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)

References

1. AT LAST: Ken Gets the Girl!: As a Heavy He Was Shot, Trampled by Cattle, and Beaten to a Pulp, but That's All Over Now Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963) [Chicago, Ill] 03 Apr 1961: 22.
2. p. 14 Great Bend Tribune February 11, 1962

External links

• Ken Scott at IMDB
• Ken Scott at the TCM Movie Database