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Brian Keith

Brian Keith

Acting November 14, 1921 (75 years old) June 24, 1997 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.

Movies 88

The Parent Trap 7.0

The Parent Trap

as Mitch Evers

1961
Young Guns 6.7

Young Guns

as Buckshot Roberts

1988
Meteor 5.2

Meteor

as Dr. Dubov

1979
The Mountain Men 5.9

The Mountain Men

as Henry Frapp

1980
Nevada Smith 6.7

Nevada Smith

as Jonas Cord

1966
The Wind and the Lion 6.5

The Wind and the Lion

as Theodore Roosevelt

1975
Reflections in a Golden Eye 6.5

Reflections in a Golden Eye

as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon

1967
The Yakuza 7.1

The Yakuza

as George Tanner

1974
Fourteen Hours 7.2

Fourteen Hours

as Extra (uncredited)

1951
Hooper 6.3

Hooper

as Jocko Doyle

1978
Sharky's Machine 6.2

Sharky's Machine

as Papa

1981
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! 6.5

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

as Police Chief Link Mattocks

1966
With Six You Get Eggroll 6.4

With Six You Get Eggroll

as Jake Iverson

1968
Arrowhead 6.1

Arrowhead

as Capt. Bill North

1953
The Second Civil War 6.1

The Second Civil War

as General Buford

1997
Krakatoa, East of Java 5.8

Krakatoa, East of Java

as Connerly

1969
The Violent Men 6.4

The Violent Men

as Cole Wilkison

1955
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen 5.0

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

as Police Chief Baxter

1981
The Young Philadelphians 7.4

The Young Philadelphians

as Mike Flanagan

1959
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory 6.1

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

as Colonel Davy Crockett

1987
Run of the Arrow 6.1

Run of the Arrow

as Captain Clark

1957
Knute Rockne All American 6.1

Knute Rockne All American

as Student at Train Station (uncredited)

1940
Nickelodeon 6.0

Nickelodeon

as H.H. Cobb

1976
The Hallelujah Trail 6.1

The Hallelujah Trail

as Frank Wallingham

1965
Nightfall 6.9

Nightfall

as John

1956
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw 4.8

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw

as The Westerner

1991
The Rare Breed 6.2

The Rare Breed

as Alexander Bowen

1966
Moon Pilot 5.5

Moon Pilot

as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman

1962
The McKenzie Break 5.9

The McKenzie Break

as Captain Jack Connor

1970
Fort Dobbs 6.9

Fort Dobbs

as Clett

1958
The Deadly Companions 5.6

The Deadly Companions

as Yellowleg

1961
Savage Sam 5.2

Savage Sam

as Uncle Beck Coates

1963
5 Against the House 5.9

5 Against the House

as Brick

1955
Storm Center 6.9

Storm Center

as Paul Duncan

1956
Tight Spot 6.6

Tight Spot

as Vince Striker

1955
Boomerang! 7.0

Boomerang!

as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)

1947
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins 5.1

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

as 'Noble Hart' / Self

1995
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story 5.4

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story

as Cardinal

1996
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? 5.5

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

as Officer Michael M. Nace

1970
Walking Thunder 6.5

Walking Thunder

as Narrator

1995
Cry for the Strangers 6.9

Cry for the Strangers

as Chief Whalen

1982
The B.R.A.T. Patrol 5.8

The B.R.A.T. Patrol

as General Newmeyer

1986
Ten Who Dared 6.0

Ten Who Dared

as William Dunn

1960
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 8.0

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

as Self (archive footage)

2004
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson 7.0

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson

as Frank Wellman Sr.

