Kem Dibbs
{{short description|Lebanese-American film and television actor}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Kem Dibbs
|image = Kem Dibbs (Daniel Boone Trail Blazer).jpg
|caption = Dibbs in Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer, 1956
|birth_date = {{birth date|1917|08|12}}
|birth_place = Zahle, Lebanon
|death_date = {{death date and age|1996|03|28|1917|08|12}}
|death_place = Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
|occupation = Film and television actor
|years_active = 1949–1970
}}
Kem Dibbs (August 12, 1917{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record-kem-dibbs-as-buck-rogers/151901204/|title=Kem Dibbs As Buck Rogers Reviews 25th Century Male|work=News and Record|location=Greensboro, North Carolina|date=June 4, 1950|access-date=July 23, 2024|page=44|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} – March 28, 1996) was a Lebanese-American film and television actor. He was known for playing Deputy Mike Teague in the first season of the American western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.
Life and career
Dibbs was born in Zahle, Lebanon.{{Cite web|url=https://trakt.tv/people/kem-dibbs?sort=released,asc|title=Kem Dibbs|work=Trakt|access-date=July 23, 2024}} He began his career in 1949, appearing in the anthology television series The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre.{{Cite episode|title=The Unguarded Moment|series=The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre|network=NBC|airdate=October 3, 1949|season=2|number=3}}
In 1950, Dibbs starred in the title role of ABC's science fiction series Buck Rogers.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2010, 2d Ed.|page=142|first=Vincent|last=Terrace|date=January 10, 2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786486410|via=Google Books}}
Dibbs appeared in numerous television programs including Studio One,{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-06-mn-55525-story.html|title=
Kem Dibbs; First to Play Buck Rogers on TV|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 4, 1996|access-date=July 23, 2024}} Maverick, Daniel Boone,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|page=194|first=Scott|last=Wilson|publisher=McFarland|date=August 19, 2016|isbn=9781476625997|via=Google Books}} Rawhide,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7fDfqzOnN4C|title=Margaret O'Brien: A Career Chronicle and Biography|page=205|first=Allan R.|last=Ellenberger|publisher=McFarland|date=September 11, 2015|isbn=9781476604015|via=Google Books}} Bonanza, Tombstone Territory, Colt .45 and Tales of Wells Fargo.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eWVZAAAAMAAJ|title=Western and Frontier Film and Television Credits 1903-1995: Section I. Actors and actresses. Section II. Directors, producers, and writers|page=230|first=Harris|last=Lentz|publisher=McFarland|date=1996|via=Google Books}} He also appeared in numerous films such as Riding Shotgun (1954), The Twinkle in God's Eye (1955), Terror at Midnight (1956), Party Girl (1958), How the West Was Won (1962) and Fate Is the Hunter (1964).{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/kem-dibbs-an33992/filmography|title=Kem Dibbs|work=AllMovie|access-date=July 23, 2024}}
Dibbs died on March 28, 1996, in Rancho Mirage, California,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xqUYAQAAIAAJ|title=The Ultimate Directory of Silent and Sound Era Performers: A Necrology of Actors and Actresses|page=383|first1=Billy|last1=Doyle|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=1999|isbn=9780810835474|via=Google Books}} at the age of 77.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0225103}}
- {{TCMDb name|50107%7C93266}}
- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ken_dibbs Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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Category:Lebanese emigrants to the United States
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors