Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 13, 1919
Place of Birth:
Gillespie, Illinois, U.S.
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Howard Keel
Biography
Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), known professionally as Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer. He starred in many film musicals of the 1950s. He is best known to modern audiences for his starring role in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991, as Clayton Farlow, opposite Barbara Bel Geddes's character, but to an earlier generation, he was known as the star of some of the most famous MGM film musicals ever made, with a rich baritone singing voice.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical | Self (archive) |
| 2006 | Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer | Self |
| 2003 | Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot | Self |
| 1997 | Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' | Himself - Host |
| 1995 | Inside the Dream Factory | Self |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | Self - Co-Host / Narrator |
| 1994 | Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is | Capt. Quentin "Jack" Jackson |
| 1987 | Creepy Classics | Bill Masen - (archive footage) |
| 1985 | That's Dancing! | From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) |
| 1968 | Arizona Bushwhackers | Lee Travis |
| 1967 | The War Wagon | Levi Walking Bear |
| 1967 | Red Tomahawk | Capt. Tom York |
| 1966 | Waco | 'Waco' |
| 1964 | Kiss Me, Kate | Fred Graham |
| 1963 | The Day of the Triffids | Bill Masen |
| 1961 | Armored Command | Col. Devlin |
| 1959 | The Big Fisherman | Simon Peter |
| 1958 | Floods of Fear | Donovan |
| 1955 | Kismet | The Poet |
| 1955 | Jupiter's Darling | Hannibal |
| 1954 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Brother Adam Pontipee |
| 1954 | Rose Marie | Capt. Mike Malone |
| 1954 | Deep in My Heart | Performer in My Maryland |
| 1953 | Kiss Me Kate | Fred Graham, "Petruchio" |
| 1953 | Calamity Jane | Wild Bill Hickok |
| 1953 | Ride, Vaquero! | King Cameron |
| 1953 | Fast Company | Rick Grayton |
| 1952 | The Hoaxters | Narrator (voice) |
| 1952 | Lovely to Look At | Tony Naylor |
| 1952 | Desperate Search | Vince Heldon |
| 1951 | Texas Carnival | Slim Shelby |
| 1951 | Show Boat | Gaylord Ravenal |
| 1951 | Callaway Went Thataway | Stretch Barnes / Smokey Callaway |
| 1951 | Three Guys Named Mike | Mike Jamison |
| 1951 | Across the Wide Missouri | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Annie Get Your Gun | Frank Butler |
| 1950 | Pagan Love Song | Hazard Endicott |
| 1948 | The Small Voice | Boke |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Legends | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2006 | Legends | Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | D. L. Dade |
| 1991 | Good Sports | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Larry Thorson |
| 1978 | Dallas | Clayton Farlow |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Duncan Harlow |
| 1976 | The Quest | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy | Stanley Livingston |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Hardie Rankin |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Will Gorman |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |