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.

KNOWN FOR

Perry Mason
1960
Columbo
1975
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1994
Bonanza
1968
Ironside
1974
Falcon Crest
1984
L.A. Law
1991
Mannix
1972
Adam-12
1970
The Rockford Files
1977
Little House on the Prairie
1976
Night Court
1985

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
214
2019
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
as Capt. Henry (archive footage)
2005
The Naked Monster
as Col. Patrick Hendry
1997
The Angry Beavers
as Scientist / General (voice)
1996
Hellraiser: Bloodline
as Hologram Priest (uncredited)
1994
Body Shot
as Arthur Lassen
1994
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Rurigan
1992
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
as Smitty
1992
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
as Captain Holiday
1992
Bob
1991
L.A. Law
as Kent Watson
1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Projectionist
1989
Ghost Writer
as Cop #2
1988
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
as Self
1988
Big Top Pee-wee
as Sheriff
1988
Freeway
as Monsignor Kavanaugh
1987
Innerspace
as Man in Restroom
1987
Hunter
as Father Cusack
1986
Starman
as Conrad Bennett
1986
The Twilight Zone
as Sheriff Haskin (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
1985
Night Court
as Harrison Kemp
1984
Gremlins
as Mobil Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1984
The Lost Empire
as Capt. Hendry
1984
Falcon Crest
as Judge Randolph Winthrop
1983
Strange Invaders
as Arthur Newman
1981
The Howling
as Older Cop
1980
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
as Chuck Parks
1980
Hero at Large
as Firechief Palmer
1980
Airplane!
as Air Controller Neubauer
1979
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
Vega$
1979
Barnaby Jones
as Ron Hagarty
1978
Nowhere to Run
as Mohr
1978
Goodbye, Franklin High
as Police Captain
1978
Wild and Wooly
as Mark Hannah
1978
The Rockford Files
as University Police Chief Max Kilmore
1978
Emergency!
as Capt. Gordon Trigg
1977
MacArthur
as Admiral Halsey
1977
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
as Oliver
1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
The Rockford Files
as Captain
1976
W.C. Fields and Me
as Parker
1976
Baby Blue Marine
as Buick Driver
1976
Gus
as Asst. Warden
1976
Little House on the Prairie
as Barrett
1976
Gibbsville
1976
Barnaby Jones
as Sheriff Tommy Allen
1976
The Streets of San Francisco
as Commander Judd
1975
The Wild McCullochs
as Larry Carpenter
1975
Starsky & Hutch
as Andy Wilkins
1975
Petrocelli
as Jason Strafford
1975
Barnaby Jones
as Sheriff
1975
The Streets of San Francisco
as Sheriff Kenney
1975
Columbo
as Police Commissioner
1974
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
as Carl Donahue
1974
Homebodies
as Construction Boss
1974
The Death Squad
as Hartman
1974
The Rookies
1974
Ironside
as Mahoney
1974
McMillan & Wife
as Sgt. Halliday
1974
Chopper One
as Sergeant Reardon
1974
The Streets of San Francisco
as Sheriff Holloway
1974
Emergency!
as Crane Operator
1974
Adam-12
as Don Bates
1973
Walking Tall
as Augie McCullah
1973
Coffee, Tea or Me?
as Captain
1973
The Alpha Caper
as Police Captain
1973
Kung Fu
as Sheriff Ingram
1973
Mannix
as Ted Bailey
1973
Emergency!
as Doug Barton
1973
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Tony Alexander
1972
Rage
as Col. Alan A. Nickerson
1972
Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession
as Col. Bill Morgan
1972
Ben
as Engineer
1972
Fireball Forward
as Gen. Dawson
1972
The Crooked Hearts
as Fisherman
1972
The Candidate
as Floyd J. Starkey
1972
Cannon
1972
Gunsmoke
as Ed Terrall
1972
Mannix
as Sheriff
1972
Night Gallery
as Warden
1972
Bonanza
as Notary
1972
Lassie
as Colonel Bill Morgan
1971
Billy Jack
as Deputy Mike
1971
Terror in the Sky
as Capt. Wilson
1971
The F.B.I.
as Barstow
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1970
The Andersonville Trial
as Board of Military Judges
1970
Breakout
as Ranger
1970
Adam-12
as Lt. King
1970
Mannix
as Sheriff Wells
1970
It Takes a Thief
as Captain
1970
Ironside
as Lt. Reynolds
1970
The Virginian
as Sheriff Howard Acton
1970
The Virginian
as Joe Pierce
1970
Adam-12
as Sgt. Bert Strong
1969
Marlowe
as Fred Beifus
1969
Family Affair
1969
Gunsmoke
as Bob Mathison
1969
Lassie
as Luke Moran
1969
The Outsider
as Joe Kester
1968
The Outcasts
1968
Judd, for the Defense
1968
The Virginian
as Sheriff Dan Porter
1968
Bonanza
as Josiah Heath
1967
A Time for Killing
as Sgt. Cleehan
1967
40 Guns to Apache Pass
as Cpl. Bodine
1967
Daniel Boone
