Sandy Kenyon
Sandy Kenyon | |
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![]() Sandy Kenyon in an episode ofOne Step Beyond(1959) | |
Born | Sanford Klein August 5, 1922 New York City, U.S. |
Died | February 20, 2010 | (aged 87)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1949–2010 |
Sandy Kenyon(bornSanford Klein;August 5, 1922 – February 20, 2010) was an American actor of film and television. He appeared as a guest actor on numerous television series, including a recurring role on the 1961 TV series,The Americans.He was also the original voice ofJon Arbuckle,voicing the character in the firstGarfieldspecialHere Comes Garfield.
Early years[edit]
Kenyon was born inThe Bronx,New York, and served as a pilot in theU.S. Army Air ForcesduringWorld War II.[1]
Career[edit]
Kenyon co-starred as Des Smith in the syndicated television dramaCrunch and Des(1956),[2]and portrayed Cashbox Potter in the syndicated adventure seriesMajor Del Conway of the Flying Tigers(1953).[2]: 643 Among the manytelevision seriesin which he guest starred are thewesterns:The Rifleman,Colt.45,Yancy Derringer,Have Gun-Will Travel,The Tall Man,Gunsmoke,andBonanza.
In 1960, Kenyon was cast as a pre-presidentialAbraham Lincolnin the episode "No Bridge on the River" of theNBCwestern series,Riverboat.In the story line, Grey Holden (Darren McGavin) sues the railroad when his vessel, theEnterprise,strikes a rail bridge atop theMississippi Riveron a dark, stormy night; Lincoln is the attorney representing the railroad.Tyler McVeyis cast as a judge andDenver Pyleas Jim Bledsoe.
In 1961, Kenyon was cast in the role of Ritter onThe Americans,a 17-episode NBC series about how theAmerican Civil Wardivided families.
In the 1963-1964 season, Kenyon was cast as Shep Baggott in a recurring role in five episodes of theABCwestern series,The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters[2]: 1105 .
Other series in which Kenyon appeared include:Richard Diamond, Private Detective;The Fugitive;Room for One More;All in the Family;Gunsmoke;The Dick Van Dyke Show(including the 2004 reunion special "159th Episode" );That Girl;The Partridge Family;Hogan's Heroes;Adam-12;Kung Fu;Peter Gunn;Quincy, M.E.;Knots Landing;Designing WomenandThe Twilight Zone.[citation needed]
In the filmMacArthur(1977), he portrays GeneralJonathan M. Wainwright,who survived spending most ofWorld War IIin aJapanesePOW camp.His other films includedAl Capone(1959);Easy Come, Easy Go(1967);Tom Sawyer(1973);Breezy(1973);When Time Ran Out(1980);The Loch Ness Horror(1981);Lifepod(1981); andDown on Us(1989).
He voiced Jon Arbuckle in the firstGarfieldanimatedtelevision special,Here Comes Garfield.
Stage productions[edit]
Kenyon performed in the world premiere stage production ofEdna St. Vincent Millay'sConversation at Midnightin Los Angeles, in 1961, in a cast that includedJames Coburn,Jack Albertson,Eduard Franz,andJohn Marley.The play opened at theCoronet Theatre,but was so successful that after two months it moved to the larger 550-seatCivic Playhouse,running for 6 months altogether.Robert Gistdirected the production byWorley Thornein association with Susan Davis. Three years later, Gist and Thorne re-created the production, which again included Kenyon, inBroadway'sBilly Rose Theatre,where—under-financed, unable to afford promotion, or wait for word-of-mouth to kick in, and lacking the charisma and virtuoso acting of James Coburn—it ran for just eight previews and four performances.[3][4]Kenyon also appeared in regional theatre inLos Angeles.[citation needed]
Death[edit]
Kenyon died ofkidney cancerat the age of 87 at his home in Los Angeles.[5]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1959 | Al Capone | Bones Corelli | |
1966 | Nevada Smith | Clerk in Bank | |
1967 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Schwartz | |
1972 | Sweet Kill | Newscaster | |
1973 | Tom Sawyer | Constable Clemmens | |
1973 | Breezy | Real Estate Agent | |
1975 | Rancho Deluxe | Skinny Face | Uncredited |
