Kenneth Tobey
Kenneth Tobey | |
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Born | Jesse Kenneth Tobey March 23, 1917 Oakland, California, U.S. |
Died | December 22, 2002 | (aged 85)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1943–1997 |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Jesse Kenneth Tobey
Early years
Tobey was born in 1917 in
During
The Thing from Another World
In 1951, Tobey was cast in Howard Hawks' production The Thing from Another World. In this classic sci-fi film he portrays Captain Patrick Hendry, a United States Air Force pilot, who at the North Pole leads a scientific outpost's dogged defense against an alien portrayed by James Arness, later the star of the television series Gunsmoke. Tobey's performance in Hawks' film garnered the actor other parts in science-fiction movies in the 1950s, usually reprising his role as a military officer, such as in The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) and It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955).
Television
Tobey appeared in the 1952 episode "Counterfeit Plates" on the
Tobey then, in 1957, appeared in the
In 1958, Tobey also appeared as John Wallach in the episode "$50 for a Dead Man" in
Tobey also guest-starred in Jack Lord's 1962-1963 ABC adventure series about a rodeo circuit rider, Stoney Burke. In 1967, he performed on the series Lassie, in the episode "Lure of the Wild", playing a retired forest ranger who tames a local coyote. He also appeared as a slave owner named Taggart in "The Wolf Man", a 1967 episode of Daniel Boone, starring Fess Parker.[9] A few of the many other series in which Tobey later performed include Adam-12 (1969), S.W.A.T. (1975) as a desk sergeant who disapporves of Officer Luca's disheveled looks, Gibbsville (1976), MV Klickitat (1978), Emergency! (1975), and Night Court (1985).
He became a semiregular on the NBC drama series
Other films
In 1957, Tobey portrayed a sheriff in The Vampire (a film that some sources today often confuse with the 1935 production Mark of the Vampire). That year, he also appeared in a more prestigious film, serving as a featured supporting character with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, the co-stars of John Ford's The Wings of Eagles.[10] In that film, Tobey, with his naturally red hair on display in vibrant Metrocolor, portrays a highly competitive United States Army Air Service officer. In one memorable scene, he has the distinction of shoving a piece of gooey cake into John Wayne's face, whose character is a rival United States Navy aviation officer. Not surprisingly, a room-wrecking brawl ensues.
Tobey's work over the next several decades was increasingly involved in television productions. He did, though, continue to perform in a range of feature films, such as . [11][12]
Broadway
Although Tobey had a busy acting career in films and on television, he also periodically returned to the stage. In 1964, he began a long run on Broadway opposite
Politics
Tobey was an active member of the Republican party in southern California. He campaigned for Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election and again in 1956. He said he voted for Richard Nixon in 1960, Barry Goldwater in 1964 and Richard Nixon again in 1968.
Later years
As his long career drew to a close, Tobey still received acting jobs from people who had grown up watching his performances in sci-fi films of the 1950s, particularly
Personal life
In 1968 Tobey married June Hutton.[16]
In 2002, after an unspecified but extended illness, Tobey died at age 85 at the Eisenhower Memorial Hospital in Rancho Mirage, California.[17][18] His remains were cremated by the Neptune Society, and his ashes taken by his daughter Tina.[18]
Partial filmography
- The Man of the Ferry (1943, short)
- Dangerous Venture (1947) – Red
- This Time for Keeps (1948) – Redheaded Soldier at Pool (uncredited)
- Beyond Glory (1948) – Bit Role (uncredited)
- He Walked by Night (1948) – Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited)
- The Stratton Story (1949) – Detroit Player (uncredited)
- Illegal Entry (1949) – Dave (uncredited)
- The Great Sinner (1949) – Cabbie (uncredited)
- I Was a Male War Bride (1949) – Red – Seaman (uncredited)
- The Stratton Story (1949)
- Task Force (1949) – Capt. Ken Williamson (uncredited)
- The Doctor and the Girl (1949) – Surgeon at Bellevue (uncredited)
- Free for All (1949) – Pilot
- Twelve O'Clock High (1949) – Sgt. Keller – Guard at Gate (uncredited)
- The File on Thelma Jordon (1950) – Police Photographer (uncredited)
- When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) – Lt. K. Geiger (uncredited)
- One Way Street (1950) – Cop at Second Accident (uncredited)
- Love That Brute (1950) – Henchman #1 in Cigar Store (uncredited)
- The Gunfighter (1950) – Swede (uncredited)
- My Friend Irma Goes West (1950) – Pilot
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) – Det. Fowler
- Right Cross (1950) – Ken, the Third Reporter
- Three Secrets (1950) – Officer (uncredited)
- The Flying Missile (1950) – Crewman Pete McEvoy
- The Company She Keeps (1951) – Rex Fisher (uncredited)
- Up Front (1951) – Cooper (uncredited)
- Rawhide (1951) – Lt. Wingate (uncredited)
- The Thing from Another World (1951) – Captain Patrick Hendry
- Angel Face(1952) – Bill Crompton
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) – Col. Jack Evans
- Fighter Attack (1953) – George
- The Bigamist (1953) – Tom Morgan, Defense Attorney
- Ring of Fear (1954) – Shreveport
- Down Three Dark Streets (1954) – FBI Agent Zack Stewart
- The Steel Cage (1954) – Steinberg, Convict Painter (segment "The Face")
- Jim Bowie
- Rage at Dawn (1955) – Monk Claxton
- It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) – Cmdr. Pete Mathews
- Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956) – Jocko
- The Steel Jungle (1956) – Dr. Lewy
- The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit(1956) – Lt. Hank Mahoney (uncredited)
