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Kenneth Jesse Tobey was an American stage, film, and television 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.
Birth Name
Jesse Kenneth Tobey
Born
Friday, 23 March 1917
Died
Sunday, 22 December 2002
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us | Capt. Patrick Hendry | 2005 |
| The Naked Monster | Col. Patrick Hendry | 2005 |
| The Angry Beavers | Scientist / General | 1997 |
| Hellraiser: Bloodline | Hologram-Priest | 1996 |
| Body Shot | Arthur Lassen | 1994 |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Rurigan | 1993 |
| Bob | Gus the Security Guard | 1992 |
| Single White Female | Desk Clerk | 1992 |
| Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Smitty | 1992 |
| Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel | Captain Holiday | 1991 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us | Capt. Patrick Hendry | 2005 |
| The Naked Monster | Col. Patrick Hendry | 2005 |
| The Angry Beavers | Scientist / General | 1997 |
| Hellraiser: Bloodline | Hologram-Priest | 1996 |
| Body Shot | Arthur Lassen | 1994 |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Rurigan | 1993 |
| Bob | Gus the Security Guard | 1992 |
| Single White Female | Desk Clerk | 1992 |
| Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Smitty | 1992 |
| Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel | Captain Holiday | 1991 |
| Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Projectionist | 1990 |
| Ghost Writer | Cop #2 | 1989 |
| Freeway | Monsignor Kavanaugh | 1988 |
| Big Top Pee-wee | Sheriff | 1988 |
| Gregory Peck: His Own Man | Self | 1988 |
| Innerspace | Man in Restroom | 1987 |
| Starman | Conrad Bennett | 1986 |
| L.A. Law | Judge Kent Watson | 1986 |
| The Twilight Zone | Sheriff Haskin (segment "A Day in Beaumont") | 1985 |
| Hunter | Father Cusack | 1984 |
| The Lost Empire | Capt. Hendry | 1984 |
| The Disney Family Album | Jocko | 1984 |
| Gremlins | Mobil Gas Station Attendant | 1984 |
| Night Court | Judge Harrison Kemp | 1984 |
| Strange Invaders | Arthur Newman | 1983 |
| Falcon Crest | Judge Randolph Winthrop | 1981 |
| The Howling | Older Cop | 1981 |
| Airplane! | Air Controller Neubauer | 1980 |
| Hero at Large | Firechief Palmer | 1980 |
| Galactica 1980 | Sheriff | 1980 |
| The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979 |
| Vega$ | Bill Woods | 1978 |
| Goodbye, Franklin High | Police Captain | 1978 |
| Nowhere to Run | Mohr | 1978 |
| MacArthur | Admiral Halsey | 1977 |
| The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Philip Chandler | 1977 |
| Gibbsville | Chief Edmundson | 1976 |
| Gus | Asst. Warden | 1976 |
| Baby Blue Marine | Buick Driver | 1976 |
| W.C. Fields and Me | Parker | 1976 |
| Most Wanted | Harbormaster | 1976 |
| The Family Holvak | McGrath | 1975 |
| The Wild McCullochs | Larry Carpenter | 1975 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Andy Wilkins | 1975 |
| S.W.A.T. | Sergeant | 1975 |
| The Missiles of October | Adm. George W. Anderson Jr. - Chief of Naval Operations | 1974 |
| Homebodies | Construction Boss | 1974 |
| Petrocelli | Jason Strafford | 1974 |
| Dirty Mary Crazy Larry | Carl Donahue | 1974 |
| Movin' On | Richardson | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Barrett | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Captain, University Police Chief Max Kilmore | 1974 |
| Get Christie Love! | 1974 | |
| Get Christie Love! | Sheriff Baxter, Charlie Red | 1974 |
| Firehouse | Barkham | 1974 |
| Chopper One | Sergeant Reardon | 1974 |
| The Death Squad | Hartman | 1974 |
| The Alpha Caper | Police Captain | 1973 |
| The New Perry Mason | Detective Naismith | 1973 |
| Police Story | Det. Fowler, McWalters | 1973 |
| Walking Tall | Augie McCullah | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Ron Hagarty, Sheriff Tommy Allen, Sheriff | 1973 |
| The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Powell | 1972 |
| Rage | Col. Alan A. Nickerson | 1972 |
| The Crooked Hearts | Fisherman | 1972 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Commander Judd, Sheriff Holloway, Sheriff Kenney | 1972 |
