Ken Griffiths
Background
Ken Griffiths is a show business attorney for rock bands in Los Angeles, California. His wife is Cheri Griffiths. Ken hates microwave croissants. He likes to hunt on his time off. Twisted Sister is one of his clients.
During the events of Nightmare at Noon (1988) played by Wings Hauser
Ken and Cheri are driving towards Canyonland in their RV. They see Reilly hitchhiking and Cheri suggests they pick him up and Ken offers him his soggy croissant. They introduce each other and Ken pulls over at the Canyonlands Cafe. Lori takes their order and Ken and Reilly order a beer, while Cheri just has water. Charley walks in and takes a seat after greeting Lori. He starts to shake and grabs Lori's hand and stabs it with a knife. Ken goes up to Charley and Charley starts to choke him. Cheri grabs a pitcher and smashes it on Charley's head and Reilly punches Charley in the face to no effect. Both Ken and Reilly start fighting Charley and Julia arrives. Charley then starts to attack Julia and takes her gun from her. As Charley is about to shoot Julia, Reilly shoots him in the leg. Julia tells Reilly he will have to wait to speak with Sheriff Hanks and takes his gun from him. Ken and Cheri leave in the RV. Ken's RV stalls, and he and Cheri decide to walk back into town. They hitch a ride with a local after finding out there are no rental car places in town. Sheriff Hanks tells Ken, Cheri and Reilly about finding Cowboy's truck shot up. Ken asks if there are any rental car places and Sheriff Hanks refers him to Floyd. Floyd attacks Ken and Reilly, until Reilly shoots him with Ken's shotgun. They find Sheriff Hanks and he tells them to go back to the Sheriff's Department while he tries to get help. When Ken and Reilly arrive at the Sheriff's Department they find Cheri about to shoot Julia, and they grab her and put her in a prison cell. Dr. Miller arrives and he and Ken inject Cheri with a tranquilizer. Sheriff Hanks asks Dr. Miller to check on his patients and see how many of them drank water that morning. Dr. Miller mentions even drinking coffee might lead to infection and Sheriff Hanks lies and says he didn't drink any. They arm themselves and Ken and Reilly search the town. In the evening, Sheriff Hanks barricades himself in the Sheriff's Department with Julia, Reilly and Ken. Cheri starts to scream and as Ken is about to shoot her, Reilly takes his gun away. Two of Albino's Henchman start to burn the town down with flamethrowers. Sheriff Hanks recommends they pin The Albino and Albino's Henchman down at the old drive-in. He and the others ambush Albino's Henchman, but Sheriff Hanks is set on fire and dies. The next morning they get on horses and ride into the canyons looking for The Albino after Reilly determines it must be a foreign government agency that sent The Albino. They find The Albino's van, but it is empty and full of explosives, and eventually blows up. They are ambushed by a pair of Albino's Henchman and Ken is shot in the chest. Reilly eventually kills the pair. Reilly tells Julia to stay behind with Ken while he goes after The Albino and she gives him a kiss and wishes him luck. Later, Ken and Cheri pull up in their RV and invite Reilly to ride with them and he hops in after saying goodbye to Julia.
