Brian Keith
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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.
Appearances
6.5
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
6.7
Nevada Smith
Jonas Cord
2.0
Picture Windows: Lightning
Tappan
6.1
The Hallelujah Trail
Frank Wallingham
6.4
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Police Chief Link Mattocks
6.7
Young Guns
Buckshot Roberts
6.9
Nightfall
John
5.2
Meteor
Dr. Dubov
6.1
Run of the Arrow
Captain Clark
7.2
The Yakuza
George Tanner
6.2
Sharky's Machine
Papa
6.4
Those Calloways
Cam Calloway
6.5
The Wind and the Lion
Theodore Roosevelt
7.4
The Young Philadelphians
Mike Flanagan
6.4
The Violent Men
Cole Wilkison
6.1
Arrowhead
Capt. Bill North
5.7
Appointment with a Shadow
Lt. Spencer
4.8
Death Before Dishonor
Col. Halloran
5.9
5 Against the House
Brick
6.3
Hooper
Jocko Doyle
6.9
Storm Center
Paul Duncan
5.9
The McKenzie Break
Captain Jack Connor
5.0
Chicago Confidential
Jim Fremont
6.1
The Rare Breed
Alexander Bowen
5.5
Moon Pilot
Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
5.8
A Tiger Walks
Sheriff Pete Williams
6.3
With Six You Get Eggroll
Jake Iverson
5.6
The Deadly Companions
Yellowleg
5.1
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Police Chief Baxter
5.2
Savage Sam
Uncle Beck Coates
7.0
The Parent Trap
Mitch Evers
The Tenderfoot
Mose Carson
6.3
Welcome Home
Harry Robins
5.9
The Mountain Men
Henry Frapp
6.5
Tight Spot
Vince Striker
5.9
Way... Way Out
Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
6.4
Scandalous John
John McCanless
6.1
Nickelodeon
H.H. Cobb
6.4
Violent Road
Mitch Barton
6.8
Fort Dobbs
Clett
5.4
Jivaro
Tony
7.2
Cry for the Strangers
Chief Whalen
5.7
The Bull of the West
Johnny Wade
6.7
Alaska Seas
Jim Kimmerly
4.3
Gaily, Gaily
Francis Sullivan
5.8
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
General Newmeyer
7.1
The Loneliest Runner
Arnold Curtis
7.4
Dino
Larry Sheridan
5.3
Something Big
Col. Morgan
6.4
The Bamboo Prison
Cpl. Brady
4.8
The Raiders
McElroy
6.0
Ten Who Dared
William Dunn
5.4
Follow Your Heart
Roddy Thompson
7.0
Second Chance
Geoff Smith
7.0
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
Frank Wellman Sr.
5.0
Sierra Baron
Jack McCrackin
5.9
Krakatoa, East of Java
Connerly
5.5
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Officer Michael M. Nace
6.1
The Second Civil War
General Buford
5.4
The Pleasure Seekers
Paul Barton
6.5
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Colonel Davy Crockett
10.0
After the Rain
Byron Monroe
4.7
The Silent Lovers
Mauritz Stiller
2.0
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
10.0
Hell Canyon Outlaws
Happy Waters
7.8
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
Joe Quinlan
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
Mike Hammer
7.3
Fourteen Hours
Extra (uncredited)
6.5
Walking Thunder
Narrator
8.5
The Quest
Tank Logan
Joe Panther
6.0
Joe Panther
Capt. Harper
6.2
Knute Rockne All American
Student at Train Station (uncredited)
4.5
Lady in a Corner
David Henderson
7.0
Wind Dancer
Truman Richards
7.5
Johnny Shiloh
Sgt. Gabe Trotter
9.0
Desert Hell
Capt. Robert Edwards
7.1
Boomerang!
Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)
8.0
Bristle Face
Lue Swank
6.6
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
Pete Morgan
9.0
Villa!!
Bill Harmon
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
6.0
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
Self
5.4
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Cardinal
8.0
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
The Lion Roars Again
8.0
The Lion Roars Again
Self
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country
5.1
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
'Noble Hart' / Self
4.8
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
The Westerner
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
6.0
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Self
10.0
The Great Adventure
Henry Bergh
7.2
Duckman
Duckman's Father (voice)
6.5
Hardcastle and McCormick
Milton Hardcastle
6.7
Family Affair
Bill Davis
8.3
Spider-Man
Uncle Ben (voice)
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Andy Bastian
7.2
Touched by an Angel
Leonard Pound
5.9
Cybill
Arthur Minnow
7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
Del Forman
7.1
The Commish
7.0
The Westerner
Dave Blassingame
7.7
Centennial
Sheriff Axel Dumire
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
Dan Crawford
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Prosecuting Attorney
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Dave Rainey
5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
6.7
Outlaws
7.2
Rawhide
Tod Macauley
6.5
The Virginian
Johnny Wade
6.8
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
Lux Video Theatre
6.7
Lux Video Theatre
Happy
3.8
Climax!
Sam Pryce
7.8
The Zoo Gang
Stephen "The Fox" Halliday
Profiles in Courage
7.5
Profiles in Courage
Thomas Hart Benton
6.7
Laramie
6.3
The Brian Keith Show
Dr. Sean Jamison
5.1
Suspense
Johnny
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
Harry
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dave Blassingame
6.4
Tales of Tomorrow
8.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
5.7
Dr. Kildare
Alfred Freely
Pursuit of Happiness
6.0
Pursuit of Happiness
6.8
Heartland
B.L. McCutcheon
Archer
7.7
Archer
Lew Archer
8.0
Walter & Emily
Walter Collins
7.1
77 Sunset Strip
Sgt. Patrick Cohan
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
Shadrach O'Reilly
8.0
Studio 57
6.4
The Quest
Tank Logan
Crusader
6.7
Crusader
Matt Anders
6.5
World War III
Secretary General Gorny
Lux Video Theatre
6.7
Lux Video Theatre
Choya
Lux Video Theatre
6.7
Lux Video Theatre
David Sutton
6.2
Rough Riders
President William McKinley
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
Sergeant Gabe Trotter
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Arnold Shawn
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Herbert Morrison
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Vernon Wedge
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
Caleb McCallum
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Mullibok
6.8
Burke's Law
Norman Hope
5.1
Suspense
Lt. Jim Connor
5.1
Suspense
5.1
Suspense
Idaho
5.1
Suspense
Kip Caley
7.9
The Untouchables
Jim Martinson
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
Lue Swank
7.0
The Chisholms
Andrew Blake
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
Gen. Newmeyer
7.3
The Fugitive
Edward Welles
5.4
Pacific Blue
Mac McNamara
7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Jim Mallory
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
Mano
6.9
How the West Was Won
General Stonecipher
8.0
Studio 57
Dan
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
8.5
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Joe Kelly
8.0
Studio 57
Denis Burke
8.0
The Seekers
Elijah Weatherby
7.0
Power
Charles Kandell
The Tenderfoot
Mose Carson