| The Candidate | Floyd J. Starkey | 1972 |
| Ben | Engineer | 1972 |
| The Rookies | Radio Officer, Officer Rankin, Officer Corbett | 1972 |
| Fireball Forward | Gen. Dawson | 1972 |
| Kung Fu | Sheriff Ingram | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Doug Barton, Crane Operator, Captain Gordon Trigg | 1972 |
| Cade's County | Arnold Lowell | 1971 |
| Terror in the Sky | Capt. Wilson | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Sgt. Halliday | 1971 |
| Cannon | Sgt. Fred Macklin | 1971 |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Tony Alexander | 1971 |
| Billy Jack | Deputy Mike | 1971 |
| O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Colonel Phillips | 1971 |
| Columbo | Police Commissioner | 1971 |
| Longstreet | Lieutenant Gifford | 1971 |
| The Smith Family | Pete Calfee | 1971 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Sheriff Slocum, Sheriff Kimball | 1971 |
| Men at Law | Lt. Everton | 1970 |
| Breakout | Ranger | 1970 |
| The Andersonville Trial | The Board of Military Judges | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | Warden | 1969 |
| Marlowe | Sgt. Fred Beifus / Fred Beifus | 1969 |
| The Outcasts | Sheriff Pete Garrett | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | Don Bates, Lt. King, Sgt. Bert Strong | 1968 |
| The Outsider | Joe Kester | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Captain | 1968 |
| Mannix | Sheriff Wells, Sheriff, Ted Bailey | 1967 |
| Ironside | Lt. Reynolds, Mahoney | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Dr. Yale Udall | 1967 |
| A Time for Killing | Sgt. Cleehan | 1967 |
| 40 Guns to Apache Pass | Corporal Bodine / Cpl. Bodine | 1967 |
| Family Affair | Steve Jackson | 1966 |
| Iron Horse | Patch | 1966 |
| A Man Called Adam | Club Owner | 1966 |
| Daktari | Col. Simon Tredwell | 1966 |
| The F.B.I. | Barstow | 1965 |
| I Spy | Russ Conway, Gabe | 1965 |
| Our Private World | Dick Robinson | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Taggart | 1964 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Capt. Patrick Hendry (clip from The Thing from Another World (1951)) | 1963 |
| Temple Houston | Dan Powers | 1963 |
| Arrest and Trial | Bill Latham | 1963 |
| Grindl | Jack | 1963 |
| The Lieutenant | Sergeant Baker | 1963 |
| Stark Fear | Cliff Kane / Kane | 1962 |
| Stoney Burke | Ryan | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Sheriff Kirby, Sheriff Howard Acton, Sheriff Dan Porter, Joe Pierce | 1962 |
| Sam Benedict | Lt. Pete Kender | 1962 |
| X-15 | Col. Craig Brewster | 1961 |
| Frontier Circus | Marshal Walden, Frank Mitchell | 1961 |
| Target: The Corruptors! | Delaney | 1961 |
| Ripcord | Reverend Dr. Darrell | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Burke O'Hara | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Blakey | 1961 |
| Tallahassee 7000 | Sheriff Sid McCall | 1961 |
| The Americans | Lt. Jones | 1961 |
| Seven Ways from Sundown | Lieutenant Herly | 1960 |
| Overland Trail | Wyatt Cady | 1960 |
| The Rebel | Major Quincy Bannister | 1959 |
| Laramie | Joe Tanner | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Notary, Josiah Heath | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Coach Jarech | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Reed Amherst | 1958 |
| Lawman | Tom Bishop, Duncan Clooney | 1958 |
| Behind Closed Doors | Colonel Pete Kellogg | 1958 |
| Bronco | Walt Campbell | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Vince Slater | 1958 |
| Cry Terror! | Agent Frank Cole | 1958 |
| Jefferson Drum | John Wallach | 1958 |
| Sea Hunt | Pete Butler | 1958 |
| Jet Pilot | Sergeant | 1957 |
| The Restless Gun | Sheriff Cash Harcourt | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Deputy D.A. Jack Alvin, Asst. District Attorney Alvin | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Tim Decker | 1957 |
| The Vampire | Sheriff Buck Donnelly / Buck Donnelly | 1957 |
| Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Bat Masterson | 1957 |
| Code 3 | Ward Hooper | 1957 |
| Panic! | John Edward Brester | 1957 |
