15 Facts About Kene Holliday

Kenneth Earl Holliday was born on June 25,1949 and is an American actor of stage, film, and television.

Kene Holliday is known for his role as Ben Matlock's original private investigator, Tyler Hudson, on Matlock, and as Sgt.

Kene Holliday was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the film Great World of Sound.

Kene Holliday, a product of the Copiague area of Long Island, New York, was raised in a Christian home, born into a Baptist family.

Kene Holliday was nicknamed as Mr Hotshot and was known as a "scoring machine" on and off the football field.

Kene Holliday graduated in 1967 and attended University of Maryland on a full scholarship.

Kene Holliday was "jazzed" by a class he took related to the history of theater and acting became his new passion.

Kene Holliday's first "featuring" television series was Carter Country where he co-starred with Victor French as Sgt.

Kene Holliday was featured in Roots: The Next Generations and starred in a series of pilots which failed to make it to the air as regular series.

Kene Holliday was their first choice to play Matlock's private investigator Tyler Hudson on the Matlock series opposite TV veteran Andy Griffith.

Kene Holliday said in a 2012 interview with Blake Radio that when he was 11 years old he occasionally watched The Andy Griffith Show; he had recognized all the characters from his mentor's show and won the Matlock role.

Kene Holliday was eventually fired from the series due to ongoing concerns around his substance abuse.

Kene Holliday published a book of poetry in 1998 entitled The Book of K-III: The Contemporary Poetics of Kene Holliday.

Kene Holliday became a traveling evangelist, and he and his wife spent the next decade preaching in gospel musicals.

In 2002, Kene Holliday became the round-the-clock caregiver for his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease and subsequently became a member of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.