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, Scott 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,

Scott was cast as Johnny Ringo in the 1963 episode, "The Melancholy Gun", of the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews. In the story line, Ringo, an expert gunslinger with a mysterious past seeks to lead a more respectable life. However, many want to make their reputations by challenging Ringo's shooting skills. Elizabeth MacRae was cast as his romantic interest, Myra Engles . Denver Pyle played a physician in this episode.[3] In the 1964 Death Valley Days episode, "Trial at Belle Springs," Scott played the historical Virgil Earp, who goes undercover to break a robbery ring run by Belle Wilgus (Lynn Bari).[4]

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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
  3. "The Melancholy Gun on Death Valley Days". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  4. "Trial at Belle's Springs on Death Valley Days". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
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