Kenneth Tobey
Date of birth: 1917-03-23
Place of birth: Oakland, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ken Tobey, Kenneth Toby, Kenneth Jesse Tobey
Biography
Kenneth Jesse Tobey (March 23, 1917 – December 22, 2002) was an extremely prolific American 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.
Movie Credits
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988-03-08
Talented and enduring Academy Award-winning star, Gregory Peck, tells how it was when studios ruled
Marlowe
1969-09-19
Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing b
Angel Face
1953-01-02
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayn
Billy Jack
1971-05-01
Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protec
The Thing from Another World
1951-04-05
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at
Nowhere to Run
1978-01-16
Harry's married to Marian and things are not going all that well, so he wants out but somehow feels
Cry Terror!
1958-05-02
A mad bomber holds an innocent family hostage.
A Time for Killing
1967-08-01
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican borde
The Howling
1981-01-21
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitati
Big Top Pee-wee
1988-07-22
Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the cir
Freeway
1988-09-02
A deeply disturbed man goes on a murderous nighttime rampage across Los Angeles.
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957-05-30
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their partic
Captain Fathom
1955-01-01
While traveling in enemy waters, Captain Fathom and his crew detect an anomalous reading of radioact
He Walked by Night
1949-02-06
Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens
The Horror Show
1979-02-06
A history of horror movies.
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953-06-13
The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will
The Naked Monster
2005-04-22
Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fi
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992-07-16
Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
1992-04-24
Right after Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California, in 1955, a toy salesman in town for a conventio
It Came from Beneath the Sea
1955-07-01
A giant octopus, whose feeding habits have been affected by radiation from H-Bomb tests, rises from
The Great Locomotive Chase
1956-06-08
During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South
Down Three Dark Streets
1954-09-03
An FBI Agent takes on the three unrelated cases of a dead agent to track down his killer.
Twelve O'Clock High
1949-12-21
In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of
Right Cross
1950-10-06
A sportswriter forms a ring triangle with a fight manager's daughter and her Mexican-American boxer
40 Guns to Apache Pass
1967-05-01
The Apaches are on the warpath and the Army must defend them. Murphy's mission is to get a shipment
The Wings of Eagles
1957-01-31
The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
Gremlins
1984-06-08
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three i
Strange Invaders
1983-09-16
Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined t
W.C. Fields and Me
1976-03-31
In 1920s New York City, W. C. Fields is a successful headlining entertainer, but when his girlfriend
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956-07-18
Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a
Stark Fear
1962-12-01
A marriage falls apart when a dutiful wife becomes the breadwinner after her husband loses his job.
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
1974-05-17
Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will hel
The Bigamist
1953-12-03
San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of
The Steel Jungle
1956-03-10
The tale of a young bookie, married to a beautiful woman who goes to jail, and becomes involved with
Task Force
1949-08-30
After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and
The Vampire
1957-06-14
A small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats whic
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
1955-11-16
Davy and Georgie end a particularly successful season of trapping and hunting with the hopes of easy
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
1955-02-23
The third of five programs about Davy Crockett involves him, Georgie and a riverboat gambler they me
Seven Ways from Sundown
1960-09-25
A Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and greedy
Rage
1972-11-22
An accidental nerve gas leak by the military kills not only a rancher's livestock, but also his son.
The Search for Bridey Murphy
1956-10-01
After being shown what hypnotism can do, a doctor starts to study it in depth. When he experiments o
The Steel Cage
1954-12-01
Drama set in San Quentin prison.
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990-06-15
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soo
Ring of Fear
1954-07-23
Mystery writer Mickey Spillane tries to help Clyde Beatty deal with a plot to sabotage his circus.
MacArthur
1977-07-15
The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after h
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
1977-12-18
During World War II, an Italian POW is accidentally drafted into the American army.
Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession
1972-01-28
A two-part episode of the original Lassie television series (that aired in 1971) made into a single
The Flying Missile
1950-12-24
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
Fighter Attack
1953-11-29
World War II film set in German occupied Italy. A US fighter pilot is shot down in enemy territory d
Body Shot
1994-03-09
Paparazzi photographer Mickey Dane is obsessed with elusive pop singer Chelsea, and his attempts to
A Man Called Adam
1966-03-16
A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.
Baby Blue Marine
1976-05-05
A would-be Marine fails basic training, and is sent home wearing the "baby blue" fatigues of a washo
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980-03-09
William Conrad stars as a retired L.A.P.D. detective who has moved to Hawaii and taken a job as a co
The Wild McCullochs
1975-05-21
A story about the rich McCulloch Family, their overbearing father and the children's misguided blami
X-15
1961-12-22
X-15 is a 1961 movie that tells a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket plane, the men w
Ben
1972-06-23
A lonely boy becomes good friends with Ben, a rat. This rat is also the leader of a pack of vicious
Innerspace
1987-07-01
Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Acci
Homebodies
1974-09-01
When a quiet group of pensioners learn that their homes are to be torn down to make way for a block
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955-05-25
Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this
The Andersonville Trial
1970-05-17
A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate
Rage at Dawn
1955-03-26
In this film's version of the story, four of the Reno Brothers are corrupt robbers and killers while
Gus
1976-07-07
The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from tea
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950-02-17
When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frus
Free For All
1949-11-01
The discovery of a way of turning petrol into water makes a fortune and romance for the young invent
Hero at Large
1980-02-08
An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery w
Beyond Glory
1948-08-03
Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky vi
I Was a Male War Bride
1949-08-26
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a Frenc
Rawhide
1951-03-25
At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are h
Breakout
1970-12-08
A prison inmate comes up with a plan to break out in order to be near his wife--and also the $50,000
Airplane!
1980-06-27
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to
The Gunfighter
1950-05-26
The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.
The Great Sinner
1949-06-29
A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
Ghost Writer
1989-12-07
A writer moves into a Malibu beach house, and comes up against the ghost of an actress who supposedl
One Way Street
1950-04-01
After stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico t
The Lost Empire
1984-06-22
A police officer and her two companions battle an evil genius with diabolical plans to destroy the w
The Death Squad
1974-01-08
When petty criminals start turning up murdered, a detective discovers they are being killed by a gro
My Friend Irma Goes West
1950-06-25
Singer Steve, friend Seymour and fiance Jane, along with her dizzy blonde room mate Irma, have a ser
Goodbye, Franklin High
1978-04-07
Comic melodrama following the day-to-day life of high school senior Will, a promising but naive athl
Walking Tall
1973-02-22
Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles wit
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950-08-19
Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inm
Three Secrets
1950-10-20
A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California
Hellraiser: Bloodline
1996-03-08
Three generations of the same family deal with the consequences of unleashing the forces of hell.
Terror in the Sky
1971-09-17
On a transcontinental flight, the flight crew suffer from food poisoning and become incapacitated. N
Coffee, Tea or Me?
1973-09-11
An airline stewardess juggles a life that includes a husband in Los Angeles and another one in Londo
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949-11-04
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a t
Fireball Forward
1972-03-05
A hard-nose general takes over a division with a bad combat record.
The Crooked Hearts
1972-11-08
A charming but somewhat larcenous widow attempts to snare a rich bachelor through a lonely hearts cl
The Alpha Caper
1973-10-06
A parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull off a $30-million ar
The Candidate
1972-06-29
Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is w
Wild and Wooly
1978-02-20
A Western adventure — a "Charlie's Angels" on horseback — involving three comely females who meet in
Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
1956-05-30
Fess Parker heads to the set of The Great Locomotive Chase in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The Company She Keeps
1951-01-06
A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.