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.

Filmography

• Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten — Capt. Henry (archive footage)
• 2005The Naked Monster — Col. Patrick Hendry
• The Angry Beavers — Scientist / General (voice)
• 1996Hellraiser: Bloodline — Hologram Priest (uncredited)
• 1994Body Shot — Arthur Lassen
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Rurigan
• Bob
• 1992Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel — Captain Holiday
• 1992Honey, I Blew Up the Kid — Smitty
• 1990Gremlins 2: The New Batch — Projectionist
• 1989Ghost Writer — Cop #2
• 1988Big Top Pee-wee — Sheriff
• 1988Freeway — Monsignor Kavanaugh
• 1987Innerspace — Man in Restroom
• L.A. Law — Kent Watson
• Starman — Conrad Bennett
• The Twilight Zone — Sheriff Haskin (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
• 1984Gremlins — Mobil Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
• Hunter — Father Cusack
• Night Court — Harrison Kemp
• 1984The Lost Empire — Capt. Hendry
• 1983Strange Invaders — Arthur Newman
• Falcon Crest — Judge Randolph Winthrop
• 1981The Howling — Older Cop
• 1980Airplane! — Air Controller Neubauer
• 1980Hero at Large — Firechief Palmer
• 1980The Murder That Wouldn't Die — Chuck Parks
• 1979The Horror Show — (archive footage)
• 1978Goodbye, Franklin High — Police Captain
• 1978Nowhere to Run — Mohr
• Vega$
• 1978Wild and Wooly — Mark Hannah
• 1977Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready — Oliver
• 1977MacArthur — Admiral Halsey
• The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
• 1976Baby Blue Marine — Buick Driver
• Gibbsville
• 1976Gus — Asst. Warden
• 1976W.C. Fields and Me — Parker
• Starsky & Hutch — Andy Wilkins
• 1975The Wild McCullochs — Larry Carpenter
• Chopper One — Sergeant Reardon
• 1974Dirty Mary Crazy Larry — Carl Donahue
• 1974Homebodies — Construction Boss
• Little House on the Prairie — Barrett
• Petrocelli — Jason Strafford
• 1974The Death Squad — Hartman
• The Rockford Files — Captain, University Police Chief Max Kilmore
• Barnaby Jones — Sheriff Tommy Allen, Ron Hagarty
• 1973Coffee, Tea or Me? — Captain
• 1973The Alpha Caper — Police Captain
• 1973Walking Tall — Augie McCullah
• 1972Ben — Engineer
• Emergency! — Doug Barton, Crane Operator, Capt. Gordon Trigg
• 1972Fireball Forward — Gen. Dawson
• Kung Fu — Sheriff Ingram
• 1972Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession — Col. Bill Morgan
• 1972Rage — Col. Alan A. Nickerson
• 1972The Candidate — Floyd J. Starkey
• 1972The Crooked Hearts — Fisherman
• The Rookies
• The Streets of San Francisco — Sheriff Holloway, Sheriff Kenney, Commander Judd
• Alias Smith and Jones
• 1971Billy Jack — Deputy Mike
• Cannon
• Columbo — Police Commissioner
• McMillan & Wife — Sgt. Halliday
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law — Tony Alexander
• 1971Terror in the Sky — Capt. Wilson
• 1970Breakout — Ranger
• Night Gallery — Warden
• 1970The Andersonville Trial — Board of Military Judges
• 1969Marlowe — Fred Beifus
• Adam-12 — Lt. King, Don Bates, Sgt. Bert Strong
• It Takes a Thief — Captain
• The Outcasts
• The Outsider — Joe Kester
• 196740 Guns to Apache Pass — Cpl. Bodine
• 1967A Time for Killing — Sgt. Cleehan
• Ironside — Mahoney, Lt. Reynolds
• Judd, for the Defense
• Mannix — Sheriff, Ted Bailey, Sheriff Wells
• 1966A Man Called Adam — Club Owner
• Daktari — Col. Simon Tredwell
• Family Affair
• I Spy — Russ Conway
• The F.B.I. — Barstow
• Daniel Boone — Taggart
• Arrest and Trial — Bill Latham
• Temple Houston — Dan Powers
• The Lieutenant — Sergeant Baker
• Sam Benedict
• 1962Stark Fear — Kane
• Stoney Burke — Ryan
• The Virginian — Sheriff Kirby, Sheriff Dan Porter, Joe Pierce, Sheriff Howard Acton
• Target: The Corruptors!
