Who played the role of Chuck Martin in the TV series "Whirlybirds"?

"Whirlybirds" was a 30 minute action / adventure series that aired in syndication. Chuck Martin (Kenneth Tobey) and P. T. Moore (Craig Hill) were partners who co-owned a helicopter.

Often, an episode would begin with them flying some rich person somewhere or with them meeting some "down on their luck" person who needed help. Then the story would evolve into a life-threatening situation. Occasionally, they'd help find some missing person who was lost way out in the middle of nowhere.

It was the first TV series that centered around a helicopter and it was produced by Desilu Studios. They got the idea for the series from an episode of the "I Love Lucy Show" episode titled, "Bon Voyage". Lucy arrived too late to get on a cruise ship with Ricky and the Mertzes. She managed to get on the ship by being lowered onto the deck by a helicopter.

Kenneth Jesse Tobey (March 23, 1917 – December 22, 2002) was an American actor, who performed in hundreds of productions during a career that spanned more than half a century.

He appeared in many television series, in the 1952 episode "Forged Plates" on the CBS series Biff Baker, USA, he was cast in the 1954-1955 CBS legal drama "The Public Defender", guest starring on three episodes of NBC's Western anthology series. "Frontier" He played legendary frontiersman Jim Bowie on ABC's "Davy Crockett," among other roles.