William Keene
Born: 1915-08-04 in Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1992-05-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
William Joseph Keene was an American radio and television actor who appeared on several popular television shows more than one separate occasion as a different character. He appeared in shows more than once as a different character such as The Andy Griffith Show, Perry Mason and Mayberry R.F.D.. In 1958, he played the banker Mr. Botkin in the Gunsmoke episode "Kitty Caught" (Season 3, Episode 19). In 1961 he appeared on the television show Twilight Zone in the episodes "The Midnight Sun" and "The Prime Mover", and in an episode of The Asphalt Jungle. He also appeared in "Lamb to the Slaughter", a classic 1958 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Among his five appearances on Perry Mason, the last two were as Judge Seymour in the show's final season. He died in Los Angeles on May 23, 1992. He was buried in Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery.
Filmography
1977
- Herowork as Judge
1976
- Big John, Little John as Doctor
1973
- Heavy Traffic as (voice)
1968
- Mayberry R.F.D. as Reverend Tucker
- Speedway as Taxpayer (uncredited)
1967
1966
- Mission: Impossible as Janos Karq
1965
- Get Smart as Newfield
- Green Acres
- Honey West as Granville Manners
1964
- The Addams Family as Dr. Motley
- Honeymoon Hotel as Mr. Johnson
1963
- The Fugitive as Dr. Garber
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Captain
1962
- The Virginian as Minister
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Reverend Tucker
- My Three Sons
- Johnny Midnight
- Coronado 9
- The Brothers Brannagan as Swift
- Too Soon to Love as The Doctor
1959
- Bonanza as Mr. Nagel
- The Twilight Zone as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- Not for Hire
1958
- The Donna Reed Show
- Shirley Temple's Storybook as Royal Army One Soldier
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Robert Bart
- Tarzan and the Trappers as Lapin
1957
- Perry Mason as Bank Teller
- Tales of Wells Fargo as Dr. Crosier
- M Squad as Captain Bates
1955
- Matinee Theater
- Gunsmoke as Mr. Botkin
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Fingerprint Policeman