Sandy Kenyon

Birthday: 1922-08-05
Deathday: 2010-02-20
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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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

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	2009-10-23	Little Fish, Strange Pond	Elderly Man
	2008-05-31	The Onion Movie	Alzheimers Guy in Crowd
	2004-05-11	The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
	1998-01-01	The Scottish Tale	Arthur Golding
	1987-05-24	Celebration Family
	1985-03-20	The Romance of Betty Boop	Uncle Mischa Bubbles (voice)
	1984-09-07	Down on Us	Alex Stanley
	1982-10-25	Here Comes Garfield	Jon Arbuckle (voice)
	1981-01-01	The Loch Ness Horror	Professor George Sanderson
	1981-01-01	Lifepod	Dematte
	1977-07-15	MacArthur	General Wainwright
	1975-03-14	Rancho Deluxe	Skinny Face (uncredited)
	1974-06-17	Death in Space	Dr. Hart
	1974-04-01	Honky Tonk	Loudmouth
	1974-02-20	A Case of Rape
	1973-11-18	Breezy	Real Estate Agent
	1973-03-15	Tom Sawyer	Constable Clemmens
	1972-02-18	Sweet Kill	Newscaster
	1971-03-11	Travis Logan, D.A.	Arthur Train
	1968-11-26	Something for a Lonely Man	Bleeck
	1967-05-28	Easy Come, Easy Go	Schwartz
	1966-06-10	Nevada Smith	Clerk in Bank
	1960-01-16	Mission of Danger
	1959-03-25	Al Capone	Bones Corelli
	1958-11-20	Old Man	The Deputy
	1958-06-19	A Town Has Turned to Dust	Billy