Ken Renard

Actor
Ken Renard
Renard in The Return of Andrew Bentley, a 1961 episode of Thriller
Born
Kenneth Fitzroy Renwick

(1905-11-19)19 November 1905
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Died16 November 1993(1993-11-16) (aged 87)
OccupationActor

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ Hill, Errol; Hatch, James V. (July 17, 2003). A History of African American Theatre. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521624435 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Ken Renard | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  3. ^ "Ken Renard". Plex.tv. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  4. ^ Sampson, Henry T. (1995). Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810826052.
  5. ^ Staff, America Film Institute; Institute, American Film; Afi, American Film (November 14, 1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520209640 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "The Chase". www.tcm.com.
  7. ^ Hawes, William (November 16, 2015). Live Television Drama, 1946-1951. McFarland. ISBN 9781476608495 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Warren, Alan (April 14, 2004). This Is a Thriller: An Episode Guide, History and Analysis of the Classic 1960s Television Series. McFarland. ISBN 9780786419692 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Hampes, William (March 11, 2019). Cowboy Courage: Westerns and the Portrayal of Bravery. McFarland. ISBN 9781476635231 – via Google Books.

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