Kenneth Utt

Actor: Kenneth Utt

Born: 1931
Died: Jan 19, 1994
Occupation: Actor
Active: '80s-'90s
Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: The French Connection, Miami Blues, Something Wild
First Major Screen Credit: Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Biography

From the late '60s through the early '90s, Kenneth Utt produced or co-produced numerous feature films, notably Midnight Cowboy (1969), The French Connection (1971), All That Jazz (1979), Silence of the Lambs (1991), and Philadelphia (1993). Born and raised in Winston-Salem, NC, Utt began his entertainment industry career in New York television and radio shortly after the end of WWII. He also dabbled as a stage manager on Broadway. He started producing television programs in the 1950s and, in the early '60s, was the associate producer for the series The Defenders and Coronet Blue. Utt occasionally appeared in the films he produced. In Silence of the Lambs, he played Dr. Aiken. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide