---
name: "Kent Poole"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kent-poole"
fi1m_id: "kent-poole"
tmdb_id: 5285326
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 December 1963"
died: "11 September 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:58:29.863461+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kent Poole

## Identity

Kent Poole

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kent-poole
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kent-poole
- **TMDB ID:** 5285326
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5285326

Actor. Born 9 December 1963 in Lebanon, Indiana, USA. Died 11 September 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 December 1963, Lebanon, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 11 September 2003
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5285326

## Biography

Kent Poole was an American actor. He appeared as Merle Webb, one of the Hickory Huskers basketball players, in the 1986 film *Hoosiers*.

Poole was born on 9 December 1963 in Lebanon, Indiana. A member of the 1982 Western Boone High School basketball team that reached the IHSAA state semifinals, he was cast through an open audition in Indianapolis. He later played Stephen in the 1988 film *Fresh Horses*, also directed by David Anspaugh.

Poole died on 11 September 2003 in Crawfordsville, Indiana.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, screenrant.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hoosiers* (1986), Fi1m 79, as Merle Webb (#12) — [page](https://film.one/film/hoosiers.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hoosiers* (1986), as Merle Webb (#12) — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/hoosiers.md)

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