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Kenneth Tobey
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Actor Born: March 23, 1917 in San Francisco, CA Death: December 22, 2002 in Rancho Mirage, CA Biography:Though seemingly born with a battered bulldog countenance and a rattly voice best suited to such lines as "We don't like you kind around these parts, stranger," tough-guy character actor "Kenneth Tobey" was originally groomed for gormless leading man roles when he came to Hollywood in 1949. Possessing too much roughhewn authority to be wasted in romantic leads, Tobey was best served in military roles. One of these was the no-nonsense but likeable Capt. Patrick Hendrey in the 1951 sci-fi classic "The Thing From Another World," a role that typed him in films of a "fantastic" nature for several years thereafter. From 1956 through 1958, Tobey co-starred with "Craig Hill" on the popular syndicated TV adventure series Whirlybirds; up to that time, televiewers were most familiar with Tobey as Jim Bowie in the ratings-busting "Davy Crockett" miniseries. Though often consigned by Hollywood's typecasting system... Full Biography
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