Brian Keith

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
November 14, 1921 (75 years old)
Died
June 24, 1997
Place of Birth
Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Western Comedy
Career Span
1940 – 2004

Brian Keith

1 win
30 nominations
89 credits

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.

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Personal Info

Born
Nov 14, 1921
From
Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1940 – 2004

Award Recognition

1
Win
30
Nominations

Complete Filmography

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 Award
Walking Thunder as Narrator

1996

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story as Cardinal

1995

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins as 'Noble Hart' / Self
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. as Pete Morgan
Lightning as Tappan

1993

Wind Dancer as Truman Richards

1991

The Gambler: The Luck Of The Draw as The Westerner

1989

Welcome Home as Harry Robins
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson as Frank Wellman Sr.
Lady in a Corner as David Henderson

1988

Young Guns as Buckshot Roberts Award
After the Rain as Byron Monroe

1987

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory as Colonel Davy Crockett Award
Death Before Dishonor as Col. Halloran

1986

The B.R.A.T. Patrol as General Newmeyer

1982

Cry for the Strangers as Chief Whalen

1981

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen as Police Chief Baxter Award
Sharky's Machine as Papa
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds as Self

1980

The Mountain Men as Henry Frapp Award
Power as Charles Kandell
The Silent Lovers as Mauritz Stiller

1979

Meteor as Dr. Dubov Award
The Seekers as Elijah Weatherby

1978

Hooper as Jocko Doyle Award

1977

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan as Joe Quinlan

1976

Nickelodeon as H.H. Cobb Award
The Quest as Tank Logan
The Loneliest Runner as Arnold Curtis
Joe Panther as Capt. Harper

1975

The Wind and the Lion as Theodore Roosevelt Award
The Lion Roars Again as Self

1974

The Yakuza as George Tanner

1972

The Bull of the West as Johnny Wade
Second Chance as Geoff Smith

1971

Something Big as Col. Morgan
Scandalous John as John McCanless

1970

The McKenzie Break as Captain Jack Connor Award
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? as Officer Michael M. Nace

1969

Gaily, Gaily as Francis Sullivan

1968

Krakatoa, East of Java as Connerly Award
With Six You Get Eggroll as Jake Iverson

1967

Reflections in a Golden Eye as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon Award

1966

Nevada Smith as Jonas Cord Award
The Rare Breed as Alexander Bowen Award
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! as Police Chief Link Mattocks
Way... Way Out as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby

1965

The Hallelujah Trail as Frank Wallingham
Johnny Shiloh as Sgt. Gabe Trotter

1964

The Pleasure Seekers as Paul Barton
Those Calloways as Cam Calloway
A Tiger Walks as Sheriff Pete Williams
Bristle Face as Lue Swank
The Tenderfoot as Mose Carson

1963

Savage Sam as Uncle Beck Coates
The Raiders as McElroy

1962

Moon Pilot as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman

1961

The Parent Trap as Mitch Evers Award
The Deadly Companions as Yellowleg Award

1960

Ten Who Dared as William Dunn
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country

1959

The Young Philadelphians as Mike Flanagan

1958

Fort Dobbs as Clett
Violent Road as Mitch Barton
Villa!! as Bill Harmon
Desert Hell as Capt. Robert Edwards
Sierra Baron as Jack McCrackin

1957

Run of the Arrow as Captain Clark
Dino as Larry Sheridan
Appointment with a Shadow as Lt. Spencer
Chicago Confidential as Jim Fremont
Hell Canyon Outlaws as Happy Waters

1956

Storm Center as Paul Duncan
Nightfall as John

1955

The Violent Men as Cole Wilkison Award
Tight Spot as Vince Striker
5 Against the House as Brick

1954

Alaska Seas as Jim Kimmerly
Jivaro as Tony
The Bamboo Prison as Cpl. Brady
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer! as Mike Hammer

1953

Arrowhead as Capt. Bill North

1951

Fourteen Hours as Extra (uncredited)

1947

Boomerang! as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)

1940

Knute Rockne All American as Student at Train Station (uncredited)

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

The Parent Trap
Young Guns
Meteor
Krakatoa, East of Java
Nevada Smith
Nickelodeon
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
The Rare Breed

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