• The Americans
• The Defenders — Blakey
• 1961X-15 — Col. Craig Brewster
• 1960Seven Ways from Sundown — Lieutenant Herly
• Bonanza — Josiah Heath, Notary
• The Rebel — Major Quincy Bannister
• 77 Sunset Strip — Coach Jarech
• Bat Masterson — Reed Amherst
• Behind Closed Doors — Colonel Pete Kellogg
• Bronco
• 1958Cry Terror! — Agent Frank Cole
• Jefferson Drum — John Wallach
• Lawman — Tom Bishop, Duncan Clooney
• Sea Hunt — Pete Butler
• Wanted: Dead or Alive — Vince Slater
• 1957Gunfight at the O.K. Corral — Bat Masterson
• Have Gun, Will Travel — Tim Decker
• 1957Jet Pilot
• Panic!
• Perry Mason — Deputy D.A. Jack Alvin, Asst. District Attorney Alvin
• The Restless Gun — Sheriff Cash Harcourt
• 1957The Vampire — Buck Donnelly
• 1957The Wings of Eagles — Capt. Herbert Allen Hazard
• Whirlybirds — Chuck Martin
• 1956Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker
• 1956Davy Crockett and the River Pirates — Jocko
• 1956The Great Locomotive Chase — Anthony Murphy
• 1956The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit — Lt. Hank Mahoney (uncredited)
• 1956The Search for Bridey Murphy — Rex Simmons
• 1956The Steel Jungle — Dr. Lewy
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Jeff
• 1955Captain Fathom — Jack Clyde
• 1955Davy Crockett at the Alamo — James Bowie
• 1955Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race — Jocko
• 1955Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier — Col. Jim Bowie
• Frontier
• Gunsmoke — Spadden, Fickett, Bob Mathison, Ed Terrall
• 1955It Came from Beneath the Sea — Cmdr. Pete Mathews
• Navy Log
• 1955Rage at Dawn — Monk Claxton
• Science Fiction Theatre
• Climax! — Captain Coppedge
• Davy Crockett
• 1954Down Three Dark Streets — Zack Stewart
• Father Knows Best — Jack Bramer
• Lassie — Chuck Martin, Dan Fuller, Jim Dixon, Tom Anderson, Luke Moran, Colonel Bill Morgan
• Public Defender — Patrolman Don Nelson, Sgt. Angel
• 1954Ring of Fear — Shreveport
• The Lone Wolf — Johnny Martin
• 1954The Steel Cage — Steinberg, Convict Painter, segment "The Face"
• The Wonderful World of Disney — James Bowie, Jocko, Anthoney Murphy, Shorty
• 1953Angel Face — Bill Crompton
• 1953Fighter Attack — George
• Letter to Loretta — David Whitney, Harry Potter
• 1953The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms — Col. Evans
• 1953The Bigamist — Tom Morgan, Defense Attorney
• Biff Baker U.S.A. — Tommy Allen
• Cavalcade of America
• The Ford Television Theatre
• Dragnet
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Miles Standish
• 1951Rawhide — Lt. Wingate (uncredited)
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Sergeant Tim Vernon, Lt. Lambert
• 1951The Company She Keeps — Rex Fisher (uncredited)
• 1951The Thing from Another World — Captain Patrick Hendry
• 1950Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye — Detective Tobey
• Lux Video Theatre
• 1950My Friend Irma Goes West — Pilot
• 1950One Way Street — Cop at Second Accident (uncredited)
• 1950Right Cross — Reporter #3
• 1950The Flying Missile — Pete McEvoy
• 1950The Gunfighter — Swede (uncredited)
• 1950Three Secrets — Officer (uncredited)
• 1950When Willie Comes Marching Home — Lt. K. Geiger (uncredited)
• 1949Free For All — Pilot
• 1949He Walked by Night — Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited)
• 1949I Was a Male War Bride — Red (uncredited)
• 1949Task Force — Capt. Ken Willliamson (uncredited)
• 1949The File on Thelma Jordon — Police Photographer (uncredited)
• 1949The Great Sinner — Cabbie (uncredited)
• The Lone Ranger — Deputy Gil Jackson
• 1949Twelve O'Clock High — Sgt. Keller
• 1948Beyond Glory — Bit Role (uncredited)
• 1947Dangerous Venture — Red

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1988Gregory Peck: His Own Man — Self