Bio By Laura Wagner:
Happy birthday to sci-fi icon KENNETH TOBEY (1917-2002). After thoughts of a career in law, Tobey became an actor, appearing on Broadway and doing bit parts in films starting in the mid-'40s. Tobey worked in film and on television extensively up until the '90s, but he will be forever remembered for his hero role in the... classic THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951) as Captain Patrick Hendry. Other genre credits include THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS and IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA. Some of his other films: GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL (as Bat Masterson), THE VAMPIRE, and CRY TERROR!, among many others. Two of my favorite Tobey roles came in DOWN THREE DARK STREETS and THE STEEL CAGE. He starred in the TV series WHIRLYBIRDS from 1957-1963.
Happy birthday to sci-fi icon KENNETH TOBEY (1917-2002). After thoughts of a career in law, Tobey became an actor, appearing on Broadway and doing bit parts in films starting in the mid-'40s. Tobey worked in film and on television extensively up until the '90s, but he will be forever remembered for his hero role in the... classic THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951) as Captain Patrick Hendry. Other genre credits include THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS and IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA. Some of his other films: GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL (as Bat Masterson), THE VAMPIRE, and CRY TERROR!, among many others. Two of my favorite Tobey roles came in DOWN THREE DARK STREETS and THE STEEL CAGE. He starred in the TV series WHIRLYBIRDS from 1957-1963.
