- Born
- Died
- Birth nameKay Edwin Emmert Kuter
- Height6′ 3½″ (1.92 m)
- Kay E. Kuter was born on April 25, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Last Starfighter (1984), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) and Watermelon Man (1970). He died on November 12, 2003 in Burbank, California, USA.
- Parents
- Deep commanding voice
- From a show business family, his father was pioneer art director Leo "K" Kuter and mother was silent screen actress Evelyn Edler, who died in July 2003 at age 103, just a few months before Kay passed away.
- Character actor best known for his countrified roles, though he was born in Los Angeles. Seesawed between the two bucolic 1960s sitcoms "Petticoat Junction" and "Green Acres" as neighborly farmer Newt Kiley.
- Voiced "Hershey's Kisses" commercials for the last 14 years of his life.
- Directed more than 50 plays and appeared in over 200 stage productions.
- Graduate of Van Nuys High School (California) 1943, which also spawned other Hollywood luminaries: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Redford and many other stars.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content