Kenneth Utt (July 13, 1921 - January 19, 1994), was an American film producer and production designer, notable for producing The Silence of the Lambs, which he won an Oscar for Best Picture.
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Utt was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on July 13, 1921. He received a scholarship to Juilliard School where he studied vocals in hopes of becoming an opera singer. Utt served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He returned home and became a stage and radio actor, appearing in shows like Carousel.
Utt began working in production on stage performances of Peter Pan and began producing films in the 1970s, for films like Midnight Cowboy and The Wiz. Utt produced Jonathan Demme's Married to the Mob, The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia, with Lambs and Philadelphia earning awards at the Oscars and Utt receiving Best Picture for Lambs.
Utt died on January 19, 1994 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan at the age of 72. The cause was bone cancer.[1] He is survived by his wife Angie and son Timothy.