Sandy Kenyon
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 5, 1922
- Died
- Feb 20, 2010 (aged 87)
- Place of birth
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 100
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Sandy Kenyon (born Sanford 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 of Jon Arbuckle, voicing the character in the first Garfield special Here Comes Garfield.
Early years
Kenyon was born in The Bronx, New York, and served as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
Career
Kenyon co-starred as Des Smith in the syndicated television drama Crunch and Des (1956), and portrayed Cashbox Potter in the syndicated adventure series Major Del Conway of the Flying Tigers (1953). Among the many television series in which he guest starred are the westerns: The Rifleman, Colt .45, Yancy Derringer, Have Gun-Will Travel, The Tall Man, Gunsmoke, and Bonanza. In 1961, Kenyon was cast in the role of Ritter on The Americans, a 17-episode NBC series about how the American Civil War divided families.
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 Women and The Twilight Zone.
Death
Kenyon died of kidney cancer at the age of 87 at his home in Los Angeles. CLR
Known for
Filmography
Little Fish, Strange Pond
2009Movie
Elderly Man
The Onion Movie
2008Movie
Alzheimers Guy in Crowd
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
2004Movie
The Scottish Tale
1998Movie
Arthur Golding
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997TV
Mr. Mumbles (segment "The Chalkboard")
War and Remembrance
1988TV
Ed Flynn
Celebration Family
1987Movie
Sledge Hammer!
1986TV
Hearing Chairman
The Romance of Betty Boop
1985Movie
Uncle Mischa Bubbles (voice)
Crazy like a Fox
1984TV
Down on Us
1984Movie
Alex Stanley
Here Comes Garfield
1982Movie
Jon Arbuckle (voice)
The Loch Ness Horror
1981Movie
Professor George Sanderson
Lifepod
1981Movie
Dematte
Semi-Tough
1980TV
Knots Landing
1979TV
Reverend Kathrun
Hart to Hart
1979TV
Lou Grant
1977TV
MacArthur
1977Movie
General Wainwright
Meeting of Minds
1977TV
Quincy, M.E.
1976TV
What's Happening!!
1976TV
Mr. Davidson
The Bionic Woman
1976TV
Barbary Coast
1975TV
Sorensen
Rancho Deluxe
1975Movie
Skinny Face (uncredited)
Police Woman
1974TV
The Rockford Files
1974TV
Mitchell
Petrocelli
1974TV
Death in Space
1974Movie
Dr. Hart
Honky Tonk
1974Movie
Loudmouth
A Case of Rape
1974Movie
Happy Days
1974TV
Breezy
1973Movie
Real Estate Agent
Tom Sawyer
1973Movie
Constable Clemmens
Barnaby Jones
1973TV
Walter Gideon
Kung Fu
1972TV
Sheriff
Delphi Bureau
1972TV
McIntyre
The Streets of San Francisco
1972TV
M*A*S*H
1972TV
Woodruff
The Waltons
1972TV
Willis
The Rookies
1972TV
Sweet Kill
1972Movie
Newscaster
Me and the Chimp
1972TV
Columbo
1971TV
Harris
Cannon
1971TV
Travis Logan, D.A.
1971Movie
Arthur Train
All in the Family
1971TV
Dave the Cop
The Partridge Family
1970TV
Father
Something for a Lonely Man
1968Movie
Bleeck
The Mod Squad
1968TV
The Doris Day Show
1968TV
Zeke Kraley
Adam-12
1968TV
Jack Tennison
Mannix
1967TV
Judd, for the Defense
1967TV
Easy Come, Easy Go
1967Movie
Schwartz
Ironside
1967TV
The Invaders
1967TV
Alien Leader
That Girl
1966TV
Hero
1966TV
Love on a Rooftop
1966TV
Nevada Smith
1966Movie
Clerk in Bank
Hogan's Heroes
1965TV
Colonel Bessler, SS Major Bock, Major Hans Kuehn
The Wild Wild West
1965TV
Gidget
1965TV
I Spy
1965TV
Barnes
Profiles in Courage
1964TV
Webster
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964TV
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963TV
Shep Baggott
The Great Adventure
1963TV
Captain James
The Fugitive
1963TV
Kyle, Sheriff Morris
The Outer Limits
1963TV
Henry Craif
The Virginian
1962TV
Professor, Bert Robinson
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961TV
Doctor, Policeman, Lionel Dann
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Dr. William Galdi
Cain's Hundred
1961TV
Waldo
Gunslinger
1961TV
Willoughby
The Americans
1961TV
The Andy Griffith Show
1960TV
George Hollander
Thriller
1960TV
Mason
The Tall Man
1960TV
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960TV
Eddie
Mission of Danger
1960Movie
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Navigator Hatch, Frank Henderson, Attendant
Riverboat
1959TV
Jeb Grant, Abraham Lincoln
Tightrope
1959TV
Al Capone
1959Movie
Bones Corelli
One Step Beyond
1959TV
Tim Berryman
Rawhide
1959TV
Storekeeper
Old Man
1958Movie
The Deputy
Yancy Derringer
1958TV
Willy Nilly
The Rifleman
1958TV
The Donna Reed Show
1958TV
Peter Gunn
1958TV
A Town Has Turned to Dust
1958Movie
Billy
The Thin Man
1957TV
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957TV
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957TV
Lt. Harry Baker
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Green, Ak, Docker, Bennings, Catlin
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Dale Duncan, Kane
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Fireman