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Kay Edwin Emmert Kuter (April 25, 1925 – November 12, 2003) was an American actor who appeared on television and in films. He is mostly recognized for his role as farmer Newt Kiley on the CBS sitcoms ''Green Acres'' and ''Petticoat Junction'', which shared several characters. The son of famed Hollywood art director Leo K. Kuter and silent screen actress Evelyn Edler, Kuter was born in Los Angeles, California. He performed mostly as a serious actor or "heavy" in many 1960s series, often in a beard, before taking a recurring roles on the two series. He appeared in many films, including ''The Last Starfighter'' as Enduran, ''Warlock'' and ''Gross Anatomy''. His last film role was in the 2004 film ''Forbidden Warrior''. He also provided voice work for kids' films, including providing the voice of Santa Claus in ''Annabelle's Wish'' and the voice of Grimsby in ''The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea'', replacing Ben Wright, who died in 1989. In his later years, he did extensive voice acting in video games, including playing the bartender Griswold Goodsoup in ''The Curse of Monkey Island'' and Dockmaster Velasco in ''Grim Fandango'', both well-known LucasArts Adventure games of the 1990s. He was probably best known to video game fans as Werner Huber in ''The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery''. He was the voice of "Hershey's Kisses" commercials for 14 years. He made guest appearances on many television series, including ''Bonanza'', ''Perry Mason'', '' Gunsmoke'', ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' as a Cytherian in the season four episode "The Nth Degree", and in ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' as the Bajoran Sirah in the first season episode "The Storyteller". He also appeared on ''ER'', the ''Charmed'' episode "Happily Ever After", the ''Outer Limits'' episode "The Premonition" as a "Limbo Being" caught in time, ''Seinfeld'' as the Latvian Orthodox priest, ''The X-Files'' episode "The Calusari" as the head Calusari, and ''Frasier'' as a vagrant who wants a kiss from Martin Crane. Kuter died on November 12, 2003, from pulmonary complications at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California. He was 78, and his death came only four months after his mother's passing at age 103. He is buried in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery. ==External links== * * * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kay E. Kuter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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