Brian Keith
November 14, 1921 (102 years old) in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 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
- 1997 · Rough Riders as President William McKinley
- 1997 · Walking Thunder as Narrator
- 1996 · Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story as Cardinal
- 1996 · Pacific Blue as Mac McNamara
- 1995 · Lightning as Tappan
- 1995 · The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. as Pete Morgan
- 1995 · Cybill as
- 1994 · Spider-Man as Uncle Ben (voice)
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Leonard Pound
- 1994 · Duckman as
- 1994 · Burke's Law as Norman Hope
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Del Forman
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Mullibok
- 1993 · Wind Dancer as Truman Richards
- 1991 · Walter & Emily as Walter Collins
- 1991 · The Commish as
- 1989 · Lady in a Corner as David Henderson
- 1989 · Welcome Home as Harry Robins
- 1989 · Heartland as B.L. McCutcheon
- 1989 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson as Frank Wellman Sr.
- 1988 · After the Rain as Byron Monroe
- 1988 · Young Guns as Buckshot Roberts
- 1987 · The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory as Colonel Davy Crockett
- 1987 · The Pursuit of Happiness as
- 1987 · Death Before Dishonor as Col. Halloran
- 1986 · 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
- 1982 · World War III as Secretary General Gorny
- 1981 · Sharky's Machine as Papa
- 1981 · All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds as Self
- 1981 · Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen as Police Chief Baxter
- 1980 · The Mountain Men as Henry Frapp
- 1980 · The Silent Lovers as Mauritz Stiller
- 1980 · Power as Charles Kandell
- 1979 · The Seekers as Elijah Weatherby
- 1979 · Meteor as Dr. Dubov
- 1979 · The Chisholms as Andrew Blake
- 1978 · Centennial as Sheriff Axel Dumire
- 1978 · Hooper as Jocko Doyle
- 1977 · The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
- 1977 · In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan as Joe Quinlan
- 1976 · Nickelodeon as H.H. Cobb
- 1976 · The Loneliest Runner as Arnold Curtis
- 1976 · Joe Panther as Capt. Harper
- 1976 · The Quest as Tank Logan
- 1976 · The Quest as Tank Logan
- 1975 · The Wind and the Lion as Theodore Roosevelt
- 1975 · Archer as Lew Archer
- 1975 · The Lion Roars Again as Self
- 1974 · The Yakuza as George Tanner
- 1974 · The Zoo Gang as Stephen "The Fox" Halliday
- 1972 · The Brian Keith Show as Dr. Sean Jamison
- 1972 · The Bull of the West as Johnny Wade
- 1972 · Second Chance as Geoff Smith
- 1971 · Something Big as Col. Morgan
- 1971 · Scandalous John as John McCanless
- 1970 · The McKenzie Break as Captain Jack Connor
- 1970 · Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? as Officer Michael M. Nace
- 1969 · Gaily, Gaily as Francis Sullivan
- 1969 · The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
- 1968 · Krakatoa, East of Java as Connerly
- 1968 · With Six You Get Eggroll as Jake Iverson
- 1967 · Reflections in a Golden Eye as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
- 1966 · Way... Way Out as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
- 1966 · Family Affair as Bill Davis
- 1966 · Nevada Smith as Jonas Cord
- 1966 · The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! as Police Chief Link Mattocks
- 1966 · The Rare Breed as Alexander Bowen
- 1965 · The Hallelujah Trail as Frank Wallingham
- 1965 · Those Calloways as Cam Calloway
- 1964 · The Pleasure Seekers as Paul Barton
- 1964 · Profiles in Courage as Thomas Hart Benton
- 1964 · The Tenderfoot as Mose Carson
- 1964 · A Tiger Walks as Sheriff Pete Williams
- 1964 · Bristle Face as Lue Swank
- 1963 · The Raiders as McElroy
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Andy Bastian
- 1963 · The Great Adventure as Henry Bergh
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Edward Welles
- 1963 · Savage Sam as Uncle Beck Coates
- 1963 · Johnny Shiloh as Sgt. Gabe Trotter
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Jim Mallory
- 1962 · The Virginian as Johnny Wade
- 1962 · Sam Benedict as
- 1962 · Moon Pilot as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
- 1961 · Target: The Corruptors! as
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Alfred Freely
- 1961 · The Wonderful World of Disney as
- 1961 · The Deadly Companions as Yellowleg
- 1961 · The Parent Trap as Mitch Evers
- 1960 · Ten Who Dared as William Dunn
- 1960 · Rapids Ahead/Bear Country as
- 1960 · The Westerner as Dave Blassingame
- 1960 · Outlaws as
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Jim Martinson
- 1959 · Laramie as
- 1959 · The Young Philadelphians as Mike Flanagan
- 1959 · Rawhide as Tod Macauley
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Sgt. Patrick Cohan
- 1958 · Villa!! as Bill Harmon
- 1958 · Sierra Baron as Jack McCrackin
- 1958 · Desert Hell as Capt. Robert Edwards
- 1958 · Violent Road as Mitch Barton
- 1958 · Fort Dobbs as Clett
- 1957 · Hell Canyon Outlaws as Happy Waters
- 1957 · Run of the Arrow as Captain Clark
- 1957 · Appointment with a Shadow as Lt. Spencer
- 1957 · Chicago Confidential as Jim Fremont
- 1957 · Dino as Larry Sheridan
- 1956 · Nightfall as John
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Dave Blassingame
- 1956 · Storm Center as Paul Duncan
- 1955 · Crusader as Matt Anders
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Dave Rainey
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Arnold Shawn
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Herbert Morrison
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Vernon Wedge
- 1955 · 5 Against the House as Brick
- 1955 · Tight Spot as Vince Striker
- 1955 · The Violent Men as Cole Wilkison
- 1954 · Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer! as Mike Hammer
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Shadrach O'Reilly
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Sergeant Gabe Trotter
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Lue Swank
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Gen. Newmeyer
- 1954 · Climax! as Sam Pryce
- 1954 · Studio 57 as
- 1954 · The Bamboo Prison as Cpl. Brady
- 1954 · Jivaro as Tony
- 1954 · Alaska Seas as Jim Kimmerly
- 1953 · Arrowhead as Capt. Bill North
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Dan Crawford
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Mano
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Prosecuting Attorney
- 1951 · Tales of Tomorrow as
- 1951 · Fourteen Hours as Extra (uncredited)
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Happy
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Choya
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as David Sutton
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Harry
- 1949 · Suspense as Johnny
- 1949 · Suspense as Lt. Jim Connor
- 1949 · Suspense as Kip Caley
- 1949 · Suspense as Idaho
- 1949 · Suspense as
- 1947 · Boomerang! as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse
- 1940 · Knute Rockne All American as Student at Train Station (uncredited)