Did you know Kay Kuter died last month? Yeah, me neither. I just found out that the venerable character actor (and fixture at autograph shows) died November 12 from pulmonary complications. I didn't see anything in the papers about it, even though a lot of folks probably remember him as Newt Kiley on Petticoat Junction and Green Acres…six years, playing the same character on two popular series. At those autograph shows, that's all they seemed to ask him about. He wearily but good-naturedly answered questions about Arnold Ziffel. We chatted occasionally about an amazing career that went back to bit parts opposite Bogart in Sabrina, Sinatra and Brando in Guys and Dolls and Jack Benny in the recurring hillbilly act that graced the Benny program.
His listing in the Internet Movie Database will give you a brief sampling of what he did. As you'll see, he never played big roles but he sure played a lot of them.