Robert Keith
Known for Acting · 41 credits
- Born
- 1898-02-09
- Died
- 1966-12-22
- Place of birth
- Fowler, Indiana, USA
- Also known as
- Rolland Keith Richey
Biography
Robert Keith (February 10, 1898 – December 22, 1966) was an American stage and film actor who appeared in several dozen films, mostly in the 1950s as a character actor.
He is noted for his performance as the weak-willed father in Fourteen Hours (1951), as a tough cop in Guys and Dolls (1955), and his performance in the 1953 film The Wild One, starring Marlon Brando, in which he played the ineffectual sheriff and father of Brando's love interest.
Keith also had a starring role in Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind. He had roles on television, including a role as Richard Kimble's father in The Fugitive and lead roles on episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Ten O'Clock Tiger") and The Twilight Zone ("The Masks").
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Known For
TV Shows (7)
Movies (34)
The Wild One
1953
as Sheriff Harry Bleeker
Cimarron
1960
as Sam Pegler
Guys and Dolls
1955
as Lt. Brannigan
Written on the Wind
1956
as Jasper Hadley
Boomerang!
1947
as 'Mac' McCreery
My Man Godfrey
1957
as Alexander Bullock
Branded
1950
as T. Jefferson Leffingwell
Abraham Lincoln
1930
as Union Courier (uncredited)
They Came to Cordura
1959
as Col. Rogers
Men in War
1957
as The Colonel
Woman on the Run
1950
as Inspector Martin Ferris
Fourteen Hours
1951
as Paul E. Cosick
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
as Col. Cousins
Drum Beat
1954
as Bill Satterwhite
Posse from Hell
1961
as Captain Jeremiah Brown
Underwater!
1955
as Father Cannon
Battle Circus
1953
as Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters
Devil's Canyon
1953
as Steve Morgan
Ransom!
1956
as Police Chief Jim Backett
Love Me or Leave Me
1955
as Bernard V. Loomis
Duel of Champions
1961
as Tullio King of Rome
Small Town Girl
1953
as Judge Gordon Kimbell
Young at Heart
1954
as Gregory Tuttle
Here Comes the Groom
1951
as George Degnan
My Foolish Heart
1950
as Henry Winters
Just Across the Street
1952
as Walter Medford
I Want You
1951
as Thomas Greer
Tempest
1958
as Capt. Miranov
The Lineup
1958
as Julian
Edge of Doom
1950
as Mandel
Atomic Attack
1954
as Dr. Garson Lee
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
as Tim Harveigh
The Shadow Laughs
1933
as George Hackett
Somebody Loves Me
1952
as Sam Doyle
About Robert Keith
Robert Keith (February 10, 1898 – December 22, 1966) was an American stage and film actor who appeared in several dozen films, mostly in the 1950s as a character actor. He is noted for his performance as the weak-willed father in Fourteen Hours (1951), as a tough cop in Guys and Dolls (1955), and his performance in the 1953 film The Wild One, starring Marlon Brando, in which he played the ineffectual sheriff and father of Brando's love interest. Keith also had a starring role in Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind. He had roles on television, i… With 41 credits spanning from 1930 to 1963, Robert Keith has appeared in 34 films and 7 TV shows.
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- The Wild One (1953) — as Sheriff Harry Bleeker
- Cimarron (1960) — as Sam Pegler
- Guys and Dolls (1955) — as Lt. Brannigan
- Written on the Wind (1956) — as Jasper Hadley
- Boomerang! (1947) — as 'Mac' McCreery
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