Kenneth Spencer was born on April 25, 1913 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for his work on Cabin in the Sky (1943), Bataan (1943) and Kaiser Jones (1961). He died on February 25, 1964 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
February 26, 1964, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Place Of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Profession
Actor, Music Department, Soundtrack
Star Sign
Taurus
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Fact
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On 25 Feb 1964 Spencer was a passenger on board Eastern Airlines flight 304 (originating in Mexico City) which departed New Orleans International Airport at 01:59 CST en route to New York with scheduled intermediate stops in Atlanta, Washington-National Airport. The plane, a Douglas DC-8-21, carried 58 passengers and crew. En route from Mexico City the pilot reported an inoperative pitch trim compensator, with the flight completed at reduced airspeed. It was flagged for scheduled repairs at Kennedy Airport upon completion of this flight. The plane reached an altitude of 4,000' and encountered moderate to severe shear wind turbulence, crashing into Lake Ponchartrain at 02:05 CST at a dive angle in excess of 20-degrees. CAB reported probable cause: "The board determined the probable cause of this accident was the degradation of aircraft stability characteristics in turbulence, because of abnormal longitudinal trim component positions." (CAB report File # 1-1006) There were no survivors. It ranks as the worst accident involving a DC-8 in history and the 48th worst aircraft accident in U.S. history as of 7 Mar 2007.
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American bass-baritone who appeared in at least two productions of "Show Boat" onstage and also played supporting roles in two major M-G-M films in the 1940s, before his self-imposed exile to Germany in 1951, where he made films for ten years. However, he did return once to the U.S. in 1955, to star in a television production of Eugene O'Neill's "The Emperor Jones". He was returning to the U.S. again at the time of his tragic death.
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Appeared on Broadway as Joe in the 1946 Broadway revival of "Show Boat", in which he sang "Ol' Man River". This was the longest-running revival of a show up until that time, and the first American production of the show to have its own authentic "original cast album", although this was a revised production which cut three songs and changed some of the lyrics and orchestrations.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Unser Haus in Kamerun
1961
Bismarck
Kaiser Jones
1961
TV Movie
Brutus 'Kaiser' Jones
Tausend Sterne leuchten
1959
Sänger
Armchair Theatre
1958
TV Series
Brutus Jones
Meine schöne Mama
1958
Jimmy
Gruß und Kuß vom Tegernsee
1957
Jimmy
Mein Bruder Josua
1956
Josua Washington Stone
Zum neuen Jahr - das neue Spiel
1956
TV Movie
Singer - Himself
An jedem Finger zehn
1954
Okay
Tanzende Sterne
1952
Singer
Les joyeux pélerins
1951
Kenneth
Bataan
1943
Wesley Eeps
Cabin in the Sky
1943
The General / Rev. Green
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Walk in the Sun
1945
singer: "The Ballads" - uncredited
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bataan
1943
performer: "St. Louis Blues" 1914 - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Musik aus Studio B
1963
TV Series
Singer
Show Band Parade
1958
TV Series
Himself
Treffpunkt Hamburg
1956
TV Movie
Himself - Singer
Die große Chance: Nr. 100 000
1956
TV Movie
Himself - Singer
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Classified X
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Cabin in the Sky (1943) as The General / Rev. Green
Bataan (1943) as Wesley Eeps
Kaiser Jones (1961) as Brutus 'Kaiser' Jones
Mein Bruder Josua (1956) as Josua Washington Stone
$20 Million
