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'''Ken''' is a common male first name that is shared with the following:
{{DisambigTab|tab1=Cast|subtab1_1=Ken Lynch|subtab1_2=Ken Swofford|tab2=Crew|subtab2_1=Ken Hawryliw|subtab2_2=Kenneth Kobett|subtab1_3=Kenneth Tobey|subtab2_3=Ken Rabehl}}
 
 
== Cast ==
 
* [[Ken Lynch]], the actor who portrayed Doctor [[Horning]] in "[[Experiment in Terra]]".
* [[Ken Swofford]], the actor who portrayed [[General Maxwell]] in "Experiment in Terra".
 
== Crew ==
 
* [[Ken Hawryliw]]
* [[Ken Rabehl]], assistant art director for the [[Miniseries]], and responsible for the [[Monclair]] painting in [[Officer's quarters#Admiral Adama's quarters|William Adama's quarters]].
 
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Ken
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Portrays: Horning (TOS)
Grover (1980)
Date of Birth: July 15, 1910
Date of Death: February 13, 1990
Age at Death: 79
Nationality: USA USA
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Ken Lynch (July 15, 1910—February 13, 1990) was the actor who portrayed Horning in the Original Series episode "Experiment in Terra" and Grover in the Galactica 1980 episode "The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II".

Lynch's career spanned many decades in radio, film and television. From 1949 to 1954 he was the star of the Dumont network television series The Plainclothesman in which the conceit of the show was that his face was never seen on camera, and he appeared from a "point of view" perspective. This led to him playing police detectives in many other productions including a recurring role on Glen Larson's McCloud as Sergeant Grover. Of note, the same name is on his uniform name tag in his Galactica 1980 appearance, undoubtedly an inside-joke.

On the original Star Trek he played Chief Vandenberg in the episode "The Devil In The Dark."

Lynch died at age 79 from a virus on February 13, 1990, in Burbank, California.

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Ken
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Portrays: General Maxwell
Date of Birth: January 02, 1932
Date of Death: November 1, 2018
Age at Death: 86
Nationality: USA USA
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Ken Swofford (born January 2, 1932) is an American actor who portrayed General Maxwell in the Original Series episode "Experiment in Terra".

Born in DuQuoin, Illinois[1], Swofford started his show business career in the early 1960s, quickly finding his niche as playing the "every man".[2]

Swofford's appearances in television, spanning from the 1960s to mid-1990s, include such well-known series as The Six Million Dollar Man, Gunsmoke, Mission Impossible, Adam-12 (with Galactica 1980 actor Kent McCord), The A-Team, Knight Rider and Max Headroom. In 1975, he was a semi-regular on Ellery Queen as newspaper columnist Frank Flannigan.

Swofford had problems with alcoholism, later narrating a video for Mothers Against Drunk Driving in 1983.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 IMDb biography on Ken Swofford (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). Retrieved on 24 October 2007.
  2. Ellery Queen Television Series Companion - Ken Swofford bio (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). Retrieved on 24 October 2007.

Ken
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Portrays: Sheriff (uncredited)
Date of Birth: March 23, 1917
Date of Death: December 22, 2002
Age at Death: 85
Nationality: USA USA
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Jesse Kenneth Tobey (March 23, 1917―December 22, 2002) is the American actor who portrayed an unnamed sheriff in Galactica 1980's "Space Croppers".

Tobey's other genre appearances include Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Twilight Zone, and Night Gallery, along with numerous other appearances in other non-genre entries throughout his six decade career in television and film.

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Role: Property Master
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Kenneth H. Hawryliw is the property master for the Re-imagined Series (with the exception of the Miniseries) and prequel series Caprica.

A nod to Hawryliw exists in the form of a label on a bottle of alcohol, which the character of Leon Grimes uses to strike Lee "Apollo" Adama in the head with in "Colonial Day". A second is given in "Retribution" when a personnel file for Lillian Teller lists Hawryliw Robotics Inc. as her previous employer.

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Ken
Role: Re-Recording Mixer
BSG Universe: Re-imagined Series and Caprica
Date of Birth:
Date of Death: Missing required parameter 1=month! ,
Nationality: USA USA
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Kenneth Kobett, C.A.S. (also credited as Ken Kobett or Kenneth R. Kobett) is a re-recording mixer and sound editor who worked on the Re-imagined Series and Caprica. With over 150 television and film credits spanning multiple decades, Kobett is a three-time Emmy Award winner known for his expertise in sound effects mixing and innovative sound design.

