Sandy Kenyon
Biography
Sandy Kenyon was an American actor whose credits spanned film and television. Born in The Bronx, New York, he had early syndicated roles as Des Smith in Crunch and Des and Cashbox Potter in Major Del Conway of the Flying Tigers. He guest starred on many television westerns, among them Gunsmoke and Bonanza, and in 1960 played a pre-presidential Abraham Lincoln in an episode of Riverboat. He was Ritter on The Americans and Shep Baggott on The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. His film work included General Jonathan M. Wainwright in MacArthur (1977), as well as Al Capone (1959), Easy Come, Easy Go (1967), Tom Sawyer (1973), and Breezy (1973). He supplied the voice of Jon Arbuckle in the first animated Garfield special, Here Comes Garfield (1982). On stage, he appeared in the 1961 Los Angeles premiere of Conversation at Midnight and a later Broadway production. He died in 2010.
87years old at death
- Born New York City
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 23 years1959 to 1982
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A first
Kenyon was the original voice of Jon Arbuckle. He voiced the character in Here Comes Garfield, the first Garfield special.
Beyond film
Kenyon performed in the 1961 Los Angeles world premiere of Edna St. Vincent Millay's Conversation at Midnight, a production that ran six months after moving to a larger theater.
Beyond film
Three years after the Los Angeles run, Kenyon returned for the Broadway re-creation of Conversation at Midnight at the Billy Rose Theatre, which closed after eight previews and four performances.
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Sandy Kenyon shares two films with Marj Dusay, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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