Sandy Kenyon (born Sanford Klein, August 5, 1922 – February 20, 2010), was an American voice-over artist and character actor of film and television. He is perhaps best known for voicing Jon Arbuckle in the first Garfield animated television special, Here Comes Garfield.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 1960, Kenyon was cast as a pre-presidential Abraham Lincoln in the episode "No Bridge on the River" of the NBC western series, Riverboat. In the story line, Grey Holden (Darren McGavin) sues the railroad when his vessel, the Enterprise, strikes a rail bridge atop the Mississippi River on a dark, stormy night; Lincoln is the attorney representing the railroad. Tyler McVey is cast as a judge and Denver Pyle as Jim Bledsoe.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.In the 1963-1964 season, Kenyon was cast as Shep Baggott in a recurring role in five episodes of the ABC western series, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, with child actor Kurt Russell in the title role.Other series in which Kenyon appeared include: Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Room for One More, All in the Family, 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.In the film MacArthur, he portrays General Jonathan M. Wainwright, who survived spending most of World War II in a Japanese POW camp.Kenyon acted on Broadway and in regional theatre in Los Angeles, California. He died peacefully at the age of eighty-seven at his home in Los Angeles. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.
Co-founded the Town and Country Players theatre group in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1946. Appeared on stage both on the East Coast, and in California.
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Character actor and voice artist with distinctively high cheeks who served in the Army Air Corps as a pilot during WWII and pursued acting in New York following his discharge.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
2004
TV Movie
The Scottish Tale
1998
Arthur Golding
Garfield and Friends
1994
TV Series
Good Grief
1990
TV Series
Designing Women
1989
TV Series
Bud Frazier
Down on Us
1989
Alex Stanley
War and Remembrance
1988
TV Mini-Series
Ed Flynn
Sledge Hammer!
1988
TV Series
Hearing Chairman
Crazy Like a Fox
1985
TV Series
The Romance of Betty Boop
1985
TV Short
Uncle Mischa Bubbles (voice)
Knots Landing
1984-1985
TV Series
Reverend Kathrun
Airwolf
1985
TV Series
Blame It on the Night
1984
Colonel
Hart to Hart
1982
TV Series
Louis
Here Comes Garfield
1982
TV Short
Jon Arbuckle (voice)
Quincy M.E.
1982
TV Series
Fire Capt. McKenna
Lifepod
1981
Dematte
The Loch Ness Horror
1981
Professor George Sanderson
Meeting of Minds
1981
TV Series
Adam Smith
Eight Is Enough
1980
TV Series
Joe Jackson
When Time Ran Out...
1980
Henderson
Lou Grant
1978-1979
TV Series
Eddie Talbert
The 3rd Barry Manilow Special
1979
TV Movie
Driving Instructor
All in the Family
1971-1978
TV Series
Herb / Jim Kitchener / Dave
The Waltons
1978
TV Series
Willis
What's Happening!!
1978
TV Series
Mr. Davidson
Police Woman
1977
TV Series
Fowler
The Bionic Woman
1977
TV Series
Dr. Yvon Sanders
The Last Hurrah
1977
TV Movie
Kane
MacArthur
1977
General Wainwright
Wonderbug
1976
TV Series
M*A*S*H
1976
TV Series
Master Sergeant Woodruff
The Rockford Files
1976
TV Series
Mitchell
Barnaby Jones
1973-1976
TV Series
Walter Gideon / Benjamin Wright
Maude
1976
TV Series
Fred
Happy Days
1975
TV Series
Uncle Tom
Barbary Coast
1975
TV Series
Sorensen
Rancho Deluxe
1975
Skinny Face (uncredited)
The Rookies
1974
TV Series
Officer Bell
Adam-12
1974
TV Series
Jack Tennison
Apple's Way
1974
TV Series
Al Werner
Petrocelli
1974
TV Series
Morrow
Death in Space
1974
TV Movie
Dr. Hart
Honky Tonk
1974
TV Movie
Loudmouth
A Case of Rape
1974
TV Movie
Dusty's Trail
1974
TV Series
Virgil
Kung Fu
1974
TV Series
Sheriff
Cannon
1972-1974
TV Series
Oscar / Matt Seaver
Breezy
1973
Real Estate Agent
Columbo
1973
TV Series
Harris
Mannix
1970-1973
TV Series
Liquor Store Owner / Hammel
The Delphi Bureau
1973
TV Series
McIntyre
Tom Sawyer
1973
Constable Clemmens
The Streets of San Francisco
1973
TV Series
Roy Chaffee
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1973
TV Series
Sgt. Mulvaney
Insight
1972
TV Series
Manager
Sweet Kill
1972
Newscaster
The Doris Day Show
1970-1972
TV Series
Randolph / Zeke Kraley
Me and the Chimp
1972
TV Series
Cop # 2
Mod Squad
1971
TV Series
Bert Petrie
Travis Logan, D.A.
