Ken Scott (actor)
Ken Scott (born Kenneth E. Schibath; October 13, 1928 – 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)