: 1917-03-23 – 2002-12-22 (aged 85)

From: Oakland, California, USA

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 (179)

TV★ 7.8
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
2013
as Capt. Henry (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Naked Monster
2005
as Col. Patrick Hendry
TV★ 6.9
The Angry Beavers
1997
as Scientist / General (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Hellraiser: Bloodline
1996
as Hologram Priest (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 3.3
Body Shot
1994
as Arthur Lassen
TV★ 7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Rurigan
TV★ 7.6
Bob
1992
MOVIE★ 5.3
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992
as Smitty
MOVIE★ 5.7
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
1992
as Captain Holiday
MOVIE★ 6.5
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
as Projectionist
MOVIE★ 4.5
Ghost Writer
1989
as Cop #2
MOVIE★ 5.1
Freeway
1988
as Monsignor Kavanaugh
MOVIE★ 5.0
Big Top Pee-wee
1988
as Sheriff
MOVIE★ 6.7
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Innerspace
1987
as Man in Restroom
TV★ 7.0
Starman
1986
as Conrad Bennett
TV★ 7.1
L.A. Law
1986
as Kent Watson
TV★ 7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Sheriff Haskin (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
TV★ 7.1
Hunter
1984
as Father Cusack
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Lost Empire
1984
as Capt. Hendry
MOVIE★ 7.1
Gremlins
1984
as Mobil Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
TV★ 7.3
Night Court
1984
as Harrison Kemp
MOVIE★ 4.8
Strange Invaders
1983
as Arthur Newman
TV★ 5.6
Falcon Crest
1981
as Judge Randolph Winthrop
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Howling
1981
as Older Cop
MOVIE★ 7.3
Airplane!
1980
as Air Controller Neubauer
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980
as Chuck Parks
MOVIE★ 5.9
Hero at Large
1980
as Firechief Palmer
MOVIE★ 3.4
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
TV★ 6.9
Vega$
1978
MOVIE★ 3.0
Goodbye, Franklin High
1978
as Police Captain
MOVIE★ 7.0
Wild and Wooly
1978
as Mark Hannah
MOVIE★ 7.0
Nowhere to Run
1978
as Mohr
MOVIE★ 9.0
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
1977
as Oliver
MOVIE★ 6.3
MacArthur
1977
as Admiral Halsey
TV★ 7.1
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
TV★ 10.0
Gibbsville
1976
MOVIE★ 6.0
Gus
1976
as Asst. Warden
MOVIE★ 5.2
Baby Blue Marine
1976
as Buick Driver
MOVIE★ 8.2
W.C. Fields and Me
1976
as Parker
TV★ 7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Andy Wilkins
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Wild McCullochs
1975
as Larry Carpenter
TV★ 7.6
The Rockford Files
1974
as Captain
TV★ 7.9
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Barrett
TV★ 7.2
Petrocelli
1974
as Jason Strafford
MOVIE★ 6.8
Homebodies
1974
as Construction Boss
MOVIE★ 6.4
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
1974
as Carl Donahue
TV★ 7.5
Chopper One
1974
as Sergeant Reardon
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Death Squad
1974
as Hartman
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Alpha Caper
1973
as Police Captain
MOVIE
Coffee, Tea or Me?
1973
as Captain
MOVIE★ 6.6
Walking Tall
1973
as Augie McCullah
TV★ 7.0
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Sheriff Tommy Allen
MOVIE★ 6.7
Rage
1972
as Col. Alan A. Nickerson
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Crooked Hearts
1972
as Fisherman
TV★ 7.7
Kung Fu
1972
as Sheriff Ingram
TV★ 7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Sheriff Holloway
TV★ 6.9
The Rookies
1972
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Candidate
1972
as Floyd J. Starkey
MOVIE★ 6.1
Ben
1972
as Engineer
MOVIE★ 6.5
Fireball Forward
1972
as Gen. Dawson
MOVIE★ 6.0
Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession
1972
as Col. Bill Morgan
TV★ 7.9
Emergency!
1972
as Doug Barton
TV★ 7.0
McMillan & Wife
1971
as Sgt. Halliday
MOVIE★ 7.1
Terror in the Sky
1971
as Capt. Wilson
TV★ 6.5
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Tony Alexander
TV★ 8.1
Columbo
1971
as Police Commissioner
TV★ 6.7
Cannon
1971
MOVIE★ 6.0
Billy Jack
1971
as Deputy Mike
TV★ 7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
TV★ 7.8
Night Gallery
1970
as Warden
MOVIE★ 7.0
Breakout
1970
as Ranger
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Andersonville Trial
1970
as Board of Military Judges
MOVIE★ 6.1
Marlowe
1969
as Fred Beifus
TV★ 6.5
The Outcasts
1968
TV★ 7.1
Adam-12
1968
as Lt. King
TV★ 6.0
The Outsider
1968
as Joe Kester
TV★ 7.2
It Takes a Thief
1968
as Captain
TV★ 6.8
Mannix
1967
as Sheriff
TV★ 7.7
Judd, for the Defense
1967
MOVIE★ 4.6
A Time for Killing
1967
as Sgt. Cleehan
MOVIE★ 5.3
40 Guns to Apache Pass
1967
as Cpl. Bodine
TV★ 6.9
Ironside
1967
as Mahoney
TV★ 6.7
Family Affair
1966
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Man Called Adam
1966
as Club Owner
TV★ 7.3
Daktari
1966
as Col. Simon Tredwell
TV★ 5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
as Barstow
TV★ 6.5
I Spy
1965
as Russ Conway
TV★ 7.0
Daniel Boone
1964
as Taggart
TV★ 6.0
Temple Houston
1963
as Dan Powers
TV★ 8.3
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Bill Latham
TV★ 7.0
The Lieutenant
1963
as Sergeant Baker
MOVIE★ 5.4
Stark Fear
1962
as Kane
TV★ 6.8