- The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) – Anthony Murphy
- The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956) – Rex Simmons
- The Wings of Eagles (1957) – Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) – Bat Masterson
- The Vampire (1957) – Sheriff Buck Donnelly
- Jet Pilot (1957) – Sergeant (uncredited)
- Cry Terror! (1958) – Agent Frank Cole (uncredited)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959) (Season 5 Episode 13: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge") – Jeff
- Bat Masterson (TV series) (1960) – Reed Amherst (diamond con man)
- Seven Ways from Sundown (1960) – Texas Ranger Lieutenant Herly
- Perry Mason (1960) – Deputy D.A. Jack Alvin – S4 E3, the I'll Fated Faker
- X-15 (1961) – Col. Craig Brewster
- Sea Hunt (1961), Season 4, Episode 33
- Stark Fear (1962) – Cliff Kane
- 40 Guns to Apache Pass (1966) – Corporal Bodine
- A Man Called Adam (1966) – Club Owner
- A Time for Killing (1967) – Sgt. Cleehan
- Marlowe (1969) – Sgt. Fred Beifus
- Billy Jack (1971) – Deputy Mike
- Terror in the Sky (1971) – Capt. Wilson
- Ben (1972) – Engineer
- The Candidate (1972) – Floyd J. Starkey
- Rage (1972) – Col. Alan A. Nickerson
- Walking Tall (1973) – Augie McCullah
- Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974) – Sheriff Carl Donahue
- Homebodies (1974) – Construction Boss
- The Missiles of October (1974) – Adm. George W. Anderson Jr., Chief of Naval Operations
- The Wild McCullochs (1975) – Larry Carpenter
- W.C. Fields and Me(1976) – Parker
- Baby Blue Marine (1976) – Buick Driver
- Gus (1976) – Asst. Warden
- MacArthur (1977) – Admiral Halsey
- Goodbye, Franklin High (1978) – Police Captain
- Hero at Large (1980) – Firechief
- Airplane! (1980) – Air Controller Neubauer
- The Howling (1981) – Older Cop
- Strange Invaders (1983) – Arthur Newman
- Gremlins (1984) – Mobil Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- The Lost Empire (1984) – Capt. Hendry
- Innerspace (1987) – Man in Restroom
- Big Top Pee-wee (1988) – Sheriff
- Freeway (1988) – Monsignor Kavanaugh
- Ghost Writer (1989) – Cop #2
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) – Projectionist
- Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel (1991) – Capt. Holiday
- Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992) – Smitty
- Single White Female (1992) – Desk Clerk
- Body Shot (1994) – Arthur Lassen
- Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996) – Hologram-Priest (uncredited)
- The Naked Monster (2005) – Col. Patrick Hendry (final film role)
References
- ISBN 0-9714724-4-0. See also:
- "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V25D-Z8Z : 13 December 2014), Jesse K Tobey, 23 Mar 1917; citing Alameda, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
- "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPTX-LQ5 : 15 May 2014), June S Hutton and Jesse K Tobey, Oct 1972; from "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database and images, Ancestry.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-4474-8
- ^ a b "Kenneth Tobey Probably Has Reddest Hair in the World". Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ProQuest 433887545.
Tobey's small role in director Howard Hawks's comedy I Was a Male War Bride in 1949 had so impressed Hawks that when he was producing The Thing, he cast the red-haired actor.
- ^ "Popular Videos-Gunsmoke", episode S06E08 ["The Worm"], originally broadcast October 29, 1960. Full episode available for viewing on YouTube, a subsidiary of Amazon, Seattle, Washington. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ ""Trojan Horse", Lawman, December 31, 1961". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
- ^ "The Wolf Man", Daniel Boone episode S03E18, originally broadcast January 26, 1967. Full episode available for viewing on YouTube. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ Wings of Eagles Archived 2017-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, American Film Institute (AFI) catalog; production details, cast and crew, and plot summary. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
- ^ [History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. V, Pg. 183f]
- ^ "Kenneth Tobey", AFI catalog, filmography. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
- ^ "(Kenneth Tobey search)". Playbill Vault. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ^ Screen Education Notes, Issues 1-8 The Society, 1971
- ^ Film Study: An Analytical Bibliography, Volume 2 By Frank Manchel pg. 1088
- Newspapers.com.
- ProQuest 433887545.
The veteran character actor and B-movie hero died Sunday at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif., after a lengthy illness. [...] Tobey's small role in director Howard Hawks's comedy I Was a Male War Bride in 1949 had so impressed Hawks that when he was producing The Thing, he cast the red-haired actor.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-7992-4. See also:
- Smith, Darrell; Clark, Trey (June 11, 2004). "Valley shares memories of Reagan". The Desert Sun. p. A4. ProQuest 439670727.)
Beginnings: Gov. Reagan meets with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower at a press conference on March 13, 1967, near the entrance to what would become the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. [...] A personal secretary to Bob Hope and a one-time columnist among other things, some of her fondest memories are also of listening to Reagan on WHO radio while a student at Drake University in Des Moines, and later meeting the then-governor at the 1967 groundbreaking ceremony for Eisenhower Memorial Hospital in Rancho Mirage. [...].
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- Smith, Darrell; Clark, Trey (June 11, 2004). "Valley shares memories of Reagan". The Desert Sun. p. A4.
External links
- Kenneth Tobey at IMDb
- Kenneth Tobey at AllMovie
- Kenneth Tobey at the Internet Broadway Database
- Kenneth Tobey discography at Discogs
- Kenneth Tobey at Film Buff Online.com