Brian Keith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 14, 1921
- Died
- Jun 24, 1997 (aged 75)
- Place of birth
- Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
- Credits
- 145
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
Filmography
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
Follow Your Heart
1999Movie
Roddy Thompson
The Second Civil War
1997Movie
General Buford
Rough Riders
1997TV
President William McKinley
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
1996Movie
Cardinal
Pacific Blue
1996TV
Mac McNamara
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
1995Movie
'Noble Hart' / Self
Picture Windows: Lightning
1995Movie
Tappan
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
1995Movie
Pete Morgan
Walking Thunder
1995Movie
Narrator
Cybill
1995TV
Arthur Minnow
Spider-Man
1994TV
Uncle Ben (voice)
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
Leonard Pound
Duckman
1994TV
Duckman's Father (voice)
Burke's Law
1994TV
Norman Hope
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993TV
Del Forman
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993TV
Mullibok
Wind Dancer
1993Movie
Truman Richards
Walter & Emily
1991TV
Walter Collins
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991Movie
The Westerner
The Commish
1991TV
Lady in a Corner
1989Movie
David Henderson
Welcome Home
1989Movie
Harry Robins
Heartland
1989TV
B.L. McCutcheon
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
1989Movie
Frank Wellman Sr.
The Passage
1988Movie
Byron Monroe
Young Guns
1988Movie
Buckshot Roberts
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1987Movie
Colonel Davy Crockett
Pursuit of Happiness
1987TV
Death Before Dishonor
1987Movie
Col. Halloran
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986Movie
Self (uncredited)
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
1986Movie
General Newmeyer
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Caleb McCallum
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983TV
Milton Hardcastle
Cry for the Strangers
1982Movie
Chief Whalen
World War III
1982TV
Secretary General Gorny
Sharky's Machine
1981Movie
Papa
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981Movie
Self
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981Movie
Police Chief Baxter
The Mountain Men
1980Movie
Henry Frapp
The Silent Lovers
1980Movie
Mauritz Stiller
Power
1980TV
Charles Kandell
Meteor
1979Movie
Dr. Dubov
The Seekers
1979TV
Elijah Weatherby
The Chisholms
1979TV
Andrew Blake
Centennial
1978TV
Sheriff Axel Dumire
Hooper
1978Movie
Jocko Doyle
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977Movie
Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
1977Movie
Joe Quinlan
How the West Was Won
1977TV
General Stonecipher
Nickelodeon
1976Movie
H.H. Cobb
The Loneliest Runner
1976Movie
Arnold Curtis
Joe Panther
1976Movie
Capt. Harper
The Quest
1976Movie
Tank Logan
The Quest
1976TV
Tank Logan
The Wind and the Lion
1975Movie
Theodore Roosevelt
Archer
1975TV
Lew Archer
The Lion Roars Again
1975Movie
Self
The Yakuza
1974Movie
George Tanner
The Zoo Gang
1974TV
Stephen "The Fox" Halliday
The Brian Keith Show
1972TV
Dr. Sean Jamison
The Bull of the West
1972Movie
Johnny Wade
Second Chance
1972Movie
Geoff Smith
Something Big
1971Movie
Col. Morgan
Scandalous John
1971Movie
John McCanless
The McKenzie Break
1970Movie
Captain Jack Connor
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970Movie
Officer Michael M. Nace
Gaily, Gaily
1969Movie
Francis Sullivan
Krakatoa, East of Java
1969Movie
Connerly
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969TV
Self
With Six You Get Eggroll
1968Movie
Jake Iverson
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967Movie
Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
Way... Way Out
1966Movie
Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
Family Affair
1966TV
Bill Davis
Nevada Smith
1966Movie
Jonas Cord
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966Movie
Police Chief Link Mattocks
The Tenderfoot
1966Movie
Mose Carson
The Rare Breed
1966Movie
Alexander Bowen
Johnny Shiloh
1965Movie
Sgt. Gabe Trotter
The Hallelujah Trail
1965Movie
Frank Wallingham
The Pleasure Seekers
1964Movie
Paul Barton
Those Calloways
1964Movie
Cam Calloway
Profiles in Courage
1964TV
Thomas Hart Benton
The Tenderfoot
1964TV
Mose Carson
A Tiger Walks
1964Movie
Sheriff Pete Williams
Bristle Face
1964Movie
Lue Swank
The Raiders
1963Movie
McElroy
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963TV
Andy Bastian
The Great Adventure
1963TV
Henry Bergh
The Fugitive
1963TV
Edward Welles
Savage Sam
1963Movie
Uncle Beck Coates
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962TV
Jim Mallory
The Virginian
1962TV
Johnny Wade
Moon Pilot
1962Movie
Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
Target: The Corruptors!
1961TV
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Alfred Freely
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961TV
The Deadly Companions
1961Movie
Yellowleg
The Parent Trap
1961Movie
Mitch Evers
Ten Who Dared
1960Movie
William Dunn
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country
1960Movie
The Westerner
1960TV
Dave Blassingame
Outlaws
1960TV
The Untouchables
1959TV
Jim Martinson
Laramie
1959TV
The Young Philadelphians
1959Movie
Mike Flanagan
Rawhide
1959TV
Tod Macauley
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
Sgt. Patrick Cohan
Villa!!
1958Movie
Bill Harmon
Sierra Baron
1958Movie
Jack McCrackin
Desert Hell
1958Movie
Capt. Robert Edwards
Violent Road
1958Movie
Mitch Barton
Fort Dobbs
1958Movie
Clett
Hell Canyon Outlaws
1957Movie
Happy Waters
Run of the Arrow
1957Movie
Captain Clark
Appointment with a Shadow
1957Movie
Lt. Spencer
Chicago Confidential
1957Movie
Jim Fremont
Dino
1957Movie
Larry Sheridan
Nightfall
1956Movie
John
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Dave Blassingame
Storm Center
1956Movie
Paul Duncan
Crusader
1955TV
Matt Anders
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Dave Rainey, Arnold Shawn, Herbert Morrison, Vernon Wedge
5 Against the House
1955Movie
Brick
Tight Spot
1955Movie
Vince Striker
The Violent Men
1955Movie
Cole Wilkison
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
1954Movie
Mike Hammer
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Shadrach O'Reilly, Sergeant Gabe Trotter, Lue Swank, Gen. Newmeyer
Climax!
1954TV
Sam Pryce
Studio 57
1954TV
Dan, Denis Burke
The Bamboo Prison
1954Movie
Cpl. Brady
Jivaro
1954Movie
Tony
Alaska Seas
1954Movie
Jim Kimmerly
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953TV
Joe Kelly
Arrowhead
1953Movie
Capt. Bill North
The Ford Television Theatre
1952TV
Dan Crawford, Mano
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Prosecuting Attorney
Tales of Tomorrow
1951TV
Fourteen Hours
1951Movie
Extra (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Happy, Choya, David Sutton
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950TV
Harry
Suspense
1949TV
Johnny, Lt. Jim Connor, Kip Caley, Idaho
Boomerang!
1947Movie
Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)
Knute Rockne All American
1940Movie
Student at Train Station (uncredited)