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Brian Keith
Brian Keith

Brian Keith

ActingBorn November 14, 1921Died June 24, 1997 (age 75)Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

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.

Filmography

1999
Follow Your Heart

as Roddy Thompson

Movie
1997
The Second Civil War

as General Buford

Movie
1997
Rough Riders

as President William McKinley

TV
1996
Pacific Blue

as Mac McNamara

TV
1995Movie
1995Movie
1995
Walking Thunder

as Narrator

Movie
1995
Cybill

as Arthur Minnow

TV
1994
Spider-Man

as Uncle Ben (voice)

TV
1994
Touched by an Angel

as Leonard Pound

TV
1994
Duckman

as Duckman's Father (voice)

TV
1994
Burke's Law

as Norman Hope

TV
1993TV
1993
Wind Dancer

as Truman Richards

Movie
1991
Walter & Emily

as Walter Collins

TV
1989
Lady in a Corner

as David Henderson

Movie
1989
Welcome Home

as Harry Robins

Movie
1989
Heartland

as B.L. McCutcheon

TV
1989Movie
1988
After the Rain

as Byron Monroe

Movie
1988
Young Guns

as Buckshot Roberts

Movie
1987
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

as Colonel Davy Crockett

Movie
1987
Death Before Dishonor

as Col. Halloran

Movie
1986Movie
1986
The B.R.A.T. Patrol

as General Newmeyer

Movie
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Caleb McCallum

TV
1983
Hardcastle and McCormick

as Milton Hardcastle

TV
1982
Cry for the Strangers

as Chief Whalen

Movie
1982
World War III

as Secretary General Gorny

TV
1981Movie
1981Movie
1980
The Mountain Men

as Henry Frapp

Movie
1980
The Silent Lovers

as Mauritz Stiller

Movie
1980
Power

as Charles Kandell

TV
1979
Meteor

as Dr. Dubov

Movie
1979
The Seekers

as Elijah Weatherby

TV
1979
The Chisholms

as Andrew Blake

TV
1978
Centennial

as Sheriff Axel Dumire

TV
1978
Hooper

as Jocko Doyle

Movie
1977
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney

Movie
1977Movie
1977
How the West Was Won

as General Stonecipher

TV
1976
Nickelodeon

as H.H. Cobb

Movie
1976
The Loneliest Runner

as Arnold Curtis

Movie
1976
Joe Panther

as Capt. Harper

Movie
1976
The Quest

as Tank Logan

Movie
1976
The Quest

as Tank Logan

TV
1975
The Wind and the Lion

as Theodore Roosevelt

Movie
1975
Archer

as Lew Archer

TV
1975Movie
1974
The Yakuza

as George Tanner

Movie
1974
The Zoo Gang

as Stephen "The Fox" Halliday

TV
1972
The Brian Keith Show

as Dr. Sean Jamison

TV
1972
The Bull of the West

as Johnny Wade

Movie
1972
Second Chance

as Geoff Smith

Movie
1971
Something Big

as Col. Morgan

Movie
1971
Scandalous John

as John McCanless

Movie
1970
The McKenzie Break

as Captain Jack Connor

Movie
1970Movie
1969
Gaily, Gaily

as Francis Sullivan

Movie
1969Movie
1968Movie
1967
Reflections in a Golden Eye

as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon

Movie
1966
Way... Way Out

as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby

Movie
1966
Family Affair

as Bill Davis

TV
1966
Nevada Smith

as Jonas Cord

Movie
1966Movie
1966
The Tenderfoot

as Mose Carson

Movie
1966
The Rare Breed

as Alexander Bowen

Movie
1965
Johnny Shiloh

as Sgt. Gabe Trotter

Movie
1965
The Hallelujah Trail

as Frank Wallingham

Movie
1964
The Pleasure Seekers

as Paul Barton

Movie
1964
Those Calloways

as Cam Calloway

Movie
1964
Profiles in Courage

as Thomas Hart Benton

TV
1964
The Tenderfoot

as Mose Carson

TV
1964
A Tiger Walks

as Sheriff Pete Williams

Movie
1964
Bristle Face

as Lue Swank

Movie
1963
The Raiders

as McElroy

Movie
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Andy Bastian

TV
1963
The Great Adventure

as Henry Bergh

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Edward Welles

TV
1963
Savage Sam

as Uncle Beck Coates

Movie
1962TV
1962
The Virginian

as Johnny Wade

TV
1962
Moon Pilot

as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman

Movie
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Alfred Freely

TV
1961Movie
1961
The Parent Trap

as Mitch Evers

Movie
1960
Ten Who Dared

as William Dunn

Movie
1960
The Westerner

as Dave Blassingame

TV
1960TV
1959
The Untouchables

as Jim Martinson

TV
1959TV
1959
The Young Philadelphians

as Mike Flanagan

Movie
1959
Rawhide

as Tod Macauley

TV
1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Sgt. Patrick Cohan

TV
1958
Villa!!

as Bill Harmon

Movie
1958
Sierra Baron

as Jack McCrackin

Movie
1958
Desert Hell

as Capt. Robert Edwards

Movie
1958
Violent Road

as Mitch Barton

Movie
1958
Fort Dobbs

as Clett

Movie
1957
Hell Canyon Outlaws

as Happy Waters

Movie
1957
Run of the Arrow

as Captain Clark

Movie
1957Movie
1957
Chicago Confidential

as Jim Fremont

Movie
1957
Dino

as Larry Sheridan

Movie
1956
Nightfall

as John

Movie
1956TV
1956
Storm Center

as Paul Duncan

Movie
1955
Crusader

as Matt Anders

TV
1955TV
1955TV
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Herbert Morrison

TV
1955TV
1955Movie
1955
Tight Spot

as Vince Striker

Movie
1955
The Violent Men

as Cole Wilkison

Movie
1954Movie
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney

as Shadrach O'Reilly

TV
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney

as Sergeant Gabe Trotter

TV
1954TV
1954
Climax!

as Sam Pryce

TV
1954TV
1954
Studio 57

as Dan

TV
1954
Studio 57

as Denis Burke

TV
1954
The Bamboo Prison

as Cpl. Brady

Movie
1954
Jivaro

as Tony

Movie
1954
Alaska Seas

as Jim Kimmerly

Movie
1953TV
1953
Arrowhead

as Capt. Bill North

Movie
1952TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Prosecuting Attorney

TV
1951
Fourteen Hours

as Extra (uncredited)

Movie
1950TV
1950TV
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as David Sutton

TV
1949
Suspense

as Johnny

TV
1949
Suspense

as Lt. Jim Connor

TV
1949
Suspense

as Idaho

TV
1949TV
1949
Suspense

as Kip Caley

TV
1947
Boomerang!

as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Knute Rockne All American

as Student at Train Station (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 14, 1921
Day of DeathJune 24, 1997
Place of BirthBayonne, New Jersey, USA
Popularity1.3