Ken Renard Explained

Ken Renard
Birth Name:	Kenneth Fitzroy Renwick
Birth Date:	1905 11, df=y
Death Place:	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,^[1] the film True Grit (1969) and the television series Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957).^[2] 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.^[3]

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?^[4] 1938?)
• Murder with Music (1941) as Bill Smith, using parts of the film Mistaken Identity^[5]
• 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^[6]
• 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
• (1977) as Abbot
• Pete's Dragon (1977) as African-American Townsman (uncredited)

Television

• The Posthumous Dead (1950)^[7]
• Thriller^[8] (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^[9]

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External links

• Ken Renard on Find a Grave
• Ken Renard on IMDb

Notes and References

1. Book: A History of African American Theatre. Errol. Hill. James V.. Hatch. July 17, 2003. Cambridge University Press. 9780521624435. Google Books.
2. Web site: Ken Renard TV Guide. 2020-07-15. TVGuide.com. en.
3. Web site: Ken Renard. 2020-07-15. Plex.tv. en.
4. Book: Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films . 9780810826052 . Sampson . Henry T. . 1995 . Scarecrow Press .
5. Book: Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. America Film Institute. Staff. American Film. Institute. American Film. Afi. November 14, 1997. University of California Press. 9780520209640. Google Books.
6. Web site: The Chase. www.tcm.com.
7. Book: Hawes, William. Live Television Drama, 1946-1951. November 16, 2015. McFarland. 9781476608495. Google Books.
8. Book: Warren, Alan. This Is a Thriller: An Episode Guide, History and Analysis of the Classic 1960s Television Series. April 14, 2004. McFarland. 9780786419692. Google Books.
9. Book: Hampes, William. Cowboy Courage: Westerns and the Portrayal of Bravery. March 11, 2019. McFarland. 9781476635231. Google Books.