Stoney Burke
1962
as Ryan
TV★ 6.5
The Virginian
1962
as Sheriff Kirby
TV★ 6.7
Sam Benedict
1962
MOVIE★ 5.8
X-15
1961
as Col. Craig Brewster
TV★ 5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
TV★ 6.3
The Defenders
1961
as Blakey
TV★ 6.5
The Americans
1961
MOVIE★ 5.9
Seven Ways from Sundown
1960
as Lieutenant Herly
TV★ 5.1
The Rebel
1959
as Major Quincy Bannister
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Josiah Heath
TV★ 7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Coach Jarech
TV★ 6.1
Bat Masterson
1958
as Reed Amherst
TV★ 5.8
Lawman
1958
as Tom Bishop
TV★ 8.0
Behind Closed Doors
1958
as Colonel Pete Kellogg
TV★ 6.0
Bronco
1958
TV★ 7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Vince Slater
MOVIE★ 6.5
Cry Terror!
1958
as Agent Frank Cole
TV★ 5.3
Jefferson Drum
1958
as John Wallach
TV★ 6.7
Sea Hunt
1958
as Pete Butler
TV★ 4.4
The Restless Gun
1957
as Sheriff Cash Harcourt
TV★ 7.7
Perry Mason
1957
as Deputy D.A. Jack Alvin
TV★ 7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Tim Decker
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Vampire
1957
as Buck Donnelly
MOVIE★ 7.0
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
as Bat Masterson
TV★ 8.0
Panic!
1957
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Wings of Eagles
1957
as Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard
TV★ 5.9
Whirlybirds
1957
as Chuck Martin
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Search for Bridey Murphy
1956
as Rex Simmons
MOVIE★ 6.3
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956
as Jocko
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Great Locomotive Chase
1956
as Anthony Murphy
MOVIE
Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
1956
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Steel Jungle
1956
as Dr. Lewy
MOVIE★ 7.0
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
1955
as Jocko
TV★ 7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Jeff
TV★ 7.5
Frontier
1955
TV★ 5.2
Navy Log
1955
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Spadden
MOVIE★ 5.7
It Came from Beneath the Sea
1955
as Cmdr. Pete Mathews
MOVIE★ 6.4
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955
as Col. Jim Bowie
TV★ 6.3
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
MOVIE★ 6.2
Rage at Dawn
1955
as Monk Claxton
MOVIE★ 6.5
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
1955
as James Bowie
MOVIE
Captain Fathom
1955
as Jack Clyde
TV★ 6.1
Davy Crockett
1954
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Steel Cage
1954
as Steinberg, Convict Painter, segment "The Face"
TV★ 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as James Bowie
TV★ 3.8
Climax!
1954
as Captain Coppedge
TV★ 6.7
Father Knows Best
1954
as Jack Bramer
TV★ 6.3
Lassie
1954
as Chuck Martin
MOVIE★ 5.8
Down Three Dark Streets
1954
as Zack Stewart
MOVIE★ 5.8
Ring of Fear
1954
as Shreveport
TV★ 8.0
The Lone Wolf
1954
as Johnny Martin
TV★ 6.3
Public Defender
1954
as Patrolman Don Nelson
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Bigamist
1953
as Tom Morgan, Defense Attorney
MOVIE★ 4.5
Fighter Attack
1953
as George
TV★ 6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
as David Whitney
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953
as Col. Evans
MOVIE★ 7.1
Angel Face
1953
as Bill Crompton
TV★ 7.8
Biff Baker U.S.A.
1952
as Tommy Allen
TV★ 7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
TV★ 4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Miles Standish
TV★ 6.5
Dragnet
1951
TV★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Sergeant Tim Vernon
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Thing from Another World
1951
as Captain Patrick Hendry
MOVIE★ 6.8
Rawhide
1951
as Lt. Wingate (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Company She Keeps
1951
as Rex Fisher (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Flying Missile
1950
as Pete McEvoy
MOVIE★ 6.5
Three Secrets
1950
as Officer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Right Cross
1950
as Reporter #3
TV★ 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
MOVIE★ 6.9
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950
as Detective Tobey
MOVIE★ 6.2
My Friend Irma Goes West
1950
as Pilot
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Gunfighter
1950
as Swede (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.3
One Way Street
1950
as Cop at Second Accident (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
as Lt. K. Geiger (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Twelve O'Clock High
1949
as Sgt. Keller
MOVIE★ 6.6
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949
as Police Photographer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Free For All
1949
as Pilot
TV★ 6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Deputy Gil Jackson
MOVIE★ 7.0
Task Force
1949
as Capt. Ken Willliamson (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
I Was a Male War Bride
1949
as Red (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Great Sinner
1949
as Cabbie (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
He Walked by Night
1949
as Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Beyond Glory
1948
as Bit Role (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Dangerous Venture
1947
as Red