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Brian Keith

Born: 1921-11-14 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Died: 1997-06-24

Known For: Acting

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

2004

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)

1999

Follow Your Heart as Roddy Thompson

1997

The Second Civil War as General Buford
Rough Riders as President William McKinley

1996

Pacific Blue as Mac McNamara
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story as Cardinal

1995

Cybill as Arthur Minnow
Walking Thunder as Narrator
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. as Pete Morgan
Picture Windows: Lightning as Tappan
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins as 'Noble Hart' / Self

1994

Touched by an Angel as Leonard Pound
Spider-Man as Uncle Ben (voice)
Duckman as Duckman's Father (voice)
Burke's Law as Norman Hope

1993

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Mullibok
Walker, Texas Ranger as Del Forman
Wind Dancer as Truman Richards

1991

The Commish
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw as The Westerner
Walter & Emily as Walter Collins

1989

Welcome Home as Harry Robins
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson as Frank Wellman Sr.
Lady in a Corner as David Henderson
Heartland as B.L. McCutcheon

1988

Young Guns as Buckshot Roberts
After the Rain as Byron Monroe

1987

Death Before Dishonor as Col. Halloran
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory as Colonel Davy Crockett
Pursuit of Happiness

1986

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood as Self
The B.R.A.T. Patrol as General Newmeyer

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Caleb McCallum

1983

Hardcastle and McCormick as Milton Hardcastle

1982

Cry for the Strangers as Chief Whalen
World War III as Secretary General Gorny

1981

Sharky's Machine as Papa
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds as Self
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen as Police Chief Baxter

1980

The Mountain Men as Henry Frapp
The Silent Lovers as Mauritz Stiller
Power as Charles Kandell

1979

The Seekers as Elijah Weatherby
Meteor as Dr. Dubov
The Chisholms as Andrew Blake

1978

Centennial as Sheriff Axel Dumire
Hooper as Jocko Doyle

1977

How the West Was Won as General Stonecipher
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan as Joe Quinlan

1976

The Quest as Tank Logan
The Quest as Tank Logan
The Loneliest Runner as Arnold Curtis
Joe Panther as Capt. Harper
Nickelodeon as H.H. Cobb

1975

The Wind and the Lion as Theodore Roosevelt
Archer as Lew Archer
The Lion Roars Again as Self

1974

The Yakuza as George Tanner
The Zoo Gang as Stephen "The Fox" Halliday

1972

Second Chance as Geoff Smith
The Bull of the West as Johnny Wade
The Brian Keith Show as Dr. Sean Jamison

1971

Something Big as Col. Morgan
Scandalous John as John McCanless

1970

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? as Officer Michael M. Nace
The McKenzie Break as Captain Jack Connor

1969

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
Gaily, Gaily as Francis Sullivan

1968

Krakatoa, East of Java as Connerly
With Six You Get Eggroll as Jake Iverson

1967

Reflections in a Golden Eye as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon

1966

Family Affair as Bill Davis
The Tenderfoot as Mose Carson
Nevada Smith as Jonas Cord
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! as Police Chief Link Mattocks
The Rare Breed as Alexander Bowen
Way... Way Out as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby

1965

Johnny Shiloh as Sgt. Gabe Trotter
The Hallelujah Trail as Frank Wallingham

1964

Profiles in Courage as Thomas Hart Benton
Bristle Face as Lue Swank
The Pleasure Seekers as Paul Barton
A Tiger Walks as Sheriff Pete Williams
Those Calloways as Cam Calloway

1963

The Fugitive as Edward Welles
The Great Adventure as Henry Bergh
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Andy Bastian
Savage Sam as Uncle Beck Coates
The Raiders as McElroy

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Jim Mallory
The Virginian as Johnny Wade
Moon Pilot as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman

1961

1960

Outlaws
Ten Who Dared as William Dunn
The Westerner as Dave Blassingame
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country

1959

The Untouchables as Jim Martinson
Rawhide as Tod Macauley
Laramie
The Young Philadelphians as Mike Flanagan

1958

77 Sunset Strip as Sgt. Patrick Cohan
Villa!! as Bill Harmon
Fort Dobbs as Clett
Sierra Baron as Jack McCrackin
Violent Road as Mitch Barton
Desert Hell as Capt. Robert Edwards

1957

Chicago Confidential as Jim Fremont
Dino as Larry Sheridan
Appointment with a Shadow as Lt. Spencer
Run of the Arrow as Captain Clark
Hell Canyon Outlaws as Happy Waters

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Dave Blassingame
Nightfall as John
Storm Center as Paul Duncan

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Dave Rainey
Tight Spot as Vince Striker
The Violent Men as Cole Wilkison
Crusader as Matt Anders
5 Against the House as Brick

1954

Climax! as Sam Pryce
Jivaro as Tony
Studio 57
Alaska Seas as Jim Kimmerly
The Wonderful World of Disney as Shadrach O'Reilly
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer! as Mike Hammer
The Bamboo Prison as Cpl. Brady

1953

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Joe Kelly
Arrowhead as Capt. Bill North

1952

The Ford Television Theatre as Dan Crawford

1951

Tales of Tomorrow
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Prosecuting Attorney
Fourteen Hours as Extra (uncredited)

1950

Robert Montgomery Presents as Harry
Lux Video Theatre as Happy

1949

Suspense as Johnny

1947

Boomerang! as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)

1940

Knute Rockne All American as Student at Train Station (uncredited)