It's All About Kenneth Tobey (Actor) #DailyKenneth #HappyBirthdayKennethTobey
Channel: LaShonda Felton
Date: 20/02/2024

Jesse Kenneth Tobey[1] (March 23, 1917 – December 22, 2002)[2] was an 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. 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 series, Whirlybirds (1957), in which he played an adventurous helicopter pilot.