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:
- 130
- 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 |
| Series | Rough Riders | President William McKinley | 1997-07-20 |
| Movie | The Second Civil War | General Buford | 1997-12-04 |
| Movie | Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Cardinal | 1996-09-27 |
| Series | Cybill | Unknown | 1995-01-02 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins | 'Noble Hart' / Self | 1995-11-12 |
| Movie | The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. | Pete Morgan | 1995-03-06 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
| Series | Duckman | Unknown | 1994-03-05 |
| 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 | The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw | The Westerner | 1991-11-03 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson | Frank Wellman Sr. | 1989-02-12 |
| Series | Heartland | B.L. McCutcheon | 1989-03-20 |
| Movie | Welcome Home | Harry Robins | 1989-09-29 |
| Movie | Lady in a Corner | David Henderson | 1989-12-11 |
| Movie | Young Guns | Buckshot Roberts | 1988-02-17 |
| Movie | Death Before Dishonor | Col. Halloran | 1987-02-20 |
| Series | Pursuit of Happiness | 1987-10-30 | |
| 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 |
| Movie | Cry for the Strangers | Chief Whalen | 1982-02-11 |
| Series | World War III | Secretary General Gorny | 1982-01-31 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Police Chief Baxter | 1981-02-13 |
| Movie | Sharky's Machine | Papa | 1981-12-18 |
| Movie | The Mountain Men | Henry Frapp | 1980-06-01 |
| Movie | Power | Charles Kandell | 1980-01-14 |
| Movie | The Silent Lovers | Mauritz Stiller | 1980-05-20 |
| Series | The Chisholms | 1979-03-29 | |
| Movie | Meteor | Dr. Dubov | 1979-10-19 |
| Movie | Moonraker | U.S. Shuttle Captain | 1979-06-26 |
| 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 | The Loneliest Runner | Arnold Curtis | 1976-12-20 |
| Movie | Joe Panther | Capt. Harper | 1976-10-01 |
| Movie | Nickelodeon | H.H. Cobb | 1976-12-21 |
| Movie | The Lion Roars Again | Self | 1975-01-01 |
| Movie | The Wind and the Lion | Theodore Roosevelt | 1975-05-22 |
| Series | Archer | Lew Archer | 1975-01-30 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Brian Keith Show | Dr. Sean Jamison | 1972-09-15 |
| Movie | The Bull of the West | Johnny Wade | 1972-05-04 |
| Movie | Scandalous John | John McCanless | 1971-06-22 |
| Movie | Something Big | Col. Morgan | 1971-11-19 |
| Movie | The McKenzie Break | Captain Jack Connor | 1970-10-28 |
| Movie | Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? | Officer Michael M. Nace | 1970-09-11 |
| 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 | Way... Way Out | Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby | 1966-10-26 |
| Movie | The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! | Police Chief Link Mattocks | 1966-05-25 |
| Movie | The Rare Breed | Alexander Bowen | 1966-02-02 |
| Movie | Nevada Smith | Jonas Cord | 1966-06-10 |
| Series | Family Affair | Bill Davis | 1966-09-12 |
| Movie | The Hallelujah Trail | Frank Wallingham | 1965-06-23 |
| Movie | Johnny Shiloh | Sgt. Gabe Trotter | 1965-12-21 |
| Movie | A Tiger Walks | Sheriff Pete Williams | 1964-04-12 |
| Movie | The Tenderfoot | Mose Carson | 1964-11-08 |
| Movie | Those Calloways | Cam Calloway | 1964-11-10 |
| Series | Profiles in Courage | Unknown | 1964-11-08 |
| Movie | The Pleasure Seekers | Paul Barton | 1964-12-25 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Movie | Savage Sam | Uncle Beck Coates | 1963-06-01 |
| Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
| Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
| Movie | The Raiders | McElroy | 1963-12-01 |
| Movie | Moon Pilot | Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman | 1962-04-05 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Series | Sam Benedict | Unknown | 1962-09-15 |
| 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 | The Westerner | Dave Blassingame | 1960-09-30 |
| Series | Outlaws | Unknown | 1960-09-26 |
| Movie | Rapids Ahead/Bear Country | 1960-10-16 | |
| 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 | Desert Hell | Capt. Robert Edwards | 1958-06-25 |
| Movie | Fort Dobbs | Clett | 1958-04-18 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Movie | Sierra Baron | Jack McCrackin | 1958-07-01 |
| Movie | Villa!! | Bill Harmon | 1958-10-01 |
| 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 (uncredited) | 1947-02-28 |
| Movie | Knute Rockne All American | Student at Train Station (uncredited) | 1940-10-05 |