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Kenneth Tobey(b. March 23, 1917 – December 22, 2002) is an American actor born in Oakland, California. During the 1950s, this longtime genre star fought a variety of monsters in a string of successful films including Mark of the Vampire (1957), It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955), The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953), and the classic, trend-setting The Thing (1951). Tobey's resume also includes Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992), Strange Invaders (1983), The Creature Wasn't Nice (1981), The Howling (1980), Homebodies (1974), and Ben (1972), as well as cameos in Gremlins (1984), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), and Innerspace (1987). Tobey's television credits include installments of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the original Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, and the old Science Fiction Theatre.