Kenneth Tobey

Jesse Kenneth Tobey (March 23, 1917 – December 22, 2002) was an American actor active from the early 1940s into the 1990s, with over 200 credits in film, theatre, and television. He is best known for his role as a captain who takes charge of an Arctic military base when it is attacked by a plant-based alien in ''The Thing from Another World'' (1951), and a starring role in the 1957-1960 Desilu Productions TV series ''Whirlybirds''. Provided by Wikipedia