AKA K. Craig Innes
1960—1995
Born in San Francisco and raised in the S.F. peninsula town of Redwood City, Kenneth Craig Innes was a precocious student according to mother Shirley Gurnett. Starting at aged 7 as a child extra in a touring company rendition of Carousel with John Riatt, Innes was smitten with the stage.
Innes attended Whitman College in Washington State as a theater major, then started performing in Los Angeles where he met the love of his life, Jimmy Barron. They were together fourteen years until Barron passed away from HIV/AIDS complications in 1992.
Innes performed mostly on and off Broadway in New York including: La Cage aux Folles, Me and My Girl, Legs Diamond and Meet Me in St. Louis, where he was also dance captain. He toured nationally with Dream Street as Charlie.
On television he was a dancer on the TV show Fame and the made-for-TV movie The Mae West Story (1985). He was known as a “Steve Merritt Dancer” dancing with choreographer Merritt in commercials and also with several productions done by choreographer Tony Stevens.
Innes’s last performance was just a few weeks before his death. He produced, danced and directed Saturation at the San Francisco Jewish Community Center as a benefit for several area AIDS organizations.