Editing Ken Foree

{{short description|American actor|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Ken Foree
| caption       = Foree in 2024
| image         = Ken Foree by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| birth_name    =
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1948|02|29|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], U.S.
| death_date    =
| death_place   =
| occupation    = Actor
| years_active  = 1976–present
| website       = {{URL|kenforee.com}}
}}
'''Ken Foree''' (born February 29, 1948) is an American actor, best known as the protagonist Peter from the [[horror film]] ''[[Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' (1978) and as Roger Rockmore on the [[Nickelodeon]] television sitcom ''[[Kenan & Kel]]'' (1996–2000).

==Early life==
Foree was born in [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]], the oldest of four boys.

==Career==
Foree began acting in the 1970s, appearing in films such as ''[[The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings]]'', ''[[The Wanderers (1979 film)|The Wanderers]]'',  ''[[Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'', and ''[[Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III]]''. He also had roles in the films ''[[Knightriders]]'', ''[[From Beyond (film)|From Beyond]]'', and ''[[The Dentist]]''. In 1995, he starred in an episode of ''[[The X-Files]]'' as well as the ''GROPOS'' episode of ''[[Babylon 5]]''. Foree also played Roger Rockmore, Kenan and Kyra's father on the [[Nickelodeon]] sitcom ''[[Kenan & Kel]]''. In 2005, he played Charlie Altamont in the film ''[[The Devil's Rejects]]'', starring opposite [[Sid Haig]] and [[Bill Moseley]] as the adopted brother of Haig's character. In 2007, he appeared in [[Rob Zombie]]'s [[Halloween (2007 film)|remake]] of the 1978 film ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]''.

Ken Foree appeared as himself in the 2008 novel ''[[Pine Deep Trilogy|Bad Moon Rising]]'' by [[Jonathan Maberry]]. Foree is one of several real-world horror celebrities who are in the fictional town of Pine Deep when monsters attack. Other celebrities include [[Tom Savini]], [[Jim O'Rear]], [[Brinke Stevens]], [[James Gunn (filmmaker)|James Gunn]], [[Stephen Susco]], [[Debbie Rochon]], [[Joe Bob Briggs]], and [[Mem Shannon]].<ref name="blogcrit" /><ref name="badmoon" /><ref name="horrorchron" /><ref name="mtvcom" /><ref name="rochon" />

