He studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse and briefly served in the United States Army during the Korean War.

According to Hedda Hopper, when Kent appeared at the workshop to help a female friend at an audition, he was discovered by Ball and promptly signed to an actor-stage manager contract.

Linden Chiles and the students and I literally unbolted the seats from the floor and brought them back here.In 1976, Kent entered into a partnership with workshop organizer Jomarie Ward to purchase a former bakery and photographer's studio at 733 North Seward Street, a half block north of Melrose Avenue, in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Gray later bought Kent back to play a spirit in the episode "Mended Hearts", of his TV seriesGhost Whisperer.

When the ill-fated starship was commandeered by Ricardo Montalbán's Khan, the character of Beach would be marooned on a desolate planet along with the majority of the ship's crew until rescued by the USS Enterprise.

He had a lead starring role as the character of Miles Mason in Viagra Falls, a television pilot.

[1] Kent died on October 7, 2011, six days before his 81st birthday, in Hollywood Hills, California, from multiple myeloma.