1989
The Bull of the West 5.7

The Bull of the West

as Johnny Wade

1972
The Pleasure Seekers 5.4

The Pleasure Seekers

as Paul Barton

1964
Those Calloways 6.5

Those Calloways

as Cam Calloway

1964
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. 6.6

The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.

as Pete Morgan

1995
Way... Way Out 5.9

Way... Way Out

as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby

1966
Gaily, Gaily 4.3

Gaily, Gaily

as Francis Sullivan

1969
Jivaro 5.2

Jivaro

as Tony

1954
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood 6.0

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

as Self (uncredited)

1986
Lady in a Corner 4.5

Lady in a Corner

as David Henderson

1989
Welcome Home 6.6

Welcome Home

as Harry Robins

1989
Something Big 5.4

Something Big

as Col. Morgan

1971
Chicago Confidential 5.0

Chicago Confidential

as Jim Fremont

1957
A Tiger Walks 5.8

A Tiger Walks

as Sheriff Pete Williams

1964
The Raiders 4.8

The Raiders

as McElroy

1963
The Loneliest Runner 7.1

The Loneliest Runner

as Arnold Curtis

1976
The Passage 10.0

The Passage

as Byron Monroe

1988
Dino 7.4

Dino

as Larry Sheridan

1957
The Bamboo Prison 6.4

The Bamboo Prison

as Cpl. Brady

1954
Death Before Dishonor 4.7

Death Before Dishonor

as Col. Halloran

1987
Johnny Shiloh 7.5

Johnny Shiloh

as Sgt. Gabe Trotter

1965
The Lion Roars Again 6.5

The Lion Roars Again

as Self

1975
Appointment with a Shadow 5.7

Appointment with a Shadow

as Lt. Spencer

1957
The Tenderfoot

The Tenderfoot

as Mose Carson

1966
Scandalous John 6.4

Scandalous John

as John McCanless

1971
Alaska Seas 6.7

Alaska Seas

as Jim Kimmerly

1954
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!

as Mike Hammer

1954
Joe Panther 6.0

Joe Panther

as Capt. Harper

1976
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan 7.8

In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan

as Joe Quinlan

1977
Violent Road 6.4

Violent Road

as Mitch Barton

1958
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer 2.0

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney

1977
Picture Windows: Lightning 2.0

Picture Windows: Lightning

as Tappan

1995
Villa!! 9.0

Villa!!

as Bill Harmon

1958
Second Chance 7.0

Second Chance

as Geoff Smith

1972
The Quest 8.5

The Quest

as Tank Logan

1976
Follow Your Heart 5.4

Follow Your Heart

as Roddy Thompson

1999
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country

Rapids Ahead/Bear Country

1960
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds 6.0

All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds

as Self

1981
Sierra Baron 5.0

Sierra Baron

as Jack McCrackin

1958
Wind Dancer 7.0

Wind Dancer

as Truman Richards

1993
Hell Canyon Outlaws 10.0

Hell Canyon Outlaws

as Happy Waters

1957
Desert Hell 9.0

Desert Hell

as Capt. Robert Edwards

1958
Bristle Face 8.0

Bristle Face

as Lue Swank

1964
The Silent Lovers 4.7

The Silent Lovers

as Mauritz Stiller

1980

TV Shows 72

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 7.6

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

1962
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 7.9

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Mullibok

1993
Murder, She Wrote 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

as Caleb McCallum

1984
The Fugitive 7.3

The Fugitive

as Edward Welles

1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 7.9

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Jim Mallory

1962
The Virginian 6.5

The Virginian

as Johnny Wade

1962
Walker, Texas Ranger 7.0

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Del Forman

1993
Robert Montgomery Presents 6.0

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Harry

1950
Touched by an Angel 7.2

Touched by an Angel

as Leonard Pound

1994
Climax! 3.8

Climax!

as Sam Pryce

1954
Spider-Man 8.3

Spider-Man

as Uncle Ben (voice)

1994
Dr. Kildare 5.7

Dr. Kildare

as Alfred Freely

1961
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 6.2

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Dave Blassingame

1956
The Untouchables 8.1

The Untouchables

as Jim Martinson

1959
Rawhide 7.3

Rawhide

as Tod Macauley

1959
Family Affair 6.7

Family Affair

as Bill Davis

1966
Duckman 7.3

Duckman

as Duckman's Father (voice)