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1976
| ''[[The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings]]''
| "Honey", Potter's Goon
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]''
| Peter Washington
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1979
| ''[[The Wanderers (1979 film)|The Wanderers]]''
| Black Sportsman
|
|-
| ''[[The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh]]''
| Pittsburgh Python Player
| Uncredited
|-
| 1980
| ''The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story''
| Unknown
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1981
| ''[[Terror Among Us]]''
| Prisoner
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Elvis and the Beauty Queen]]''
| Boxer 
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Knightriders]]''
| John "Little John"
|
|-
| ''Born to Be Sold'' 
| Man 
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1986
| ''[[From Beyond (film)|From Beyond]]''
| Buford "Bubba" Brownlee
|
|-
| ''[[Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling]]''
| "Big Joke"
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Terror Squad (film)|Terror Squad]]''
| Deputy Brown
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1989
| ''[[True Blood (film)|True Blood]]''
| Detective Charlie Gates 
|
|-
| ''[[Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge]]''
| Acardi
|
|-
| ''[[Death Spa]]''
| Marvin
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1990
| ''[[Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III]]''
| Benny
|
|-
| ''[[Taking Care of Business (film)|Taking Care of Business]]''
| J.B., Prisoner Making Demands
|
|-
| ''[[Without You I'm Nothing (film)|Without You I'm Nothing]]''
| Emcee (M.C.)
|
|- 
| ''Down the Drain''
| Buckley
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1991
| ''Night of the Warrior''
| Oliver
|
|-
| ''[[Diplomatic Immunity (1991 American film)|Diplomatic Immunity]]''
| Del Roy Gaines
|
|-
| ''Hangfire''
| Billy
|
|-
| ''[[The Heroes of Desert Storm]]''
| Sergeant Leroy Ford
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story]]''
| First USC Coach
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Joshua Tree (1993 film)|Joshua Tree]]''
| Eddie Turner 
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The Dentist]]''
| Detective Gibbs
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]''
| The Televangelist
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[The Devil's Rejects]]''
| Charlie Altamont 
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Devil's Den (film)|Devil's Den]]''
| Leonard
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2007
| ''[[Halloween (2007 film)|Halloween]]''
| Joe "Big Joe" Grizzly
|
|-
| ''Black Santa's Revenge''
| Black Santa
| Short film
|-
| ''[[Brutal Massacre|Brutal Massacre: A Comedy]]''
| Carl Perkins
|
|- 
| ''[[Brotherhood of Blood]]''
| Stanis
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| ''Dead Bones''
| The Bartender
|
|-
| ''Cut, Print''
| Jack Stanley
| Orlando Entertainment
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| ''[[Zone of the Dead]]''
| CIA Agent Mortimer "Morty" Reyes
|
|-
| ''[[Live Evil (film)|Live Evil]]''
| Max
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Water for Elephants (film)|Water for Elephants]]''
| Earl
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''[[The Lords of Salem (film)|The Lords of Salem]]''
| Herman "Munster" Jackson
|
|-
| ''Cut/Print''
| Detective Jack Stanley
|
|-
| 2015
| ''The Divine Tragedies''
| Homer
|
|-
| 2016
| ''The Rift''
| John Smith
|
|-
| 2017
| ''The Midnight Man''
| Hamilton
|
|-
| 2020
| ''[[John Henry (2020 film)|John Henry]]''
| B.J. Henry
|
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Episode(s)
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Kojak]]''
| T.J. Smith
| "The Condemned"
|-
| 1980
| ''[[A Rumor of War (miniseries)|A Rumor of War]]''
| The M.P.
| Miniseries
|-
| 1981
| ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''
| Rollo
| "State of the County"
|-
| 1981–1982
| ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''
| Bubba Edwards / Holdup Guy With Shotgun 
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| ''[[Report to Murphy]]''
| Walter "Big Walter"
| 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]''
| Hugo
| "Shanghaied"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| ''[[T.J. Hooker]]''
| The Bartender
| "Lady in Blue"
|-
| ''[[Remington Steele]]''
| Herschel "The Hammer" Sinclair
| "Steele Knuckles and Glass Jaws"
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1984
| ''[[The A-Team]]'' 
| Dirkson
| "Chopping Spree"
|-
| ''[[Benson (TV series)|Benson]]''
| The Driver
| "The Little Hotel That Could"
|-
| ''[[Blue Thunder (TV series)|Blue Thunder]]''
| Alfie
| "The Island"
|-
| ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]''
| Helicopter Pilot
| Episode #1.24
|- 
| ''[[Riptide (American TV series)|Riptide]]''
| Maritime Patrole Front Desk Officer
| "Catch of the Day"
|-
| ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]''
| Danton
| "Knight in Disgrace"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1985
| ''[[227 (sitcom)|227]]''
| Marvin Grant
| "Honesty"
|-
| ''[[Hunter (1984 American TV series)|Hunter]]''
| Louis McMahon
| "Guilty"
|-
| ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]''
| "Spider-Man"
| "Redemption of a Champion"
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
| Morley
| "A Kingdom by the Sea"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]''
| "The Brush"
| "[[Pool Hall Blues]]"
|-
| ''[[Matlock (1986 TV series)|Matlock]]''
| Billy Leon
| "The Fighter"
|-
| 1991
| ''[[The Flash (1990 TV series)|The Flash]]''
| "Whisper" 
| "Beat the Clock"
|-
| 1992
| ''[[General Hospital]]''
| Kris
| Unknown episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1994
| ''[[Renegade (TV series)|Renegade]]''
| Clint
| "Hostage"
|-
| ''[[Viper (TV series)|Viper]]''
| Harley Trueblood
|
|-
| ''[[M.A.N.T.I.S.]]''
| Unknown 
| "Cease Fire"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| ''[[Babylon 5]]'' (TV)
| P.F.C. Large
| "Gropos"
|-
| ''[[The X-Files]]''
| Vincent Parmelly
| "[[The List (The X-Files)|The List]]"
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Due South]]''
| Macon Lacroix
| "The Edge"
|-
| 1996–2000
| ''[[Kenan and Kel]]''
| Roger Rockmore
| 60 episodes
|-
| 2001
| ''[[The Nightmare Room]]''
| Coach
| "Locker 13"
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
| Pedestrian (voice)
| Video game
|-
| 2008
| ''[[30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust]]''
| Nate Keller
| Miniseries
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Dimension 404]]''
| Agent X
| "Polybius"
|-
|}

===Video===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year
! Film
! Role
|-
|1990
| ''[[Fatal Charm (1990 film)|Fatal Charm]]'' 
| Willy 
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Sleepstalker]]''
| Detective Rolands
|-
| 2007
| ''Splatter Disco''
| Shank Chubb
|-
|2009
| ''[[The Haunted World of El Superbeasto]]''
| Luke St. Luke (voice)
|-
| 2010
| ''[[D.C. Sniper]]''
| [[John Allen Muhammad]]<ref name="Bad Boys" />
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Bad Boys">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35312/bad-boys-2-ken-foree-ulli-lommel-dc-sniper|title=Bad Boys 2, Ken Foree, Ulli Lommel, DC Sniper|publisher=[[Dread Central]]|date=January 12, 2010|access-date=October 9, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="blogcrit">{{cite web|url=http://blogcritics.org/books/article/interview-with-jonathan-maberry-part-two|title=BC Books Interviews Author Jonathan Maberry|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123061450/http://blogcritics.org/books/article/interview-with-jonathan-maberry-part-two/ |archive-date=November 23, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="badmoon">{{cite book |last1=Mayberry |first1=Jonathan |title=Bad Moon Rising |date=2005 |publisher=Pinnacle Press |isbn=9781496705419}}</ref>

<ref name="horrorchron">{{cite web|url=http://www.horrorchronicles.com/babes-of-blood/babes-of-blood-debbie-rochon.html|title=Horror Chronicles Features Debbie Rochon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221145018/http://www.horrorchronicles.com/babes-of-blood/babes-of-blood-debbie-rochon.html |archive-date=February 21, 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="mtvcom">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/tom-savini|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005014714/http://www.mtv.com/artists/tom-savini/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 5, 2013|title= MTV Artist Focus On Tom Savini|website= [[MTV]]}}</ref>

<ref name="rochon">{{cite web|url=http://horrorunlimited.blogspot.com/2013/01/debbie-rochon-to-be-honored-with-ingrid.html|title= Horror Unlimited Ingrid Pitt Award - Debbie Rochon}}</ref>


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==External links==
{{Commons}}
* {{Official website|kenforee.com}}
* {{IMDb name|286010|Ken Foree}}

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