| The Wings of Eagles | Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard | 1957 |
| The O. Henry Playhouse | Chuck Nelson | 1957 |
| Whirlybirds | Chuck Martin | 1957 |
| The Search for Bridey Murphy | Rex Simmons | 1956 |
| The Sheriff of Cochise | Jim Callahan | 1956 |
| Conflict | Larry | 1956 |
| Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Jocko | 1956 |
| The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Lt. Hank Mahoney | 1956 |
| The Steel Jungle | Dr. Lewy | 1956 |
| The Great Locomotive Chase | Anthony Murphy | 1956 |
| Crossroads | Mr. Alston | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jeff | 1955 |
| Celebrity Playhouse | Jim Weston | 1955 |
| Frontier | Wade Trippe, Gabe Sharp, Elmo | 1955 |
| Navy Log | Captain Bright | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Bob Mathison, Ed Terrall, Fickett, Spadden | 1955 |
| It Came from Beneath the Sea | Cmdr. Pete Mathews | 1955 |
| Rage at Dawn | Monk Claxton | 1955 |
| Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier | Col. Jim Bowie | 1955 |
| Science Fiction Theatre | Lieutenant Dunne, Frank Davis | 1955 |
| The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater | Frank, Dennis | 1955 |
| TV Reader's Digest | Herbert | 1955 |
| The Steel Cage | Steinberg, Convict Painter, segment "The Face" / Steinberg - Convict Painter (segment "The Face") | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Anthony Murphy, Jocko, Shorty, James Bowie, Assistant Warden, Anthoney Murphy | 1954 |
| Climax! | Captain Coppedge | 1954 |
| Father Knows Best | Jack Bramer | 1954 |
| Lassie | Tom Anderson, Luke Moran, Jim Dixon, Dan Fuller, Chuck Martin | 1954 |
| Down Three Dark Streets | FBI Agent Zack Stewart / Zack Stewart | 1954 |
| Ring of Fear | Shreveport | 1954 |
| The Whistler | Lt. Thorp | 1954 |
| The Lone Wolf | Johnny Martin | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Sgt. Angel, Patrolman Don Nelson | 1954 |
| Mayor of the Town | Driscoll | 1954 |
| The Bigamist | Tom Morgan, Defense Attorney | 1953 |
| Fighter Attack | George | 1953 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Coach Fred Farrell | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | David Whitney, Harry Potter | 1953 |
| The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | Col. Jack Evans / Col. Evans | 1953 |
| Angel Face | Bill Crompton | 1953 |
| Biff Baker, U.S.A. | Tommy Allen | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Colonel Lake | 1952 |
| The Unexpected | Brode | 1952 |
| Dragnet | (as Ken Tobey) | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | (as Ken Tobey), Lt. Lambert, Sergeant Tim Vernon | 1951 |
| The Thing from Another World | Capt. Patrick Hendry / Captain Patrick Hendry | 1951 |
| Rawhide | Lieutenant Wingate / Lt. Wingate | 1951 |
| Up Front | Cooper | 1951 |
| The Company She Keeps | Rex Fisher | 1951 |
| The Flying Missile | Crewman Pete McEvoy / Pete McEvoy | 1950 |
| Right Cross | Ken, the Third Reporter | 1950 |
| Three Secrets | Officer | 1950 |
| Treasury Men in Action | 1950 | |
| Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Detective Fowler / Detective Tobey | 1950 |
| My Friend Irma Goes West | Pilot | 1950 |
| Love That Brute | Henchman #1 in Cigar Store | 1950 |
| The Gunfighter | Swede | 1950 |
| One Way Street | Cop at Second Accident | 1950 |
| When Willie Comes Marching Home | Lt. K. Geiger | 1950 |
| Twelve O'Clock High | Sgt. Keller - Guard at Gate / Sgt. Keller | 1949 |
| Free for All | Pilot | 1949 |
| The File on Thelma Jordon | Police Photographer / Police Photographer (Uncredited) | 1949 |
| The Doctor and the Girl | Surgeon at Bellevue | 1949 |
| The Lone Ranger | Deputy Gil Jackson | 1949 |
| Task Force | Capt. Ken Willliamson | 1949 |
| I Was a Male War Bride | Red | 1949 |
| The Great Sinner | Cabbie | 1949 |
| Illegal Entry | Dave | 1949 |
| The Stratton Story | Detroit Player | 1949 |
| Fireside Theatre | Larsen, Joe Ellison | 1949 |
| He Walked by Night | Detective Questioning Pete | 1949 |
| Beyond Glory | Bit Role | 1948 |
| This Time for Keeps | Redheaded Soldier at Pool | 1947 |
| Dangerous Venture | Red - Expedition Helper | 1947 |
