Brian Keith
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Keith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Nov 14, 1921 In Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 127
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Knute Rockne All American 1940-10-05
- Latest Project:
- Movie Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 2004-07-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | 2004-07-25 |
| Movie | Follow Your Heart | Roddy Thompson | 1999-01-26 |
| Movie | Walking Thunder | Narrator | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Hot Blooded | Mr. Colbert | 1997-01-10 |
| Movie | The Second Civil War | Maj. Gen. Charles Buford | 1997-12-04 |
| Series | Rough Riders | President William McKinley | 1997-07-20 |
| Movie | Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Cardinal | 1996-09-27 |
| Movie | The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. | Pete Morgan | 1995-03-06 |
| Series | Cybill | Unknown | 1995-01-02 |
| Series | Duckman | Unknown | 1994-03-05 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
| Series | Spider-Man | Unknown | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | Wind Dancer | Truman Richards | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown | 1993-04-21 |
| Series | The Commish | Unknown | 1991-09-28 |
| Series | Walter & Emily | Walter Collins | 1991-11-16 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson | Frank Wellman Sr. | 1989-02-12 |
| Series | Heartland | B.L. McCutcheon | 1989-03-20 |
| Movie | Lady in a Corner | David Henderson | 1989-12-11 |
| Movie | Welcome Home | Harry Robins | 1989-09-29 |
| Movie | Young Guns | Buckshot Roberts | 1988-02-17 |
| Series | The Pursuit of Happiness | 1987-10-30 | |
| Movie | Death Before Dishonor | Col. Halloran | 1987-02-20 |
| Movie | The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory | Colonel Davy Crockett | 1987-11-11 |
| Movie | The B.R.A.T. Patrol | General Newmeyer | 1986-10-26 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Caleb McCallum | 1984-09-30 |
| Series | Hardcastle and McCormick | Milton Hardcastle | 1983-09-18 |
| Series | World War III | Secretary General Gorny | 1982-01-31 |
| Movie | Cry for the Strangers | Chief Whalen | 1982-02-11 |
| Movie | Sharky's Machine | Papa | 1981-12-18 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Police Chief Baxter | 1981-02-13 |
| Movie | Power | Charles Kandell | 1980-01-14 |
| Movie | The Silent Lovers | Mauritz Stiller | 1980-05-20 |
| Movie | The Mountain Men | Henry Frapp | 1980-06-01 |
| Movie | Moonraker | U.S. Shuttle Captain | 1979-06-26 |
| Series | The Chisholms | 1979-03-29 | |
| Movie | Meteor | Dr. Dubov | 1979-10-19 |
| Movie | Hooper | Jocko Doyle | 1978-07-28 |
| Series | Centennial | Sheriff Axel Dumire | 1978-10-01 |
| Series | How the West Was Won | Unknown | 1977-02-06 |
| Movie | In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan | Joe Quinlan | 1977-09-26 |
| Movie | The Quest | Tank Logan | 1976-05-13 |
| Series | The Quest | Tank Logan | 1976-05-13 |
| Movie | Joe Panther | Capt. Harper | 1976-10-01 |
| Movie | Nickelodeon | H.H. Cobb | 1976-12-21 |
| Movie | The Loneliest Runner | Arnold Curtis | 1976-12-20 |
| Series | Archer | Lew Archer | 1975-01-30 |
| Movie | The Lion Roars Again | Self | 1975-01-01 |
| Movie | The Wind and the Lion | Theodore Roosevelt | 1975-05-22 |
| Series | The Zoo Gang | Stephen "The Fox" Halliday | 1974-04-05 |
| Movie | The Yakuza | George Tanner | 1974-12-21 |
| Movie | Second Chance | Geoff Smith | 1972-02-08 |
| Movie | The Bull of the West | Johnny Wade | 1972-05-04 |
| Series | The Brian Keith Show | Dr. Sean Jamison | 1972-09-15 |
| Movie | Scandalous John | John McCanless | 1971-06-22 |
| Movie | Something Big | Col. Morgan | 1971-11-19 |
| Movie | Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? | Officer Michael M. Nace | 1970-09-11 |
