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Ken Osborne(I)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Writer
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Kent Osborne has been in show business since early youth, beginning as a song and dance kid in theatre stage circuits. In his early teens he entered "The American Academy of Theatre Arts" as an actor/director in New York City. At sixteen, he was signed to a 7-year actor contract with "Twentieth Century Fox Studios."

While under contract he owned and operated his own Playhouse Theatre, directing, acting and producing plays. At nineteen he wrote, directed and produced his first film - "It Could Happen to You." He wrote and directed the television shows "Meet Milie" and "Tales of Turf and Live by a Star." Osborne was also instrumental in starting the Board of N.A.B.I.T. and the Independent Screen Producers Association, in which he was voted the First official President.

In his fifty-four theatrical years, Mr. Osborne has written several novels, many plays and more than 90 screenplays - 40 were sold to other Producers and companies. He has produced and directed more than 26 of his own screenplays into major motion pictures. He has written and directed over 200 commercials, documentaries, industrial and armed forces training films throughout the world. Mr. Osborne was head of production for such production companies as Lee Lacey and Associates, Skylark Productions, Ubang Productions and his own.
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    Known for

    Wild Wheels (1969)
    Wild Wheels
    4.6
    • Director(as Kent Osborne)
    • 1969
    Hollywood Confidential (2008)
    Hollywood Confidential
    7.9
    • Director
    • 2008
    The Ballad of Billie Blue (1972)
    The Ballad of Billie Blue
    6.2
    • Director(as Kent Osborne)
    • 1972
    John Carradine in Cain's Cutthroats (1970)
    Cain's Cutthroats
    5.0
    • Director(as Kent Osborne)
    • 1970

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    • Hell Is for Bastards
      Short
      • Narrator (voice)
      • 2008
    • The Stoneman (2002)
      The Stoneman
      8.1
      • Sgt. Osborne (as J. Kenneth Osborne)
      • 2002
    • Crime of Crimes (1989)
      Crime of Crimes
      5.3
      • (as Kent Osborne)
      • 1989
    • Tom Cruise in Né un 4 juillet (1989)
      Né un 4 juillet
      7.2
      • Paraplegic #2
      • 1989
    • Hell's Bloody Devils (1970)
      Hell's Bloody Devils
      4.3
      • (as Kent Osborne)
      • 1970
    • Le rescapé de la vallée de la mort (1969)
      Le rescapé de la vallée de la mort
      3.5
      • Dave Miller (as Kent Osborne)
      • 1969
    • The Ice House (1969)
      The Ice House
      4.6
      • Killer
      • 1969
    • Nightmare in Wax (1969)
      Nightmare in Wax
      3.9
      • Bartender (as Kent Osborne)
      • 1969
    • Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)
      Blood of Dracula's Castle
      3.6
      • Telegram Delivery Man
      • 1969
    • Robert Douglas, Kipp Hamilton, Jennifer Jones, Peggy Knudsen, and Robert Stack in Bonjour Miss Dove (1955)
      Bonjour Miss Dove
      7.0
      • Brother (uncredited)
      • 1955
    • Sidney Blackmer, Richard Egan, Cameron Mitchell, and Dana Wynter in Le train du dernier retour (1955)
      Le train du dernier retour
      6.2
      • Brother (uncredited)
      • 1955
    • Ben Alexander, Ann Robinson, and Jack Webb in La police est sur les dents (1954)
      La police est sur les dents
      6.6
      • Thief (uncredited)
      • 1954

    Director



    • Hollywood Confidential (2008)
      Hollywood Confidential
      7.9
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Nudaerobics (1983)
      Nudaerobics
      6.3
      Video
      • Director (as Kent Osborne)
      • 1983
    • Cinq Femmes en Cavale (1981)
      Cinq Femmes en Cavale
      4.3
      • Director (as Kent Osborne)
      • 1981
    • The Ballad of Billie Blue (1972)
      The Ballad of Billie Blue
      6.2
      • Director (as Kent Osborne)
      • 1972
    • John Carradine in Cain's Cutthroats (1970)
      Cain's Cutthroats
      5.0
      • Director (as Kent Osborne)
      • 1970
    • Wild Wheels (1969)
      Wild Wheels
      4.6
      • Director (as Kent Osborne)
      • 1969
    • Raw Love
      • Director (as Kent Osborne)
      • 1965

    Writer



    • Hollywood Confidential (2008)
      Hollywood Confidential
      7.9
      • writer
      • 2008
    • Nudaerobics (1983)
      Nudaerobics
      6.3
      Video
      • writer
      • 1983
    • Cinq Femmes en Cavale (1981)
      Cinq Femmes en Cavale
      4.3
      • screenplay (as Kent Osborne)
      • 1981
    • The Ballad of Billie Blue (1972)
      The Ballad of Billie Blue
      6.2
      • writer
      • 1972
    • John Carradine in Cain's Cutthroats (1970)
      Cain's Cutthroats
      5.0
      • additional dialogue (as Kent Osborne)
      • 1970
    • Wild Wheels (1969)
      Wild Wheels
      4.6
      • written by (as Kent Osborne)
      • 1969
    • Raw Love
      • Writer (as John Osborne)
      • 1965

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      • J. Kenneth Osborne
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