as Taggart
1967
Daktari
as Col. Simon Tredwell
1967
The Virginian
as Sheriff Kirby
1967
Lassie
as Tom Anderson
1967
Lassie
as Jim Dixon
1966
A Man Called Adam
as Club Owner
1965
I Spy
as Russ Conway
1965
The Defenders
as Blakey
1964
Gunsmoke
as Fickett
1964
Temple Houston
as Dan Powers
1963
Arrest and Trial
as Bill Latham
1963
Sam Benedict
1963
The Lieutenant
as Sergeant Baker
1963
Stoney Burke
as Ryan
1962
Stark Fear
as Kane
1962
Target: The Corruptors!
1962
Perry Mason
as Asst. District Attorney Alvin
1962
Lassie
as Dan Fuller
1961
X-15
as Col. Craig Brewster
1961
Sea Hunt
as Pete Butler
1961
The Americans
1961
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Tim Decker
1961
Lawman
as Duncan Clooney
1960
Seven Ways from Sundown
as Lieutenant Herly
1960
77 Sunset Strip
as Coach Jarech
1960
Gunsmoke
as Spadden
1960
Perry Mason
as Deputy D.A. Jack Alvin
1960
Bronco
1960
Bat Masterson
as Reed Amherst
1960
The Rebel
as Major Quincy Bannister
1960
Lawman
as Tom Bishop
1960
Lassie
as Chuck Martin
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Jeff
1959
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Vince Slater
1959
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Shorty
1958
Cry Terror!
as Agent Frank Cole
1958
Navy Log
1958
Jefferson Drum
as John Wallach
1958
Behind Closed Doors
as Colonel Pete Kellogg
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Bat Masterson
1957
The Wings of Eagles
as Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard
1957
The Vampire
as Buck Donnelly
1957
Jet Pilot
1957
Whirlybirds
as Chuck Martin
1957
Panic!
1957
The Restless Gun
as Sheriff Cash Harcourt
1956
The Great Locomotive Chase
as Anthony Murphy
1956
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
as Jocko
1956
The Steel Jungle
as Dr. Lewy
1956
The Search for Bridey Murphy
as Rex Simmons
1956
Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Lt. Hank Mahoney (uncredited)
1956
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Lt. Lambert
1956
Father Knows Best
as Jack Bramer
1956
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Anthoney Murphy
1955
Captain Fathom
as Jack Clyde
1955
It Came from Beneath the Sea
as Cmdr. Pete Mathews
1955
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
as Jocko
1955
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
as James Bowie
1955
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
as Col. Jim Bowie
1955
Rage at Dawn
as Monk Claxton
1955
Climax!
as Captain Coppedge
1955
Frontier
1955
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1955
Letter to Loretta
as Harry Potter
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
as James Bowie
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Jocko
1955
Public Defender
as Sgt. Angel
1955
Science Fiction Theatre
1954
Down Three Dark Streets
as Zack Stewart
1954
The Steel Cage
as Steinberg, Convict Painter, segment "The Face"
1954
Ring of Fear
as Shreveport
1954
Cavalcade of America
1954
Davy Crockett
1954
Letter to Loretta
as David Whitney
1954
Public Defender
as Patrolman Don Nelson
1954
The Lone Wolf
as Johnny Martin
1953
Angel Face
as Bill Crompton
1953
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
as Col. Evans
1953
The Bigamist
as Tom Morgan, Defense Attorney
1953
Fighter Attack
as George
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Miles Standish
1953
Lux Video Theatre
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Sergeant Tim Vernon
1953
Dragnet
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Biff Baker U.S.A.
as Tommy Allen
1951
The Thing from Another World
as Captain Patrick Hendry
1951
Rawhide
as Lt. Wingate (uncredited)
1951
The Company She Keeps
as Rex Fisher (uncredited)
1950
Right Cross
as Reporter #3
1950
The Flying Missile
as Pete McEvoy
1950
When Willie Comes Marching Home
as Lt. K. Geiger (uncredited)
1950
The Gunfighter
as Swede (uncredited)
1950
One Way Street
as Cop at Second Accident (uncredited)
1950
My Friend Irma Goes West
as Pilot
1950
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
as Detective Tobey
1950
Three Secrets
as Officer (uncredited)
1950
The Lone Ranger
as Deputy Gil Jackson
1949
He Walked by Night
as Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited)
1949
Twelve O'Clock High
as Sgt. Keller
1949
Task Force
as Capt. Ken Willliamson (uncredited)
1949
Free For All
as Pilot
1949
I Was a Male War Bride
as Red (uncredited)
1949
The Great Sinner
as Cabbie (uncredited)
1949
The File on Thelma Jordon
as Police Photographer (uncredited)
1948
Beyond Glory
as Bit Role (uncredited)
1947
Dangerous Venture
as Red