| Movie | The McKenzie Break | Captain Jack Connor | 1970-10-28 |
| Series | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Unknown | 1969-01-22 |
| Movie | Gaily, Gaily | Francis Sullivan | 1969-12-16 |
| Movie | With Six You Get Eggroll | Jake Iverson | 1968-08-07 |
| Movie | Krakatoa, East of Java | Connerly | 1968-12-26 |
| Movie | Reflections in a Golden Eye | Lt. Col. Morris Langdon | 1967-10-13 |
| Movie | The Rare Breed | Alexander Bowen | 1966-02-02 |
| Movie | The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! | Police Chief Link Mattocks | 1966-05-25 |
| Movie | Way... Way Out | Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby | 1966-10-26 |
| Movie | Nevada Smith | Jonas Cord | 1966-06-10 |
| Series | Family Affair | Bill Davis | 1966-09-12 |
| Movie | Those Calloways | Cam Calloway | 1965-01-28 |
| Movie | The Hallelujah Trail | Frank Wallingham | 1965-06-23 |
| Movie | The Tenderfoot | Mose Carson | 1964-11-08 |
| Movie | A Tiger Walks | Sheriff Pete Williams | 1964-04-12 |
| Series | Profiles in Courage | Unknown | 1964-11-08 |
| Movie | The Pleasure Seekers | Paul Barton | 1964-12-25 |
| Movie | Savage Sam | Uncle Beck Coates | 1963-06-01 |
| Movie | Johnny Shiloh | Sergeant Gabe Trotter | 1963-01-20 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
| Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
| Movie | The Raiders | McElroy | 1963-12-01 |
| Movie | Moon Pilot | Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman | 1962-04-05 |
| Series | Sam Benedict | Unknown | 1962-09-15 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Movie | The Parent Trap | Mitch Evers | 1961-05-13 |
| Movie | The Deadly Companions | Yellowleg | 1961-06-06 |
| Series | The Wonderful World of Disney | Unknown | 1961-09-24 |
| Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Series | Outlaws | Unknown | 1960-09-26 |
| Series | The Westerner | Dave Blassingame | 1960-09-30 |
| Movie | Ten Who Dared | William Dunn | 1960-11-01 |
| Movie | The Young Philadelphians | Mike Flanagan | 1959-05-21 |
| Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
| Series | Laramie | Unknown | 1959-09-15 |
| Movie | Violent Road | Mitch Barton | 1958-05-10 |
| Movie | Fort Dobbs | Clett | 1958-04-18 |
| Movie | Desert Hell | Capt. Robert Edwards | 1958-06-25 |
| Movie | Sierra Baron | Jack McCrackin | 1958-07-01 |
| Movie | Villa!! | Bill Harmon | 1958-10-01 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Movie | Dino | Larry Sheridan | 1957-07-21 |
| Movie | Appointment with a Shadow | Lt. Spencer | 1957-09-01 |
| Movie | Chicago Confidential | Jim Fremont | 1957-08-30 |
| Movie | Hell Canyon Outlaws | Happy Waters | 1957-10-05 |
| Movie | Run of the Arrow | Captain Clark | 1957-09-05 |
| Movie | Storm Center | Paul Duncan | 1956-07-31 |
| Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | Nightfall | John | 1956-11-09 |
| Movie | Tight Spot | Vince Striker | 1955-03-19 |
| Movie | 5 Against the House | Brick | 1955-06-10 |
| Movie | The Violent Men | Cole Wilkison | 1955-01-26 |
| Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
| Series | Crusader | Matt Anders | 1955-10-07 |
| Movie | Jivaro | Tony | 1954-02-12 |
| Movie | Alaska Seas | Jim Kimmerly | 1954-01-27 |
| Series | Studio 57 | Unknown | 1954-09-21 |
| Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
| Movie | The Bamboo Prison | Cpl. Brady | 1954-06-15 |
| Movie | Arrowhead | Capt. Bill North | 1953-08-03 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Movie | Fourteen Hours | Extra (uncredited) | 1951-04-01 |
| Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
| Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
| Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
| Series | Suspense | Unknown | 1949-01-06 |
| Movie | Boomerang! | Man in Mob Behind Courthouse | 1947-02-28 |
| Movie | Knute Rockne All American | Student at Train Station (uncredited) | 1940-10-05 |