Ken Jenkins Biography (1940-)

Born August 28, 1940, in Dayton, OH (some sources say New Boston, OH); children: Matthew, Daniel (an actor), Joshua. Addresses: Agent: Judy Schoen& Associates, 606 N. Larchmont Blvd., Suite 309, Los Angeles, CA 90004.;Office: c/o Scrubs, Touchtone Television, 50 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director
Birth Details: August 28, 1940; Dayton, Ohio, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Sephus Purcell, Matewan, Artisan Entertainment, 1987
Joel Spender, The Wizard of Loneliness, Skouras Pictures, 1988
Gerard Kirkhill, The Abyss, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
Jim Holly, In Country, Warner Bros., 1989
Major Donald Lemond, Air America, TriStar, 1990
Bo Dubs, Edge of Honor, New City Releasing, 1991
Lou Morgan, Crossing the Bridge, Buena Vista, 1992
General Wood, Executive Decision (also known as Critical Decision), Warner Bros., 1996
Warden Laverty, Last Dance, Buena Vista, 1996
Joel Walden, Courage under Fire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
Warden Nichols, Fled, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1996
Captain Tom Pickett, Texas Ranger, Last Man Standing, New Line Cinema, 1996
District attorney, Psycho, MCA/Universal, 1998
Judge Wooley, The Last Marshal, Big Picture Entertainment Group, 1999
Linguist, Where's Marlowe?, Paramount Classics, 1999
(Uncredited) Televangelist, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Buena Vista, 2000
Dan Schuff, Lucky Numbers (also known as Le bon numero), Paramount, 2000
Morecombe, The Tailor of Panama, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001
Judge McNeily, I Am Sam, New Line Cinema, 2001
Agent Moore, Clockstoppers, Paramount, 2002
Police captain, Home Room, 2002
Admiral Pollack, The Sum of All Fears, Paramount, 2002
Television Appearances
Series
Paul Beckstead, Wiseguy, CBS, 1987-1990
Mike Sloan, Homefront, ABC, 1991
Dr. Robert "Bob" Kelso, Scrubs, NBC, 2001-
Movies
In Fashion, 1974
Priest, Heart of Steel, 1983
Clarence, Disaster at Silo 7, ABC, 1988
Colonel Lowe, Breaking Point, ABC, 1989
School board lawyer, Words to Live By, CBS, 1989
Junior Miller, The Outside Woman, ABC, 1989
Roe vs. Wade, NBC, 1989
Hal Witt, Shattered Dreams, CBS, 1990
Dr. Smith, Unconquered, CBS, 1989
Looking Glass Colonel--"Sam," By Dawn's Early Light (also known asRed Alert), HBO, 1990
Underwood, Dark Avenger, CBS, 1990
Sam Murray, Descending Angel, HBO, 1990
Bob Webb, In Broad Daylight, NBC, 1991

Frank Kearns, A Private Matter (also known as Miss Sherri),HBO, 1992
Ed Norwood, A House of Secrets and Lies, CBS, 1992
Dr. Dennis Donohue, And the Band Played On, HBO, 1993
Don Peterson, A Time to Heal (also known as Jenny's Story),NBC, 1994
Jerry Taggart, White Mile, HBO, 1994
Hilton Burberry, Past the Bleachers, ABC, 1995
First investment banker, Balloon Farm, ABC, 1997
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story (also known as Life of the Party: Pamela Harriman), Lifetime, 1998
Lou Wolford, Thirst, NBC, 1998
Mutiny, NBC, 1999
Miniseries
Wolfinger, Family of Spies, CBS, 1990
Don Rubright, Love, Lies and Murder, NBC, 1991
Bob Newsom, In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness(also known as Bitter Blood), CBS, 1994
Peter Goldsmith, The Stand (also known as Stephen King's The Stand), ABC, 1994
James Byrnes, Hiroshima, Showtime, 1995
Herbert Matthews, Fidel, Showtime, 2002
Pilots
Dwayne Pewe, Whattley by the Bay, CBS, 1988
Arnold Gengras, The First Gentleman, CBS, 1994
Episodic
Sheriff, "The Children's Song" (also known as "Father and Son"), The Equalizer, CBS, 1985
The pilot, "Fear of Flying," Amen, 1988
Al Griswold, "Town without Pity," Newhart, 1988
Chick, "Borderline," Knots Landing, 1988
Captain, "Road Work," Dallas, CBS, 1988
Dr. Paul Stubbs, "Evolution," Star Trek: The Next Generation, syndicated, 1989
Sergeant Burdick, "Losing Control," Hard Time on Planet Earth, 1989
"Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die: Parts 1 & 2," Mancuso, FBI,NBC, 1990
"Night of the Living Shred," Mancuso, FBI, NBC, 1990
Lars Durstin, "A Stop at Willoughby," thirtysomething, ABC, 1991
Judge Guisewite, "Back on Track," Sisters, NBC, 1993
Jack Farrer, "Married to the Job," Mad about You, NBC, 1993
Mr. Conway, "The Big Yes," Hearts Afire, CBS, 1994
Ed, "As the World Turns to Crap," Cybill, CBS, 1995
"Legend on His President's Secret Service," Legend, UPN, 1995
Health Marshal Stanley McGee, "The Virus," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1995
Marshall Hastings, "I Love Lucy," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1997
Captain Trevor Hall, "No Surrender, No Retreat," Babylon 5, syndicated, 1997
Paul Cookson, "Tempus Fugit," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1997
Mr. Wheeler, "Witness," The Magnificent Seven, CBS, 1998
Winston Thorpe, "Deadline," Early Edition, CBS, 1998
Jack Humphrey, "Legalese," Vengeance Unlimited, ABC, 1999
Robert Clark, "Revelations," Sliders, Sci-Fi Channel, 1999
Pastor Neal, "Laying Pipe," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1999
Pastor Neal, "Baby, You Can Drive My Car," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1999
Pastor Neal, "Tainted Love," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 2000
Jim Carroll, "Letting Go," Chicago Hope, CBS, 2000
Professor Jack Bigelow, "Dust," Sliders, Sci-Fi Channel, 2000
Mr. Kirschner/Thomas Jefferson, "Barricade," Brutally Normal, TheWB, 2000
Judge William Jankowski, "Love and Money," Family Law, CBS, 2000
Judge William Jankowski, "Generations," Family Law, CBS, 2000
Deputy Chief Karras, "Medusa," The X-Files, Fox, 2001
Dr. Henry Lohman, "Running Scared," All Souls, UPN, 2001
Also appeared as Judge, Evening Shade, CBS; Burt, High Incident; Fred Calloway, Oh Baby.
Stage Appearances
A herald, King Lear, Shakespeare Theatre, Central Park, New York City, 1962
(Broadway debut) The Moon Besieged, 1962
The Duke, Big River, New York City, 1985
Reverend Winemiller, Summer and Smoke, Criterion Theatre, New YorkCity, 1996
Also appeared as title role, Cyrano de Bergerac, title role, Hamlet, Brick, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, in The Three Sisters, The Rainmaker, The Taming of the Shrew, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and The Glass Menagerie, all Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
Stage Director
Directed Full Length Portrait of America, Eden Court, Gun for the Roses, and Chug (one man show), all Festival of New American Plays, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY.

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