Brian Keith
Known for Acting · 145 credits
- Born
- 1921-11-14
- Died
- 1997-06-24
- Place of birth
- Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Robert Keith Richey Jr. · برایان کیت
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.
Known For
TV Shows (57)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Fugitive
1963
as Edward Welles
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Caleb McCallum
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Mullibok
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Harry
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Jim Mallory
The Virginian
1962
as Johnny Wade
Climax!
1954
as Sam Pryce
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Leonard Pound
Rawhide
1959
as Tod Macauley
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Alfred Freely
The Untouchables
1959
as Jim Martinson
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Del Forman
Spider-Man
1994
as Uncle Ben (voice)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Dave Blassingame
Pacific Blue
1996
as Mac McNamara
Duckman
1994
as Duckman's Father (voice)
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Sgt. Patrick Cohan
The Commish
1991
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Dave Rainey / Arnold Shawn / Herbert Morrison / Vernon Wedge
Cybill
1995
as Arthur Minnow
Laramie
1959
Family Affair
1966
as Bill Davis
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
as Milton Hardcastle
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Andy Bastian
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Happy / Choya / David Sutton
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Dan Crawford / Mano
Studio 57
1954
as Dan / Denis Burke
Burke's Law
1994
as Norman Hope
How the West Was Won
1977
as General Stonecipher
The Great Adventure
1963
as Henry Bergh
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Outlaws
1960
Centennial
1978
as Sheriff Axel Dumire
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Shadrach O'Reilly / Sergeant Gabe Trotter / Lue Swank / Gen. Newmeyer
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
as Joe Kelly
Suspense
1949
as Johnny / Lt. Jim Connor / Idaho / Kip Caley
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
The Quest
1976
as Tank Logan
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Thomas Hart Benton
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Prosecuting Attorney
The Westerner
1960
as Dave Blassingame
Rough Riders
1997
as President William McKinley
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
Crusader
1955
as Matt Anders
The Brian Keith Show
1972
as Dr. Sean Jamison
The Chisholms
1979
as Andrew Blake
The Seekers
1979
as Elijah Weatherby
The Zoo Gang
1974
as Stephen "The Fox" Halliday
World War III
1982
as Secretary General Gorny
Power
1980
as Charles Kandell
Heartland
1989
as B.L. McCutcheon
The Tenderfoot
1964
as Mose Carson
Archer
1975
as Lew Archer
Pursuit of Happiness
1987
Walter & Emily
1991
as Walter Collins
Movies (88)
The Parent Trap
1961
as Mitch Evers
Fourteen Hours
1951
as Extra (uncredited)
Young Guns
1988
as Buckshot Roberts
Nickelodeon
1976
as H.H. Cobb
Lady in a Corner
1989
as David Henderson
The Wind and the Lion
1975
as Theodore Roosevelt
The Mountain Men
1980
as Henry Frapp
Nevada Smith
1966
as Jonas Cord
Hooper
1978
as Jocko Doyle
Knute Rockne All American
1940
as Student at Train Station (uncredited)
The Young Philadelphians
1959
as Mike Flanagan
Sharky's Machine
1981
as Papa
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
as Frank Wallingham
Ten Who Dared
1960
as William Dunn
The Rare Breed
1966
as Alexander Bowen
The Deadly Companions
1961
as Yellowleg
Dino
1957
as Larry Sheridan
The Second Civil War
1997
as General Buford
Savage Sam
1963
as Uncle Beck Coates
Arrowhead
1953
as Capt. Bill North
Krakatoa, East of Java
1969
as Connerly
Something Big
1971
as Col. Morgan
The Bull of the West
1972
as Johnny Wade
The Loneliest Runner
1976
as Arnold Curtis
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967
as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
Meteor
1979
as Dr. Dubov
The Violent Men
1955
as Cole Wilkison
A Tiger Walks
1964
as Sheriff Pete Williams
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country
1960
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
as Police Chief Baxter
Run of the Arrow
1957
as Captain Clark
Picture Windows: Lightning
1995
as Tappan
Nightfall
1956
as John
The Yakuza
1974
as George Tanner
Death Before Dishonor
1987
as Col. Halloran
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966
as Police Chief Link Mattocks
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
as The Westerner
Moon Pilot
1962
as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
Welcome Home
1989
as Harry Robins
Way... Way Out
1966
as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
1977
as Joe Quinlan
Follow Your Heart
1999
as Roddy Thompson
Scandalous John
1971
as John McCanless
With Six You Get Eggroll
1968
as Jake Iverson
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
1995
as Pete Morgan
The Bamboo Prison
1954
as Cpl. Brady
Alaska Seas
1954
as Jim Kimmerly
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
1996
as Cardinal
The McKenzie Break
1970
as Captain Jack Connor
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
1995
as 'Noble Hart' / Self
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
1989
as Frank Wellman Sr.
After the Rain
1988
as Byron Monroe
Wind Dancer
1993
as Truman Richards
Cry for the Strangers
1982
as Chief Whalen
Gaily, Gaily
1969
as Francis Sullivan
The Quest
1976
as Tank Logan
Walking Thunder
1995
as Narrator
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970
as Officer Michael M. Nace
Those Calloways
1964
as Cam Calloway
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1987
as Colonel Davy Crockett
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Tight Spot
1955
as Vince Striker
Second Chance
1972
as Geoff Smith
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
1986
as General Newmeyer
The Pleasure Seekers
1964
as Paul Barton
Fort Dobbs
1958
as Clett
The Lion Roars Again
1975
as Self
Hell Canyon Outlaws
1957
as Happy Waters
Violent Road
1958
as Mitch Barton
The Raiders
1963
as McElroy
Jivaro
1954
as Tony
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
as Self (uncredited)
5 Against the House
1955
as Brick
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981
as Self
Boomerang!
1947
as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977
as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
The Silent Lovers
1980
as Mauritz Stiller
Bristle Face
1964
as Lue Swank
Desert Hell
1958
as Capt. Robert Edwards
Storm Center
1956
as Paul Duncan
The Tenderfoot
1966
as Mose Carson
Johnny Shiloh
1965
as Sgt. Gabe Trotter
Villa!!
1958
as Bill Harmon
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
1954
as Mike Hammer
Appointment with a Shadow
1957
as Lt. Spencer
Chicago Confidential
1957
as Jim Fremont
Sierra Baron
1958
as Jack McCrackin
Joe Panther
1976
as Capt. Harper
About Brian Keith
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 1… With 145 credits spanning from 1940 to 2004, Brian Keith has appeared in 88 films and 57 TV shows.
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Most Popular Brian Keith Movies
- The Parent Trap (1961) — as Mitch Evers
- Fourteen Hours (1951) — as Extra (uncredited)
- Young Guns (1988) — as Buckshot Roberts
- Nickelodeon (1976) — as H.H. Cobb
- Lady in a Corner (1989) — as David Henderson
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