Kentotis Alvin Foree Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Large, likable, and muscular actor Ken Foree was born as Kentotis Alvin Foree on February 29, 1948, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Foree attended Loyola University in Chicago and studied acting at Michael Shulman's Performing Gallery in New York City. He began his career in off-Broadway theater and worked as an assistant manager at a restaurant in ...
[on horror films] I am a fan, you know. I grew up with the scare-me-to-death kind of chills every Friday night on Chiller Theater or whatever the Friday night scary movie series was in my home town. I grew up with that, wanting to be afraid and terrorizing my brothers.
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[on film conventions] I enjoy people, especially people who like me. Conventions and film festivals are where the fans congregate. I can't speak for other celebrities, but for me nothing is better than watching movies and talking to the folks who love me. Call me crazy!
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I've had a varied career. Some fans remember me as the actor who always plays the heavy; others say I always play the police detective. Dawn of the Dead (1978) had some influence on my being brought aboard on a few projects, I'm sure. I am just a working actor, although I do believe in fate.
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Great films always hold up. If you can't appreciate the great silent movie All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and Saving Private Ryan (1998) in the same breath, you are missing a whole lot. The same rules apply to horror films: the great ones will always have legs.
Foree Electronics, the store that employs Shaun in Shaun of the Dead (2004), is named after Ken Foree as an inside joke.
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When playing the televangelist in the Dawn of the Dead (2004) remake, he quoted the same line he said as Peter in Dawn of the Dead (1978): "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth."
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Owned a restaurant, Deli Lite, in California.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sara's Cell
2017
pre-production
Joe
Curse of Midnight
2016
completed
Hamilton
The Rift
2016/II
John Smith
Blood Brothers
2015
Homer
Cut/Print
2012
Detective Jack Stanley
The Lords of Salem
2012
Herman Jackson
Water for Elephants
2011
Earl
D.C. Sniper
2010
Video
John Allen Muhammad
Live Evil
2009
Max
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
Video
Luke St. Luke (voice)
Zone of the Dead
2009
Agent Mortimer Reyes
Dead Bones
2008
Short
Barman
30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust
2008
TV Mini-Series
Loan Shark
The Boneyard Collection
2008
Brotherhood of Blood
2007
Stanis
Halloween
2007
Big Joe Grizzly
Splatter Disco
2007
Video
Shank Chubb
Brutal Massacre: A Comedy
2007
Carl Perkins
Black Santa's Revenge
2007
Short
Black Santa
Devil's Den
2006
Leonard
The Devil's Rejects
2005
Charlie Altamont
The Devil's Due at Midnight
2004
Video short
Byron Styles
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2004
Video Game
Pedestrian (voice)
Dawn of the Dead
2004
The Televangelist
The Nightmare Room
2001
TV Series
Coach
Kenan & Kel: Two Heads Are Better Than None
2000
TV Movie
Roger Rockmore
Kenan & Kel
1996-2000
TV Series
Roger Rockmore
The Angry Beavers
1999
TV Series
Unseen Male
The Dentist
1996
Detective Gibbs
Due South
1996
TV Series
Macon Lacroix
The X-Files
1995
TV Series
Vincent Parmelly
Sleepstalker
1995
Video
Detective Rolands
Babylon 5
1995
TV Series
P.F.C. Large
M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994
TV Series
Viper
1994
TV Series
Renegade
1994
TV Series
Clint
Getting By
1993
TV Series
Eddie
Bodies of Evidence
1993
TV Series
Doc Howser
Army of One
1993
Eddie Turner
Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story
1992
TV Movie
First USC Coach
A Mother's Justice
1991
TV Movie
Warren Thurlow
The Royal Family
1991
TV Series
Satchel Paige
The Heroes of Desert Storm
1991
TV Movie
Gunnery Sgt. Leroy Ford
Diplomatic Immunity
1991/I
Del Roy Gaines
K-9
1991
TV Movie
Larry Overby
Night of the Warrior
1991
Oliver
Amen
1991
TV Series
Ax
The Flash
1991
TV Series
Whisper
Hangfire
1991
Billy
Matlock
1990
TV Series
Billy Leon
WIOU
1990
TV Series
Howard
Dallas
1990
TV Series
Howard
Cheers
1990
TV Series
Policeman #1
Fatal Charm
1990
Video
Willy
Taking Care of Business
1990
J.B.