1994
Pacific Blue 5.3

Pacific Blue

as Mac McNamara

1996
77 Sunset Strip 7.2

77 Sunset Strip

as Sgt. Patrick Cohan

1958
Cybill 6.0

Cybill

as Arthur Minnow

1995
The Ford Television Theatre 7.8

The Ford Television Theatre

as Dan Crawford

1952
The Ford Television Theatre 7.8

The Ford Television Theatre

as Mano

1952
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Dave Rainey

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Arnold Shawn

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Herbert Morrison

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Vernon Wedge

1955
Laramie 6.7

Laramie

1959
The Commish 7.1

The Commish

1991
Kraft Suspense Theatre 6.5

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Andy Bastian

1963
Hardcastle and McCormick 6.5

Hardcastle and McCormick

as Milton Hardcastle

1983
Studio 57 7.5

Studio 57

1954
Studio 57 7.5

Studio 57

as Dan

1954
Studio 57 7.5

Studio 57

as Denis Burke

1954
Suspense 5.1

Suspense

as Johnny

1949
Suspense 5.1

Suspense

as Lt. Jim Connor

1949
Suspense 5.1

Suspense

as Kip Caley

1949
Suspense 5.1

Suspense

as Idaho

1949
Suspense 5.1

Suspense

1949
Tales of Tomorrow 6.4

Tales of Tomorrow

1951
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour 6.8

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

as Self

1969
The Wonderful World of Disney 7.9

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Shadrach O'Reilly

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney 7.9

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Sergeant Gabe Trotter

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney 7.9

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Lue Swank

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney 7.9

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Gen. Newmeyer

1954
How the West Was Won 7.0

How the West Was Won

as General Stonecipher

1977
Lux Video Theatre 6.7

Lux Video Theatre

as Happy

1950
Lux Video Theatre 6.7

Lux Video Theatre

as Choya

1950
Lux Video Theatre 6.7

Lux Video Theatre

as David Sutton

1950
The Great Adventure 10.0

The Great Adventure

as Henry Bergh

1963
Burke's Law 6.8

Burke's Law

as Norman Hope

1994
Outlaws 6.7

Outlaws

1960
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse 8.5

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

as Joe Kelly

1953
The Wonderful World of Disney 8.0

The Wonderful World of Disney

1961
Centennial 7.7

Centennial

as Sheriff Axel Dumire

1978
Target: The Corruptors! 5.7

Target: The Corruptors!

1961
Profiles in Courage 7.5

Profiles in Courage

as Thomas Hart Benton

1964
The Brian Keith Show 6.2

The Brian Keith Show

as Dr. Sean Jamison

1972
Hallmark Hall of Fame 8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Prosecuting Attorney

1951
The Chisholms 7.5

The Chisholms

as Andrew Blake

1979
The Quest 6.4

The Quest

as Tank Logan

1976
The Westerner 7.0

The Westerner

as Dave Blassingame

1960
Crusader 6.7

Crusader

as Matt Anders

1955
Rough Riders 6.2

Rough Riders

as President William McKinley

1997
The Zoo Gang 7.8

The Zoo Gang

as Stephen "The Fox" Halliday

1974
World War III 6.4

World War III

as Secretary General Gorny

1982
Pursuit of Happiness 6.0

Pursuit of Happiness

1987
Walter & Emily 8.0

Walter & Emily

as Walter Collins

1991
Archer 7.7

Archer

as Lew Archer

1975
The Seekers 8.0

The Seekers

as Elijah Weatherby

1979
Power 7.0

Power

as Charles Kandell

1980
Heartland 6.8

Heartland

as B.L. McCutcheon

1989
The Tenderfoot

The Tenderfoot

as Mose Carson

1964

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