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Arthur Kent Biography (1955?-)

Born c. 1955, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; son of Arthur Parker (a newspaper editor) and Aileen Kent; married Vickie Lynn Nercy (a model and hairdresser; divorced, 1983). Addresses: Contact: 2184 Torringford St., Torrington, CT 06790-2540.

Nationality

Canadian

Gender

Male

Occupation

Producer, writer, television host

Birth Details

1955?

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Producer, Class of 1984, Vestron Video, 1982
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Host and narrator (select episodes), History Undercover, History Channel, 1998-
• Host, History's Mysteries, History Channel, 1999-2001
• Also appeared as host of Sunday broadcasts, Today (also known as Sunday Today), NBC; correspondent, Dateline NBC, NBC; correspondent, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, PBS.
• Specials
• Host, Backlash in the Wild, PBS, 1993
• A Wedding in Basra, PBS, 1998
• Host and narrator, Unit 731: Nightmare in Manchuria, History Channel, 1999
• Host, Nixon Resignation, History Channel, 1999
• Host and narrator, Making a Buck, History Channel, 2001
• Reporter, Afghanistan: Captives of the Warlords, PBS, 2001
• Host and narrator, Forensic Firsts, History Channel, 2001
• Host, Digging for the Truth: Archaeology and the Bible, History Channel, 2001
• Narrator, Crossing the Bridge, History Channel, 2001
• Host and narrator, America's Lost Bombs: The True Story of Broken Arrows, History Channel, 2001
• Correspondent, Afghanistan: Captives of the Warlords, PBS, 2001
• Also associated with China in Crisis.
• Television Work
• Specials
• Executive producer, A Wedding in Basra, PBS, 1998
• Producer, Terror in the Heartland: The Black Legion, History Channel, 2000
• Photography and producer, America's Lost Bombs: The True Story of Broken Arrows, History Channel, 2001
• Photography, producer, and executive producer, Afghanistan: Captives of the Warlords, PBS, 2001
• WRITINGS
• Television Specials
• Who Destroyed Kiev?, History Channel, 2000
• Terror in the Heartland: The Black Legion, History Channel, 2000
• America's Lost Bombs: The True Story of Broken Arrows, History Channel, 2001
• Nonfiction
• Risk and Redemption: Surviving the Network News Wars, 1996
• Other
• Contributing editor for Maclean's.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Newsmakers 1997, Issue 4, Gale Research, 1997

Periodicals

• Entertainment Weekly, January 23, 1998, p. 72
• People, February 18, 1991, p. 98; December 30, 1991, p. 116; September 7, 1992, p. 83