Kenneth Tobey

Kenneth Tobey
Tobey in Stark Fear (1962)
Born
Jesse Kenneth Tobey

(1917-03-23)March 23, 1917
DiedDecember 22, 2002(2002-12-22) (aged 85)
OccupationActor
Years active19431997
Spouse
(m. 1968; died 1973)
Children1

Jesse Kenneth Tobey (March 23, 1917 December 22, 2002) was an American actor active from the early 1940s into the 1990s, with over 200 credits in film, theatre, and television. He is best known for his role as a captain who takes charge of an Arctic military base when it is attacked by a plant-based alien in The Thing from Another World (1951), and a starring role in the 1957-1960 Desilu Productions TV series Whirlybirds.