Kenneth Tobey

Kenneth Tobey

actor

Kenneth Tobey was born on Mar 23, 1917 in USA. Kenneth Tobey's big-screen debut came with This Time for Keeps directed by Richard Thorpe in 1947, strarring Redheaded Soldier at Pool (uncredited). Kenneth Tobey is known for Gremlins directed by Joe Dante, Hoyt Axton stars as Randall Peltzer and John Louie as Chinese Boy. The upcoming new movie Kenneth Tobey plays is The Naked Monster which will be released on Apr 22, 2005.

Born in Oakland, California, Kenneth Tobey was headed for a law career when he first dabbled in acting at the University of California Little Theater. That experience led to a year and a half of study at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse, where his classmates included Gregory Peck, Eli Wallach and Tony Randall. Throughout the 1940s Tobey acted on Broadway and in stock; he made his film debut in a 1943 short, "The Man on the Ferry." He made his Hollywood film bow in a Hopalong Cassidy Western, and has since appeared in scores of features and on numerous TV series. He even had his own series, Whirlybirds (1957), in which he played an adventurous helicopter pilot.

  • Birthday

    Mar 23, 1917
  • Place of Birth

    Oakland, California, USA

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