Kobett's early television work includes serving as a utility crew member on Camp Midnite in 1989[1] and re-recording mixer work on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman for CBS.[2] He also served as re-recording mixer on The Simpsons Season 10 episode "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken."[3]

Professional Partnership with Michael Olman

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Kobett formed a long-standing professional partnership with Michael Olman, with the two frequently working together as a re-recording mixer team. In their collaborations, Kobett typically handles sound effects mixing while Olman mixes dialogue.[4]

The duo's first major collaboration was on The Shield, where they worked together on Seasons 1 and 2.[4] They went on to work together extensively on 24, where Kobett and Olman replaced Rick Ash and Joe Earle after the series premiere.[5]

Work on 24

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Kobett's work on 24 established him as an innovative sound designer. He is credited with creating the show's iconic ticking clock sound effect that appears at the beginning and end of each act, which became the series' signature audio trademark.[6]

Working alongside Olman, Kobett collaborated closely with sound designer and editor Jeffrey Whitcher, who created ambient sounds from his home studio and fed tracks to Kobett via FTP upload.[6] According to Kobett, Whitcher "cuts all the effects and backgrounds. He covers anything that comes up in spotting, and interjects his own thoughts and ideas about what is transpiring in a scene."[6]

The mixers on 24 worked under tight deadlines, completing mixes in just two nine-hour days—twelve hours total to mix 45 minutes of non-stop action.[6] The show was groundbreaking in being prepared specifically for 5.1 surround sound from its inception, with a dedicated boom channel and elements cut for surround play.[6] Original co-producer and director Stephen Hopkins specifically requested innovative sonic approaches, including using sound effects to overpower dialogue and music to convey emotion—techniques that were unconventional for television at the time.[6]

Battlestar Galactica

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Kobett joined the Battlestar Galactica sound team beginning with the Season 2 episode "Scattered," where he and Michael Olman replaced Kevin Burns and Todd Orr as re-recording mixers.[7]

Kobett worked on 39 episodes of Battlestar Galactica from 2005 to 2009,[8] and received an Emmy nomination alongside Olman for their work on the series finale "Daybreak, Part II" in 2009.[9] He continued his work on the franchise with the prequel series Caprica, working on 17 episodes from 2009 to 2010.[1]

Awards and Recognition

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Kobett's work has earned him significant industry recognition:

  • Three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sound Mixing:
  • Multiple Emmy nominations for 24 over seven consecutive years[5]
  • Emmy nomination for 24: Redemption[5]
  • Emmy nomination for Battlestar Galactica: "Daybreak, Part II"[9]
  • HPA Award (shared win) for Outstanding Sound – Television for American Gods episode "The Bone Orchard" (2017), working alongside Bradley North, Joseph DeAngelis, David Werntz, and Tiffany S. Griffith at Technicolor – Hollywood[11]
  • HPA Award nomination for American Gods episode "The Bone Orchard" (2017)[12]

Recent Work

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In 2022, Kobett joined Sony Pictures Post Production Services alongside re-recording mixer Vicki Lemar, with whom he had been working as a team for four years.[13] The partnership's credits include the television series Riverdale, Yellowjackets, Roar, and American Horror Story.[13]

At Sony Pictures, Kobett and Lemar are based in Dub Stage 12, a facility upgraded with Dolby Atmos features and equipped with a dual 48-fader Avid S6 console.[13] Their first projects at the studio included You for Netflix and The Crossover for Disney+.[13] They are joined by their long-time mix technician Eric Huezo.[13]

Kobett has worked extensively on Riverdale (2019-2023, 71 episodes) as both re-recording mixer and supervising sound editor,[1] as well as the musical series Schmigadoon! (2019, 13 episodes) as re-recording mixer for effects.[1]

Additional notable credits include Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Dead Silence (2007), Lie to Me, Bosch, Manhunt, and The Office, for which he won a Cinema Audio Society Award alongside John W. Cook II for the episode "New Guys."[14]

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kenneth Kobett (backup available on Archive.org) . Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 14 November 2025.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kenneth Kobett (backup available on Archive.org) . Television Academy. Retrieved on 14 November 2025.
  3. Kenneth Kobett (backup available on Archive.org) . Wikisimpsons. Retrieved on 14 November 2025.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kenneth R. Kobett (backup available on Archive.org) . The Shield Wiki. Retrieved on 14 November 2025.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ken Kobett (backup available on Archive.org) . Wiki 24. Retrieved on 14 November 2025.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Post-Production Keeps '24' Ticking Like Clockwork (backup available on Archive.org) . CineMontage. Retrieved on 14 November 2025.
  7. Credits for Scattered (backup available on Archive.org) . Battlestar Wiki. Retrieved on 14 November 2025.
  8. Battlestar Galactica (TV Series 2004-2009) - Full Cast & Crew (backup available on Archive.org) . Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 14 November 2025.
  9. 9.0 9.1 FRAK - Battlestar Galactica (backup available on Archive.org) . Frakked Blog. Retrieved on 14 November 2025.
  10. Sony Pictures Post Production Services Upgrades Two Mix Stages (backup available on Archive.org) . Variety (3 August 2022). Retrieved on 14 November 2025.
  11. HPA celebrates creatives at annual awards ceremony (backup available on Archive.org) . postPerspective (16 November 2017). Retrieved on 14 November 2025.
  12. Creative nominees named for HPA Awards (backup available on Archive.org) . postPerspective. Retrieved on 14 November 2025.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Sony Renovates Kim Novak Theater, Adds New Mix Team (backup available on Archive.org) . postPerspective. Retrieved on 14 November 2025.
  14. CAS Award Winners Announced Live From The Event (backup available on Archive.org) . Cinema Audio Society (29 June 2016). Retrieved on 14 November 2025.

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Role: Assistant Art Director
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Ken Rabehl is an Assistant Art Director on the Re-imagined Series.

Rabehl also served as Additional Art Director for the Miniseries.

According to Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion, the painting hanging in Adama's quarters was actually created by Rabehl.

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