Biography

Ken Chase was born in 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for Escape from New York (1981), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and The Color Purple (1985).

Frequently worked with John Carpenter.

Shares memories of working on the TV series The Wild Wild West (1965) in Tom Weaver's books "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010) and "Wild Wild Westerners" (BearManor, 2012).