Acting

Ken Clayton

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.