1971
TV Movie
Arthur Train
The Partridge Family
1971
TV Series
Father
Hogan's Heroes
1966-1971
TV Series
Colonel Hugo Hauptmann / Captain Bohrmann / SS Major Bock / ...
The Virginian
1963-1971
TV Series
Constable Stokes / Rafe Ogden / Ben Robbins / ...
Ironside
1970
TV Series
Kinney / Bucky Crawford
Bracken's World
1970
TV Series
George Rennick
The Most Deadly Game
1970
TV Series
Dr. Fred Herbert
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1970
TV Series
Peterson
The Name of the Game
1970
TV Series
Goldstone
Bonanza
1964-1970
TV Series
Eliah Meek / Charlie Gibson
That Girl
1967-1969
TV Series
Mr. Becker / Ed Burns
Judd for the Defense
1967-1969
TV Series
Sgt. Shanley / Bernard Sandrow
Gunsmoke
1958-1968
TV Series
Catlin / Bennings / Docker / ...
Something for a Lonely Man
1968
TV Movie
Bleeck
The Andy Griffith Show
1966-1967
TV Series
George Hollander / George - History Teacher
The Invaders
1967
TV Series
Alien Leader
I Spy
1967
TV Series
Barnes
Love on a Rooftop
1966-1967
TV Series
Jim / Jim Lucas
Easy Come, Easy Go
1967
Schwartz
Nevada Smith
1966
Clerk in Bank
Gidget
1966
TV Series
Rick Farmer
The Donna Reed Show
1966
TV Series
Clerk
A Man Called Shenandoah
1966
TV Series
Matthew Crawson
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1962-1965
TV Series
Cox / Policeman / Lionel Dann / ...
Convoy
1965
TV Series
Dr. Reece
Gomer Pyle: USMC
1965
TV Series
Army Sergeant
The Wild Wild West
1965
TV Series
Hugo
The Fugitive
1964-1965
TV Series
Sheriff Morris / Kyle
Profiles in Courage
1965
TV Series
Webster
The Outer Limits
1964
TV Series
Prof. Henry Craif
Death Valley Days
1963-1964
TV Series
Spencer / Plowman
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963-1964
TV Series
Shep Baggott
The Eleventh Hour
1963
TV Series
Jason Criley
The Great Adventure
1963
TV Series
Captain James
The Twilight Zone
1961-1963
TV Series
The Attendant / Frank Henderson / Navigator Hatch
Wide Country
1962
TV Series
Walt
The Law and Mr. Jones
1962
TV Series
Wally Dawson
Checkmate
1962
TV Series
George Diedrich
Room for One More
1962
TV Series
Bruce
Dr. Kildare
1961-1962
TV Series
Dr. William Galdi
Thriller
1962
TV Series
Mason
Cain's Hundred
1962
TV Series
Waldo
Have Gun - Will Travel
1960-1961
TV Series
Jeb Turner / Orator Oudry / Rio Jones
The Tall Man
1961
TV Series
Sam Naylack
Gunslinger
1961
TV Series
Willoughby
The Americans
1961
TV Series
Ritter
Riverboat
1959-1960
TV Series
Abraham Lincoln / Jeb Grant
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
TV Series
Eddie
Peter Gunn
1959-1960
TV Series
Charlie Barnes / Ed Mooney
The Rifleman
1960
TV Series
Jim Profit
Tightrope
1959
TV Series
Jeff Stewart
Playhouse 90
1958-1959
TV Series
Martinson / The Deputy / Billy
Alcoa Theatre
1959
TV Series
One Step Beyond
1959
TV Series
Tim Berryman
The Thin Man
1959
TV Series
Jim Spyder
Colt .45
1959
TV Series
Al Capone
1959
Bones Corelli
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1959
TV Series
Lt. Baker / Harry Baker
Rawhide
1959
TV Series
Storekeeper
Steve Canyon
1958
TV Series
Lt. Michelson
Yancy Derringer
1958
TV Series
Willy Nilly
Northwest Passage
1958
TV Series
Capt. Nathan Hill
The Silent Service
1958
TV Series
Harris / Charlie
The Phil Silvers Show
1956-1958
TV Series
The Photographer / Charlie / Man in box office crowd