Without You I'm Nothing
1990
Emcee
Down the Drain
1990
Buckley
Quantum Leap
1990
TV Series
The Brush
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
1990
Benny
Death Spa
1989
Marvin
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge
1989
Acardi
Family Matters
1989
TV Series
High Top
Hunter
1985-1989
TV Series
John Masters / Louis McMahon
Life Goes On
1989
TV Series
Jennings
Have Faith
1989
TV Series
Earl
Beauty and the Beast
1989
TV Series
Morley
True Blood
1989
Det. Charlie Gates
Duet
1989
TV Series
Bartender
Almost Grown
1989
TV Series
Boo
L.A. Law
1988
TV Series
Leonard Mosher
Glitz
1988
TV Movie
Moose
Viper
1988
Harley Trueblood
Terror Squad
1988
Deputy Brown
The Tracey Ullman Show
1988
TV Series
Prison Warden
Moonlighting
1987
TV Series
Inmate
From Beyond
1986
Bubba Brownlee
Brothers
1986
TV Series
Stonehand Wallsey
Northstar
1986
TV Movie
Black Astronaut
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986
Big Jake
Knight Rider
1984-1986
TV Series
Spider-Man / Danton
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1985
TV Series
The Fall Guy
1985
TV Series
Leon
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
TV Series
Orderly
227
1985
TV Series
Marvin Grant
Command 5
1985
TV Movie
Air Controller
Riptide
1984
TV Series
Maritime Patrole front desk officer
Santa Barbara
1984
TV Series
Helicopter Pilot
Blue Thunder
1984
TV Series
Alfie
Benson
1984
TV Series
THe Driver
The A-Team
1984
TV Series
Dirkson
Remington Steele
1983
TV Series
Herschel 'The Hammer' Sinclair
T.J. Hooker
1983
TV Series
Bartender
Hill Street Blues
1981-1982
TV Series
Bubba Edwards / Holdup Guy with Shotgun
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982
TV Series
Hugo
Report to Murphy
1982
TV Series
Big Walter
Born to Be Sold
1981
TV Movie
Man
Knightriders
1981
Little John
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
1981
TV Movie
Boxer
Terror Among Us
1981
TV Movie
Prisoner
The Dukes of Hazzard
1981
TV Series
Rollo
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
TV Movie
A Rumor of War
1980
TV Mini-Series
The M.P.
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
Pittsburgh Python Player (uncredited)
The Wanderers
1979
Black Sportsman
Dawn of the Dead
1978
Peter
Kojak
1977
TV Series
T.J. Smith
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
Honey, Potter's Goon
General Hospital
1963
TV Series
Kris (1992)
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Curse of Midnight
2016
producer completed
The Rift
2016/II
co-producer
Wrath of the Dead: Prologue
2014
Short executive producer
D.C. Sniper
2010
Video associate producer
Live Evil
2009
associate producer
Zone of the Dead
2009
associate producer
Dead Bones
2008
Short executive producer
Brotherhood of Blood
2007
co-producer
Splatter Disco
2007
Video associate producer
Black Santa's Revenge
2007
Short producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
D.C. Sniper
2010
Video screenplay
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
D.C. Sniper
2010
Video script consultant
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Travelogue of the Dead: On the Rhodes Again
2010
Video short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Rift: Behind the Scenes
2016
Video short
Himself
Inside Bryan
2015
Video documentary
Himself
Saturday Nightmares: The Ultimate Horror Expo of All Time!
2010
Video
Himself
The Dead Will Rise Forever: Making of Zone of the Dead
2010
Video documentary short
Himself
Two Days in Zone of the Dead
2010
Video documentary short
Himself
Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero
2008
Documentary
Himself
Behind the Scenes of Brutal Massacre
2008
Video documentary short
Carl Perkins
The Horrorhound
2007
Video documentary
Himself
Fan of the Dead
2007
Video documentary
Himself
Working with a Master: Stuart Gordon
2006
Video documentary short
30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects'
2005
Video documentary
Himself - 'Charlie Altamont'
The Dead Will Walk
2004
Video documentary
Himself
Document of the Dead
1985
Documentary
Himself
Il mondo dell'orrore di Dario Argento
1985
Documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Edición Especial Coleccionista
2010-2014
TV Series
Peter
Wrath of the Dead: Prologue
2014
Short
Reyes
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness
2007-2013
TV Series documentary
Peter / Bubba Brownlee / Big Joe Grizzly / ...
Movie Nights
2011
TV Series
Benny
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary
Peter
The Many Masks of Michael Myers
2007
Video documentary short
Big Joe Grizzly
The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'
2003
Video documentary short
Himself / Benny
Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater
1995
TV Series
Brothers
1989
TV Series
Stonehand Wallsey
Hill Street Blues
1982
TV Series
Bubba Edwards
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2007
Hall of Fame
Phoenix International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival