Actor, Comedian. He was best known for playing the character roles of undertakers, veteran soldiers, doctors, bartenders, patients, clerks, priests, hotel clerks, pharmacists, henchmen, privates, fiddlers, drunks, coroners, criminals, trail cooks, husbands, fathers, mailman, beatniks, emperors, creditors, bank customers, policemen, professors, motel managers, maestros, announcers, blind men, father christmas, man in elevator, mounties, marshals, and deputies, usually in classic western films or classic western television series. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Pvt Arnold Swanson' in the classic war film drama, "Under Fire" (1957). The film which was directed by James B. Clark, and which was written for the screen by James Landis, and which also starred Rex Reason, Harry Morgan, Steve Brodie, Peter Walker, Frank Gerstle, Karl Lukas, Jon Locke, and Gregory LaFayette, tells the story of on the same day that he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary valor in the European campaign during World War II, Sergeant Joe Dusak is charged with desertion during combat by a military court. Also summoned to testify are Corporal Crocker, Corporal Quinn, and Private Pope, the only surviving members of a patrol led by Dusak. The charges stem from a patrol into the Black Forest of Germany in which Dusak claims the patrol got lost. Sergeant William Hutchins testifies that he ran into Dusak's patrol, and the men were laughing and not lost. He is also best remembered for playing the role of the farmer 'Newt Kiley' in seventeen episodes of the classic comedy television series, "Petticoat Junction," from 1964 to 1969, and as the same character of the farmer 'Newt Kiley' in twenty-six episodes of the classic comedy television series, "Green Acres," from 1964 to 1970. He was born as Kay Edwin Emmert Kuter to pioneering film art director Leo K. Kuter (1897-1970), and his wife actress Evelyn Belle Edler Kuter (1899-2003), in Los Angeles, California, on April 25, 1925. He was educated locally and later graduated from Van Nuys High School in Van Nuys, California. He made his actual film debut playing the role of 'Ernest-Houseman' in the classic romantic comedy film drama, "Sabrina" (1954). The film which was written and directed by Billy Wilder, which was also written for the screen by Samuel A. Taylor, and Ernest Lehman, and which also starred Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Walter Hampden, and Martha Hyer, tells the story of a playboy who becomes interested in the daughter of his family's chauffeur, but it's his more serious brother who would be the better man for her. Besides, playing the role of 'Ernest-Houseman' in the classic romantic comedy film drama, "Sabrina" (1954), and playing the role of 'Pvt Arnold Swanson' in the classic war film drama, "Under Fire" (1957), his many other film credits include, "Drum Beat" (1954), "Désirée" (1954), "City Of Shadows" (1955), "The Cobweb" (1955), "Guys And Dolls" (1955), "The Steel Jungle" (1956), "The Mole People" (1956), "The True Story Of Jesse James" (1957), "Designing Woman" (1957), "Under Fire" (1957), "The Light In The Forest" (1958), "The FBI Story" (1959), "The Big Night" (1960), "Mary Poppins" (1964), "A Time For Killing" (1967), "Watermelon Man" (1970), "The Intruders" (1970), "Swing Out, Sweet Land" (1970), "An Enemy Of The People" (1978), "The Taming Of The People" (1978), "The Tempest" (1983), "The Last Starfighter" (1984), "Zombie High" (1987), "Frankenstein General Hospital" (1988), "Goddess Of Love" (1988), "Warlock" (1989), "Gross Anatomy" (1989), "Love Field" (1992), "The Seventh Coin" (1993), "Babe" (1995), "The Holiday Sign" (2001), and "Grand Theft Parsons" (2003). Besides, playing the role of the farmer 'Newt Kiley' in seventeen episodes of the classic comedy television series, "Petticoat Junction," from 1964 to 1969, and as the same character of the farmer 'Newt Kiley' in twenty-six episodes of the classic comedy series, "Green Acres," from 1964 to 1970, his many other television credits include, "The Living Christ Series, "Fireside Theatre," "Schlitz Playhouse," "The Great Gildersleeve," "Stories Of The Century," "Medic," "The Millionaire," "Front Row Center," "Ford Star Jubilee," "Navy Log," "Crossroads," "State Trooper," "Telephone Time," "You Are There," "Climax!" "The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp," "The Adventures Of McGraw," "The Adventures Of Jim Bowie," "The Jack Benny Program," "The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna," "Lassie," "The Magical World Of Disney," "U.S. Marshal," "The Californians," "Rescue 8," "Frontier Doctor," "Zorro," "Bonanza," "The Texan," "Tales Of Wells Fargo," "Special Agent 7," "Riverboat," "Johnny Midnight," "Perry Mason," "Overland Trail," "Coronado 9," "Dante," "Pony Express," "The Rifleman," "Two Faces West," "Frontier Circus," "The Tall Man," "The Roaring 20's," "Maverick," "Redigo," "Mister Ed," "The Outer Limits," "The Wild Wild West," "Laredo," "Iron Horse," "Accidental Family," "Cowboy In Africa," "I Dream Of Jeannie," "The Name Of The Game," "The Virginian," "Mayberry R.F.D." "Here's Lucy," "Nichols," "The Doris Day Show," "Gunsmoke," "Cannon," "Harry O," "Kung Fu," "Days Of Our Lives," "Far Out Space Nuts," "Quincy M.E." "Dallas," "V," "Cover Up," "The Twilight Zone," "The New Leave It To Beaver," "Baywatch," "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Matlock," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "Seinfeld," "The X-Files," "Frasier," "Boy Meets World," "Baywatch Nights," "Sabrina The Teenage Witch," "Brimstone," "Beyond Belief: Fact Or Fiction," "The Pretender," "Arli$$," "Charmed," and "ER." He was also known for his deep commanding voice which he lent to films, animated cartoons, video games, and television commercials most notably for Hershey Kisses candies for fourteen years. He also directed more than 50 plays and appeared in over 200 stage productions during his acting career. His last film role was playing 'Yawn' in the adventure action fantasy film, "Forbidden Warrior" (2005). The film which was directed by Jimmy Nickerson, which was written for the screen by Sholem Gelt and Glen Hartford, also starred Marie Matiko, Sung Kang, and Karl Yune. The film was released to the general public two years after his death. He passed away from pulmonary complications at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California, on November 12, 2003, at the age of 78, and he was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California. He never married nor had any children, but he was survived by his sister, nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews.