Ken Scott (actor)
Ken Scott (born Kenneth E. Schibath October 13, 1928 in died December 2, 1986) was an American actor best known for his work in films in the 1950s and on television after that.[1]
Biography
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Kenneth was the son of interior decorator Ernst Schibath and attended school at Erasmus Hall High School and Colby Academy. He worked as a truck driver, an artist, an actor, a salesman and finally a TV announcer at WDSU-TV in New Orleans. Discovered by producer Buddy Adler on a television show. he was contracted to 20th Century Fox on Oct. 8, 1956 with his first work narrating the film Three Brave Men.[2]
He had lead roles in several of the studio's API second features and made appearances in some of Fox's major films. Following his years at Fox he appeared as a guest star on numerous American television series,
Select Credits
- The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
- The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
- Stopover Tokyo (1957)
- Five Gates to Hell (1959)
- The Second Time Around (1961)
- Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
- The Fiercest Heart (1961)
- Police Nurse (1963)
- Raiders from Beneath the Sea (1964)
- The Naked Brigade (1965)
- The Murder Game (1965)
- Fantastic Voyage (1966)
- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
- Psych-Out (1968)