1977 | MacArthur | General Wainwright | |
1980 | When Time Ran Out | Henderson | |
1981 | Lifepod | Dematte | |
1982 | The Loch Ness Horror | Professor George Sanderson | |
1984 | Down on Us | Alex Stanley | |
1984 | Blame It on the Night | Colonel | |
1998 | The Scottish Tale | Arthur Golding | |
2008 | The Onion Movie | Alzheimers Guy in Crowd | |
2009 | Little Fish, Strange Pond | Elderly Man | (final film role) |
Television[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Coastguardsman Fireman #1 |
Episode: "Shadow on the Heart" Episode: "The Token" |
1951 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Episode: "Rescue" Episode: "Women of Intrigue" | |
1952 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Dale Duncan |
Episode: "Woman with a Sword" Episode: "The Last Command" |
1952 | The Doctor | Episode: "Time to Kill" | |
1954 | Johnny Jupiter | Episode: "The Physical Examination" | |
1954 | Studio One | John Carter | Episode: "An Almanac of Liberty" |
1955 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Episode: "Crisis" | |
1956, 1957 |
Robert Montgomery Presents | Episode: "Soldier from the Wars Returning" Episode: "His Name Was Death" | |
1956, 1957, 1958 |
The Phil Silvers Show | Man in Box Office Crowd (uncredited) Charlie Pete Summers |
Episode: "The Girl from Italy" Episode: "The Mess Hall Mess" Episode: "Bilko the Male Model" |
1958 | The Silent Service | Charlie Yeoman Harris |
Episode: "The Pargo's Lucky Seventh" Episode: "The Sandshark Story" |
1958 | Northwest Passage | Capt. Nathan Hill | Episode: "Break Out" |
1958 | Yancy Derringer | Willy Nilly | Episode: "An Ace Called Spade" Episode: "The Saga of Lonesome Jackson" |
1958 | Steve Canyon | Lt. Michelson | Episode: "Operation Crash Landing" |
1958, 1959 |
Playhouse 90 | Billy The Deputy Martinson |
Episode: "A Town Has Turned to Dust" Episode: "Old Man" Episode: "The Tunnel" |
1958, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 |
Gunsmoke | Green Ak Docker Bennings Catlin |
Episode: "Stage Hold-Up" Episode: "Big Man" Episode: "I Call Him Wonder" Episode: "The New Society" Episode: "Lobo" |
1959 | Rawhide | Storekeeper | Episode: "Incident of the Power and the Plow" |
1959 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Lt. Harry Baker | Episode: "Body of the Crime" Episode: "Boomerang Bait" |
1959 | Colt.45 | Episode: "The Escape" | |
1959 | The Thin Man | Jim Spyder | Episode: "Nora Goes Over the Wall" |
1959 | Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond | Tim Berryman (Reporter) | Episode: "Front Runner" |
1959 | Alcoa Theatre | Ellsworth Show |
Episode: "Goodbye Johnny" Episode: "Boyden vs. Bunty (Dear Mom, Dear Dad)" Episode: "The Day the Devil Hid" |
1959 | Tightrope! | Jeff Stewart | Episode: "Two Private Eyes" |
1959 | The Big Story | Eddie | Episode: "The Hackie Shakedown" |
1959, 1960 |
Peter Gunn | Ed Mooney Charlie Barnes |
Episode: "The Ugly Frame" Episode: "Wings of an Angel" |
1959, 1960 |
Riverboat | Jeb Grant Abraham Lincoln |
Episode: "About Roger Mowbray" Episode: "No Bridge on the River" |
1960 | The Rifleman | Jim Profit | Episode: "Mail Order Groom" |
1960 | The Chevy Mystery Show | Eddie | Episode: "Thunder of Silence" |
1960, 1961 |
Have Gun – Will Travel | Rio Jones Orator Oudry Jeb Turner |
Episode: "Fight at Adobe Wells" Episode: "Out at the Old Ball Park" Episode: "Squatter's Rights" |
1961 | The Americans | Ritter | Episode: "The Regular" Episode: "On to Richmond" |
1961 | Gunslinger | Willoughby | Episode: "Zone" |
1961 | The Tall Man | Sam Nayfack | Episode: "An Item for Auction" |
1961, 1962 |
Dr. Kildare | Dr. William Galdi | Episode: "Winter Harvest" Episode: "The Horn of Plenty" |
1961, 1963 |
The Twilight Zone | Navigator Hatch Frank Henderson The Attendant |
Episode: "The Odyssey of Flight 33" Episode: "The Shelter" Episode: "Valley of the Shadow" |
1962 | Cain's Hundred | Waldo | Episode: "Take a Number: Jack Garsell" |
