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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 9, 1898
Place of Birth:
Fowler, Indiana, USA
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Robert Keith
Biography
Robert Keith (February 10, 1898 – December 22, 1966) was an American stage and film actor who appeared in several dozen films, mostly in the 1950s as a character actor.
He is noted for his performance as the weak-willed father in Fourteen Hours (1951), as a tough cop in Guys and Dolls (1955), and his performance in the 1953 film The Wild One, starring Marlon Brando, in which he played the ineffectual sheriff and father of Brando's love interest.
Keith also had a starring role in Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind. He had roles on television, including a role as Richard Kimble's father in The Fugitive and lead roles on episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Ten O'Clock Tiger") and The Twilight Zone ("The Masks").
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Posse from Hell | Captain Jeremiah Brown |
| 1961 | Duel of Champions | Tullio King of Rome |
| 1960 | Cimarron | Sam Pegler |
| 1959 | They Came to Cordura | Col. Rogers |
| 1958 | The Lineup | Julian |
| 1958 | Tempest | Capt. Miranov |
| 1957 | Men in War | The Colonel |
| 1957 | My Man Godfrey | Alexander Bullock |
| 1956 | Written on the Wind | Jasper Hadley |
| 1956 | Ransom! | Police Chief Jim Backett |
| 1956 | Between Heaven and Hell | Col. Cousins |
| 1955 | Guys and Dolls | Lt. Brannigan |
| 1955 | Love Me or Leave Me | Bernard V. Loomis |
| 1955 | Underwater! | Father Cannon |
| 1954 | Young at Heart | Gregory Tuttle |
| 1954 | Drum Beat | Bill Satterwhite |
| 1954 | Atomic Attack | Dr. Garson Lee |
| 1953 | The Wild One | Sheriff Harry Bleeker |
| 1953 | Battle Circus | Le Lieutenant-Colonel Hillary Whalters |
| 1953 | Small Town Girl | Judge Gordon Kimbell |
| 1953 | Devil's Canyon | Steve Morgan |
| 1952 | Somebody Loves Me | Sam Doyle |
| 1952 | Just Across the Street | Walter Medford |
| 1951 | Here Comes the Groom | George Degnan |
| 1951 | Fourteen Hours | Paul E. Cosick |
| 1951 | I Want You | Thomas Greer |
| 1950 | Woman on the Run | Inspector Martin Ferris |
| 1950 | Edge of Doom | Mandel |
| 1950 | The Reformer and the Redhead | Tim Harveigh |
| 1950 | Branded | T. Jefferson Leffingwell |
| 1950 | My Foolish Heart | Henry Winters |
| 1947 | Boomerang! | 'Mac' McCreery |
| 1933 | The Shadow Laughs | George Hackett |
| 1930 | Abraham Lincoln | Union Courier (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Dr. John Kimble |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Doc |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Jason Foster |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Arthur 'The Professor' Duffy |
| 1948 | Studio One | Brutus |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | |
| 1948 | Studio One |