| 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 |
| Died | 16 November 1993(1993-11-16) (aged 87) Los Angeles County, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
Ken Renard (1905–1993) was an actor in the United States. He had roles in Strange Fruit on stage in 1945, the film True Grit (1969) and the television series Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957). He was born on November 19, 1905, in Port of Spain, Trinidad as Kenneth Fitzroy Renwick. He died on November 16, 1993, in Los Angeles County, California.
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? 1938?)
- Murder with Music (1941) as Bill Smith, using parts of the film Mistaken Identity
- 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
- 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)
- Thriller (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
Mannix The Huntdown 1967 Television
References
- Hill, Errol; Hatch, James V. (July 17, 2003). A History of African American Theatre. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521624435 – via Google Books.
- "Ken Renard | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- "Ken Renard". Plex.tv. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- Sampson, Henry T. (1995). Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810826052.
- 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.
- "The Chase". www.tcm.com.
- Hawes, William (November 16, 2015). Live Television Drama, 1946-1951. McFarland. ISBN 9781476608495 – via Google Books.
- 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.
- Hampes, William (March 11, 2019). Cowboy Courage: Westerns and the Portrayal of Bravery. McFarland. ISBN 9781476635231 – via Google Books.
External links
- Ken Renard on Find a Grave
- Ken Renard on IMDb