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Ken Jenkins

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85 Years Old

Ken Jenkins (born August 28, 1940) is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Bob Kelso, the curmudgeonly Chief of Medicine on the American comedy Scrubs. In 1969, he co-founded the Actors Theatre of Louisville and served as the Associate Artistic Director for three years. This institution has produced playwrights such as Beth Henley and Marsha Norman. Jenkins previously appeared on the series Adult Math, as well as episodes of Homefront, The X-Files (episode "Medusa", season 8), Babylon 5 and "Evolution", the Season three premiere episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation "Sliders" (2 episodes, 1999–2000) Dust (2000) TV episode .... Professor Jack Bigelow - Revelations (1999) TV episode .... Robert Clark. He has appeared in the movies Executive Decision, The Abyss, Air America, Last Man Standing, Fled, Gone in 60 Seconds, I Am Sam, The Sum of All Fears, Matewan, Courage Under Fire and the 1998 remake of Psycho. He appeared as the father of Fran Goldsmith in Stephen King's TV miniseries, The Stand. Jenkins also had a role in Clockstoppers. Jenkins can sing and play the acoustic guitar, and is seen doing so on the Scrubs episodes "My Tuscaloosa Heart" and "My Musical". Jenkins also has a recurring role on Cougar Town since October 27, 2010 as Jules' (played by Courteney Cox) father. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Jenkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Born

Dayton, Ohio, USA on 28th August 1940

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The X-Files
Deputy Chief Karras
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
Dr. Paul Stubbs
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Beverly Hills, 90210
Pastor Neal
Scrubs Image
Scrubs
Bob Kelso
Gravity Falls Image
Gravity Falls
Pa (voice)
Gravity Falls Image
Gravity Falls
Pa Duskerton (voice)
Great Performances Image
Great Performances
Aubin
Babylon 5 Image
Babylon 5
Captain Trevor Hall
Chicago Hope Image
Chicago Hope
Jim Carroll
Chicago Hope Image
Chicago Hope
Stanley McGee
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The Equalizer
Sheriff
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Mad About You
Jack Farrer
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Sliders
Robert Clark
Sliders Image
Sliders
Professor Jack Bigelow
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black-ish
Bernie
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Cougar Town
Chick
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Knots Landing
Border Thug
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Early Edition
Winston Thorpe
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Wiseguy
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A Series of Unfortunate Events
Elder Sam
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thirtysomething
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Newhart
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Cybill
Ed
Family Law Image
Family Law
Judge William Jankowski
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The Abyss
Gerard Kirkhill
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Lucky Numbers
Dan Schuff
The Stand Image
The Stand
Peter Goldsmith
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Harvey Beaks
Blister (voice)
Oh Baby Image
Oh Baby
Fred Calloway
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Hearts Afire
Mr. Conway
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I Am Sam
Judge Philip McNeily
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Descending Angel
Sam Murray
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Homefront
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The Magnificent Seven
Frank
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Last Man Standing
Captain Tom Pickett
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The Sum of All Fears
Admiral Pollack
Fled Image
Fled
Warden Nichols
Thirst Image
Thirst
Lou Wolford
Unconquered Image
Unconquered
Dr. Smith
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Heart of Steel
Priest
Matewan Image
Matewan
Sephus Purcell
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Roe vs. Wade
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Mancuso, F.B.I.
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Clockstoppers
NSA Agent Moore
Executive Decision Image
Executive Decision
General Wood
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Back in the Game
Warden
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Courage Under Fire
Joel Walden
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Edge of Honor
Bo Dubs
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The Tailor of Panama
Morecombe
Air America Image
Air America
Major Donald Lemond
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In Fashion
Aubin
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By Dawn's Early Light
Sam
All the Way Image
All the Way
Howard W. Smith
Home Room Image
Home Room
Police Captain
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Love, Lies and Murder
Rubright
In Country Image
In Country
Jim Holly
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Hiroshima
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes
And the Band Played On Image
And the Band Played On
Dr. Dennis Donohue
White Mile Image
White Mile
Jerry Taggart
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In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
Bob Newsom
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Welcome to Paradise
Reverend McNamara
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A Time to Heal
Don
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Girls Weekend
Tom
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Crossing the Bridge
Lou Morgan
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The Outside Woman
Junior Miller
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What Comes Around
Larry
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In Broad Daylight
Bob Webb
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A House of Secrets and Lies
Ed Norwood
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Past the Bleachers
Hilton Burberry
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Dark Avenger
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Disaster at Silo 7
Clarence
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Shattered Dreams
Hal Witt
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Breaking Point
Col. Lowe