Kay E. Kuter

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Kay E. Kuter
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedNovember 12, 2003(2003-11-12) (aged 78)
Burbank, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills
OccupationActor
Years active1954–2003

Kay Edwin Emmert Kuter (April 25, 1925 – November 12, 2003) was an American actor who appeared on television and in films. He is mostly recognized for his role as farmer Newt Kiley on the CBS sitcoms Green Acres and Petticoat Junction, which shared several characters.[1]

The son of famed Hollywood art director

Los Angeles, California
. He performed mostly as a serious actor or "heavy" in many 1960s series, often in a beard, before taking the recurring role on the two comedy series.

He appeared in many films, including

Ben Wright, who died in 1989. In his later years, he did extensive voice acting in video games, including playing the bartender Griswold Goodsoup in The Curse of Monkey Island and Dockmaster Velasco / the casino croupier in Grim Fandango, both well-known LucasArts Adventure games of the 1990s. He was probably best known to video game fans as Werner Huber in The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery. He was the voice of "Hershey's Kisses
" commercials for 14 years.

He made guest appearances on many television series, including

Latvian Orthodox priest, The X-Files episode "The Calusari" as the head Calusari, and Frasier as a vagrant who wants a kiss from Martin Crane
.

Death

Kuter died on November 12, 2003, from

pulmonary complications
at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California, aged 78. His death came only four months after the death of his mother, former Silent film actress Evelyn Edler, who died at the age of 103. He was survived by his sister, Jeane Kuter Harvey and by extended family. He is buried in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery.

Filmography

References

  1. ISBN 9780786417568 – via Google Books
    .

External links
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