1. Jesse Kenneth Tobey was an American actor active from the early 1940s into the 1990s, with over 200 credits in film, theatre, and television.
20 Facts About Kenneth Tobey
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Kenneth Tobey then went on to appear in scores of features and on numerous television series.
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That same year, Kenneth Tobey performed in a brief comedy bit in another film, I Was a Male War Bride starring Cary Grant.
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In 1951, Kenneth Tobey was cast in Howard Hawks' production The Thing from Another World.
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In 1957, Kenneth Tobey portrayed a sheriff in The Vampire.
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Kenneth Tobey appeared in the 1952 episode "Counterfeit Plates" on the CBS series Biff Baker, USA, an espionage drama starring Alan Hale Jr.
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Kenneth Tobey portrayed a plainclothes policeman in a 1953 episode of the anthology series Schlitz Playhouse of the Stars starring Angela Lansbury and Morris Ankrum, including a lengthy fistfight between Tobey's and Ankrum's characters.
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Kenneth Tobey guest-starred in three episodes of NBC's Western anthology series Frontier.
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Later that same year, Kenneth Tobey starred in the television series Whirlybirds, a successful CBS and then-syndicated adventure produced by Desilu Studios.
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In 1958, Kenneth Tobey appeared as John Wallach in the episode "$50 for a Dead Man" in Jeff Richards's NBC Western series Jefferson Drum.
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Kenneth Tobey made three guest appearances on Perry Mason, twice in 1960 and once in 1962 as Jack Alvin, a deputy district attorney.
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Kenneth Tobey appeared as a slave owner named Taggart in "The Wolf Man", a 1967 episode of Daniel Boone, starring Fess Parker.
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Kenneth Tobey became a semiregular on the NBC drama series I Spy as the field boss of agents Robinson and Scott, played by Robert Culp and comedian Bill Cosby.
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Kenneth Tobey portrayed a ship's captain on the Rockford Files starring James Garner in an episode titled "There's One in Every Port".
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Kenneth Tobey had continued to act throughout most of the 1990s.
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Kenneth Tobey was an active member of the Republican party in southern California.
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Kenneth Tobey campaigned for Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election and again in 1956.
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Kenneth Tobey said he voted for Richard Nixon in 1960, Barry Goldwater in 1964 and Richard Nixon again in 1968.
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Kenneth Tobey died at age 85 on December 22,2002, at the Eisenhower Memorial Hospital in Rancho Mirage, California, after an unspecified but extended illness.
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Kenneth Tobey's remains were cremated by the Neptune Society, and his ashes taken by his daughter Tina.