Ken Renard
Actor
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Ken Renard (1905–1993) was an actor in the United States. He had roles in Strange Fruit on stage in 1945,[1] the film True Grit (1969) and the television series Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957).[2] He was born on November 19, 1905, in Port of Spain, Trinidad as Kenneth Fitzroy Renwick.[citation needed] He died on November 16, 1993, in Los Angeles County, California.[3]
Born
19 November 1905
Kenneth Fitzroy Renwick
19 November 1905
Died16 November 1993 (aged 87)
OccupationActor
Ken Renard | |
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Renard in The Return of Andrew Bentley, a 1961 episode of Thriller | |
| Born | Kenneth Fitzroy Renwick 19 November 1905 |
| Died | 16 November 1993 (aged 87) |
| Occupation | Actor |
He portrayed Toussaint Louverture in the film Lydia Bailey. He appeared on the television show The Name of the Game (1968).
Filmography
Film
- Sugar Hill Baby (1932?[4] 1938?)
- Murder with Music (1941) as Bill Smith, using parts of the film Mistaken Identity[5]
- Killer Diller (1948) as The Great Voodoo
- Lydia Bailey (1952) as Toussaint L'Ouverture (uncredited)
- Something of Value (1957) as Karanja, father of Kimani
- These Thousand Hills (1959) as Happy, the waiter (uncredited)
- Home From the Hill (1960) as Chauncey (Hunnicutt butler)
- Papa's Delicate Condition (1963) as Walter
- The Chase (1966) as Sam[6]
- True Grit (1969) as Yarnell
- Double Indemnity (1973, TV Movie) as Porter
- Sparkle (1976) as Shimmy Dodson
- Treasure of Matecumbe (1976) as Customer
- The Farmer (1977) as Gumshoe
- Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) as Abbot
- Pete's Dragon (1977) as African-American Townsman (uncredited)
Television
- The Posthumous Dead (1950)[7]
- Thriller[8] (1961) as Jacob Blount
- Sam Benedict (1962, Episode: "Maddon's Folly") as Bentley Coombs
- The Outer Limits (1963, Episode: "Corpus Earthling") as Caretaker
- The Name of the Game (1968, Episode: "Ordeal") as William
- Gunsmoke (1975, Episode: "I Have Promises to Keep") as Tonkowa[9]
Mannix The Huntdown 1967 Television