Deceased

How Did Kirby Grant Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 73

Also known asKirby Grant Hoon Jr., Kirby Grant and His Orchestra, Kirby Grant & His Orchestra, Robert StantonGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn24/11/1911Born inButte, Montana, USADied30/10/1985Died inTitusvilleCausetraffic collisionWikidataQ263256 ↗Buried atMissoula CemeteryTMDb#34451 ↗

Kirby Grant, born Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., was an American actor, mostly remembered for having played the title role in the Western-themed adventure television series Sky King. Between 1949 and 1954, Grant starred in 10 Mounted-Police adventures, usually in the role of Corporal Rod Webb.

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Filmography28 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1954	Yukon VengeanceMovie	RCMP Cpl. Rod Webb	43
1953	Fangs of the ArcticMovie	RCMP Cpl. Rod Webb	42
1952	Cavalcade of AmericaSeries	—	41
1952	Yukon GoldMovie	RCMP Cpl. Rod Webb	41
1951	Comin' Round the MountainMovie	Clark Winfield	40
1951	Rhythm InnMovie	Dusty Rhodes	40
1951	Northwest TerritoryMovie	RCMP Cpl. Rod Webb	40
1949	Feudin' RhythmMovie	Ace Lucky	38
1949	Trail of the YukonMovie	Bob McDonald - Royal NW Mounted	38
1948	Studio OneSeries	—	37
1946	Gun TownMovie	Kip Lewis	35
1946	She Wrote the BookMovie	Eddie Caldwell	35
1945	Easy to Look AtMovie	Tyler	34
1945	Code of the LawlessMovie	Grant Carter posing as Chad Hilton	34
1945	Penthouse RhythmMovie	Dick Ryan	34
1944	Babes on Swing StreetMovie	Dick Lorimer	33
1944	In SocietyMovie	Peter Evans	33
1944	Ditch and LiveMovie	Crewman of Ditching B-17	33
1944	Ghost CatchersMovie	Clay Edwards	33
1944	Law MenMovie	Clyde Miller	33
1943	BombardierMovie	Pilot	32
1943	Hello, Frisco, HelloMovie	Specialty Singer	32
1942	The Power of GodMovie	Kenneth Hale	31
1941	Blondie Goes LatinMovie	Hal Trent	30
1940	The Marines Fly HighMovie	Lt. Bob Hobbes	29
1939	Three SonsMovie	Bert Pardway	28
1938	There Goes My HeartMovie	Customer (uncredited)	27
1935	I Dream Too MuchMovie	Violinist (uncredited)	24