1962 | Thriller | Mason | Episode: "The Hollow Watcher" |
1962 | Room for One More | Bruce | Episode: "Our Man in Brazil" |
1962 | Checkmate | George Diedrich | Episode: "The Someday Man" |
1962 | The Law and Mr. Jones | Wally Dawson | Episode: "What Can You Learn from Smoke Signals?" |
1962 | Sam Benedict | Hank | Episode: "Hannigan" |
1962 | Wide Country | Walt | Episode: "The Royce Bennett Story" |
1962, 1965 |
The Dick Van Dyke Show | Doctor Allergist Lionel Dann Policeman Cox |
Episode: "The Attempted Marriage" Episode: "Gesundheit, Darling" Episode: "Baby Fat" Episode: "Br-rooom, Br-rooom" Episode: "You're Under Arrest" |
1963 | The Eleventh Hour | Jason Criley | Episode "The Bride Wore Pink" |
1963, 1964 |
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Shep Baggott | Episode: "The Day of Leaving" Episode: "The Day of the Flying Dutchman" Episode: "The Day of the Pawnees" Episode: "The Day of the Picnic" |
1963, 1964 |
The Great Adventure | Capt. James Fletcher Lt. Gators |
Episode: "The Story of Nathan Hale" Episode: "The Colonel from Connecticut" Episode: "Escape" |
1963, 1964 |
Death Valley Days | Plowman Spencer |
Episode: "With Honesty and Integrity" Episode: "The Quiet and the Fury" |
1963, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971 |
The Virginian | Professor Bert Robinson Ben Robbins Rafe Ogden Constable Stokes |
Episode: "The Fatal Journey" Episode: "The Girl on the Pinto" Episode: "Image of an Outlaw" Episode: "Holocaust" Episode: "The Politician" |
1964 | The Outer Limits | Prof. Henry Craif | Episode: "Counterweight" |
1964 | Profiles in Courage | Daniel Webster | Episode: "Daniel Webster" |
1964, 1965 |
The Fugitive | Sheriff Morris Kyle |
Episode: "Angels Travel on Lonely Roads" Episode: "Corner of Hell" |
1964, 1970 |
Bonanza | Charlie Gibson Eliah Meek |
Episode: "Square Deal Sam" Episode: "Caution: Easter Bunny Crossing" |
1965 | The Wild Wild West | Hugo | Episode: "Sudden Death" |
1965 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Army Sergeant | Episode: "Gomer Un-Trains a Dog" |
1965 | Convoy | Dr. Reece | Episode: "The Heart of an Enemy" |
1966 | A Man Called Shenandoah | Matthew Crawson | Episode: "Run, Killer, Run" |
1966 | The Donna Reed Show | Clerk | Episode: "Do It Yourself Donna" |
1966 | Gidget | Rick Farmer | Episode: "Gidget's Career" |
1966, 1967 |
Love on a Rooftop | Jim Lucas | Episode: "My Husband, the Knight" Episode: "The Six Dollar Surprise" Episode: "The Fifty Dollar Misunderstanding" Episode: "King of the Castle" Episode: "One Too Many Cooks" |
1966, 1967 |
The Andy Griffith Show | George Hollander | Episode: "Goober Makes History" Episode: "Opie Steps Up in Class" |
1966, 1967, 1969, 1971 |
Hogan's Heroes | Maj. Hans Kuehn Col. Bessler SS Maj. Bock Capt. Bohrmann Col. Hauptmann |
Episode: "The 43rd, a Moving Story" Episode: "Don't Forget to Write" Episode: "Hot Money" Episode: "The Big Picture" Episode: "Klink for the Defense" |
1967 | I Spy | Barnes | Episode: "Casanova from Canarsie" |
1967 | The Invaders | Alien Leader | Episode: "The Saucer" |
1967, 1969 |
Judd for the Defense | Bernard Sandrow Sgt. Shanley |
Episode: "A Civil Case of Murder" Episode: "Borderline Girl" |
1967, 1969 |
That Girl | Ed Burns Mr. Becker |
Episode: "Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman" Episode: "Mission Improbable" |
1968 | Something for a Lonely Man | Bleeck | TV movie |
1970 | The Name of the Game | Goldstone | Episode: "The Other Kind of Spy" |
1970 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Peterson | Episode: "This Will Really Kill You" |
1970 | The Most Deadly Game | Dr. Fred Herbert | Episode: "Breakdown" |
1970 | Bracken's World | George Rennick | Episode: "Nude Scene" |
1970 | Ironside | Bucky Crawford Kinney |
Episode: "Eden Is the Place We Leave" Episode: "Blackout" |
1970, 1972 |
The Doris Day Show | Randolph Zeke Kraley |
Episode: "A Woman's Intuition" Episode: "There's a Horse Thief in Every Family Tree" |
1970, 1973 |
Mannix | Hammel Liquor Store Owner |
