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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 14, 1921
Place of Birth:
Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
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Brian Keith
Biography
Brian Keith (November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997) was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his four decade-long career gained recognition for his work in movies such as the 1961 Disney family film The Parent Trap, the 1966 comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, and the 1975 adventure saga The Wind and the Lion, in which he portrayed Theodore Roosevelt.
On television, two of his best known roles were that of a widowed uncle turned bachelor: Bill Davis, in the 1960s sitcom Family Affair, and a tough judge in the 1980s drama Hardcastle and McCormick.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Follow Your Heart | Roddy Thompson |
| 1997 | The Second Civil War | General Buford |
| 1997 | Walking Thunder | Narrator |
| 1996 | Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Cardinal |
| 1995 | Lightning | Tappan |
| 1995 | The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. | Pete Morgan |
| 1995 | National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins | 'Noble Hart' / Self |
| 1993 | Wind Dancer | Truman Richards |
| 1991 | The Gambler: The Luck Of The Draw | The Westerner |
| 1989 | Welcome Home | Harry Robins |
| 1989 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson | Frank Wellman Sr. |
| 1989 | Lady in a Corner | David Henderson |
| 1988 | Young Guns | Buckshot Roberts |
| 1988 | After the Rain | Byron Monroe |
| 1987 | Death Before Dishonor | Col. Halloran |
| 1987 | The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory | Colonel Davy Crockett |
| 1986 | The B.R.A.T. Patrol | General Newmeyer |
| 1982 | Cry for the Strangers | Chief Whalen |
| 1981 | Sharky's Machine | Papa |
| 1981 | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Police Chief Baxter |
| 1981 | All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds | Self |
| 1980 | The Mountain Men | Henry Frapp |
| 1980 | The Silent Lovers | Mauritz Stiller |
| 1980 | Power | Charles Kandell |
| 1979 | Meteor | Dr. Dubov |
| 1979 | The Seekers | Elijah Weatherby |
| 1978 | Hooper | Jocko Doyle |
| 1977 | The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer | Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney |
| 1977 | In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan | Joe Quinlan |
| 1976 | Nickelodeon | H.H. Cobb |
| 1976 | The Loneliest Runner | Arnold Curtis |
| 1976 | The Quest | Tank Logan |
| 1976 | Joe Panther | Capt. Harper |
| 1975 | The Wind and the Lion | Theodore Roosevelt |
| 1975 | The Lion Roars Again | Self |
| 1974 | The Yakuza | George Tanner |
| 1972 | The Bull of the West | Johnny Wade |
| 1972 | Second Chance | Geoff Smith |
| 1971 | Scandalous John | John McCanless |
| 1971 | Something Big | Col. Morgan |
| 1970 | The McKenzie Break | Captain Jack Connor |
| 1970 | Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? | Officer Michael M. Nace |
| 1969 | Gaily, Gaily | Francis Sullivan |
| 1968 | With Six You Get Eggroll | Jake Iverson |
| 1968 | Krakatoa, East of Java | Connerly |
| 1967 | Reflections in a Golden Eye | Lt. Col. Morris Langdon |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | Jonas Cord |
| 1966 | The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! | Police Chief Link Mattocks |
| 1966 | The Rare Breed | Alexander Bowen |
| 1966 | Way... Way Out | Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | Frank Wallingham |
| 1965 | Johnny Shiloh | Sgt. Gabe Trotter |
| 1964 | Those Calloways | Cam Calloway |
| 1964 | A Tiger Walks | Sheriff Pete Williams |
| 1964 | The Tenderfoot | Mose Carson |
| 1964 | The Pleasure Seekers | Paul Barton |
| 1964 | Bristle Face | Lue Swank |
| 1963 | Savage Sam | Uncle Beck Coates |
| 1963 | The Raiders | McElroy |
| 1962 | Moon Pilot | Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman |
| 1961 | The Deadly Companions | Yellowleg |
| 1961 | The Parent Trap | Mitch Evers |
| 1960 | Ten Who Dared | William Dunn |
| 1960 | Rapids Ahead/Bear Country | |
| 1959 | The Young Philadelphians | Mike Flanagan |
| 1958 | Violent Road | Mitch Barton |
| 1958 | Fort Dobbs | Clett |
| 1958 | Sierra Baron | Jack McCrackin |
| 1958 | Desert Hell | Capt. Robert Edwards |
| 1958 | Villa!! | Bill Harmon |
| 1957 | Run of the Arrow | Captain Clark |
| 1957 | Appointment with a Shadow | Lt. Spencer |
| 1957 | Chicago Confidential | Jim Fremont |
| 1957 | Dino | Larry Sheridan |
| 1957 | Hell Canyon Outlaws | Happy Waters |
| 1956 | Nightfall | John |
| 1956 | Storm Center | Paul Duncan |
| 1955 | The Violent Men | Cole Wilkison |
| 1955 | 5 Against the House | Brick |
| 1955 | Tight Spot | Vince Striker |
| 1954 | Jivaro | Tony |
| 1954 | Alaska Seas | Jim Kimmerly |
| 1954 | The Bamboo Prison | Cpl. Brady |
| 1954 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer! | Mike Hammer |
| 1953 | Arrowhead | Capt. Bill North |
| 1951 | Fourteen Hours | Extra (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Boomerang! | Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American | Student at Train Station (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Rough Riders | President William McKinley |
| 1996 | Pacific Blue | Mac McNamara |
| 1995 | Cybill | |
| 1994 | Duckman | |
| 1994 | Spider-Man | Uncle Ben (voice) |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Leonard Pound |
| 1994 | Burke's Law | Norman Hope |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Del Forman |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Mullibok |
| 1991 | The Commish | |
| 1991 | Walter & Emily | Walter Collins |
| 1989 | Heartland | B.L. McCutcheon |
| 1987 | Pursuit of Happiness | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Caleb McCallum |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Milton Hardcastle |
| 1982 | World War III | Secretary General Gorny |
| 1979 | The Chisholms | Andrew Blake |
| 1978 | Centennial | Sheriff Axel Dumire |
| 1977 | How the West Was Won | General Stonecipher |
| 1976 | The Quest | Tank Logan |
| 1975 | Archer | Lew Archer |
| 1974 | The Zoo Gang | Stephen "The Fox" Halliday |
| 1972 | The Brian Keith Show | Dr. Sean Jamison |
| 1969 | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Self |
| 1966 | Family Affair | Bill Davis |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | Thomas Hart Benton |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Henry Bergh |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Andy Bastian |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Edward Welles |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Johnny Wade |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Jim Mallory |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | |
| 1961 | The Wonderful World of Disney | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Alfred Freely |
| 1960 | The Westerner | Dave Blassingame |
| 1960 | Outlaws | |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Tod Macauley |
| 1959 | Laramie | |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Jim Martinson |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Sgt. Patrick Cohan |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Dave Blassingame |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Dave Rainey |
| 1955 | Crusader | Matt Anders |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Arnold Shawn |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Herbert Morrison |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Vernon Wedge |
| 1954 | Climax! | Sam Pryce |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Shadrach O'Reilly |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Sergeant Gabe Trotter |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Lue Swank |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Gen. Newmeyer |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | Dan |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | Denis Burke |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Joe Kelly |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Dan Crawford |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Mano |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Prosecuting Attorney |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Happy |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Harry |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Choya |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | David Sutton |
| 1949 | Suspense | Johnny |
| 1949 | Suspense | Lt. Jim Connor |
| 1949 | Suspense | |
| 1949 | Suspense | Idaho |
| 1949 | Suspense | Kip Caley |