Portrait of Ken Clayton

Ken Clayton

Acting

Biography

Ken Clayton (1926-2015) was the stage name of St. Louis native, Kenneth Ittner. A graduate of Washington University, Clayton had a number of bit parts in movies and appeared in a "Celebrity Playhouse" drama on television. Ken was a veteran of the Koran conflict where he was a radio announcer for the US Armed Services. In Ken's later years he continued in both movies and television as an "extra". He was regularly seen on TV in Dynasty, Dallas and Knots Landing and many commercials. He spent his final years in a care facility, suffering with Alzheimer's disease, before he passed away in 2015. Reply

Filmography

1978
The Swarm

as Dr. Moore (uncredited)

1972
Melinda

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Official (uncredited)

1968
Live a Little, Love a Little

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1959
The Cosmic Man

as Master Sergeant

1958
Lost, Lonely and Vicious

as Johnnie Dennis