Episode: "A Chance at the Roses" Episode: "The Gang's All Here" |
1971 | The Partridge Family | Father | Episode: "Road Song" |
1971 | The Mod Squad | Bert Petrie | Episode: "Exit the Closer" |
1971, 1975, 1978 |
All in the Family | Dave the Cop Jim Kitchener Herb |
Episode: "Archie Is Worried About His Job" Episode: "Archie the Hero" Episode: "Bogus Bills" |
1972 | Me and the Chimp | Cop #2 | Episode: "My Pet, the Thief" |
1972, 1974 |
Cannon | Matt Seaver Oscar |
Episode: "A Long Way Down" Episode: "Photo Finish" |
1972, 1978 |
Insight | Bert Manager |
Episode: "Killer" Episode: "The Flawed Magi" |
1973 | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Sgt. Mulvaney | Episode: "Pot Luck" |
1973 | The Streets of San Francisco | Roy Chaffee | Episode: "A Room with a View" |
1973 | The Delphi Bureau | McIntyre | Episode: "The Day of Justice Project" |
1973 | Columbo | Harris | Episode: "Candidate for Crime" |
1973, 1976 |
Barnaby Jones | Benjamin Wright Walter Gideon |
Episode: "Echo of a Murder" Episode: "Silent Vendetta" |
1974 | Kung Fu | Sheriff | Episode: "The Gunman" |
1974 | Dusty's Trail | Virgil | Episode: "Wizard of Ooze" |
1974 | A Case of Rape | Mike Bracken | TV movie |
1974 | Petrocelli | Morrow | Episode: "Music to Die By" |
1974 | Apple's Way | Al Werner | Episode: "The Flag" |
1974 | Adam-12 | Jack Tennison | Episode: "Excessive Force" |
1974 | The Rookies | Officer Bell | Episode: "Take Over" |
1975 | Barbary Coast | Sorensen | Episode: "Irish Luck" |
1975 | Happy Days | Uncle Tom | Episode: "Three on a Porch" |
1976 | Maude | Fred | Episode: "Walter's Stigma" |
1976 | The Rockford Files | Mitchell | Episode: "Joey Blue Eyes" |
1976 | M*A*S*H | Master Sgt. Woodruff | Episode: "Lt. Radar O'Reilly" |
1976 | Wonderbug | Holloway | Episode: "The Not So Great Race" |
1977 | The Last Hurrah | Kane | TV movie |
1977 | The Bionic Woman | Dr. Yvon Sanders | Episode: "Max" |
1977 | Police Woman | Fowler | Episode: "Screams" |
1978 | What's Happening!! | Mr. Davidson | Episode: "Going, Going, Gong" |
1978 | The Waltons | Willis | Episode: "The Return" |
1978, 1979 |
Lou Grant | Eddie Talbert | Episode: "Sports" Episode: "Gambling" |
1980 | Eight Is Enough | Joe Jackson | Episode: "Strike" |
1981 | Meeting of Minds | Adam Smith | Episode: "Margaret Sanger/Mahatma Gandhi/Adam Smith" |
1982 | Quincy, M.E. | Capt. McKenna | Episode: "Smoke Screen" |
1982 | Here Comes Garfield | Jon Arbuckle (voice) | TV special |
1982 | Hart to Hart | Louis | Episode: "A Christmas Heart" |
1984, 1985 |
Knots Landing | Rev. Kathrun | 8 episodes |
1985 | Airwolf | Episode: "Natural Born" | |
1985 | The Romance of Betty Boop | Uncle Mischa Bubbles (voice) | TV special |
1985 | Crazy Like a Fox | Episode: "Desert Fox" | |
1988 | Sledge Hammer! | Hearing Chairman | Episode: "It Happened What Night?" |
1988 | War and Remembrance | Ed Flynn | Episode: "Part IV" Episode: "Part V" |
1989 | Designing Women | Bud Frazier | Episode: "Odell" |
1990 | Good Grief | Episode: "Mooses, Masons, and the Secret Life of Trees" | |
1994 | Garfield and Friends | Additional voice | Episode: "The Suburban Jungle/The Thing in the Box/The Feline Philosopher" |
1998 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Mr. Mumbles | Episode: "The Wall/The Chalkboard/The Getaway/The Prescription/Summer Camp" |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Lentz, Harris M. III (2016).Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010.McFarland. p. 224.ISBN978-0-7864-8649-6.Retrieved2 February2019.
- ^abcTerrace, Vincent (2011).Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010(2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 222.ISBN978-0-7864-6477-7.
- ^"Conversation at Midnight"Internet Broadway Database
- ^"Sandy Kenyon"Internet Broadway Database
- ^"Sandy Kenyon Obituary - Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles Times".legacy.com.Retrieved 25 November 2016
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