Brian Keith
- Acting
- November 14, 1921 · Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
- June 24, 1997
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
Filmography
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade · Self
- Follow Your Heart · Roddy Thompson
- The Second Civil War · General Buford
- Rough Riders · President William McKinley
- Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story · Cardinal
- Pacific Blue · Mac McNamara
- National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins · 'Noble Hart' / Self
- Picture Windows: Lightning · Tappan
- The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. · Pete Morgan
- Walking Thunder · Narrator
- Cybill · Arthur Minnow
- Spider-Man · Uncle Ben (Voice)
- Touched by an Angel · Leonard Pound
- Duckman · Duckman's Father (Voice)
- Burke's Law · Norman Hope
- Walker, Texas Ranger · Del Forman
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine · Mullibok
- Wind Dancer · Truman Richards
- Walter & Emily · Walter Collins
- The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw · The Westerner
- The Commish
- Lady in a Corner · David Henderson
- Welcome Home · Harry Robins
- Heartland · B.L. McCutcheon
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson · Frank Wellman Sr.
- The Passage · Byron Monroe
- Young Guns · Buckshot Roberts
- The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory · Colonel Davy Crockett
- Pursuit of Happiness
- Death Before Dishonor · Col. Halloran
- All Star Party for Clint Eastwood · Self
- The B.R.A.T. Patrol · General Newmeyer
- Murder, She Wrote · Caleb McCallum
- Hardcastle and McCormick · Milton Hardcastle
- Cry for the Strangers · Chief Whalen
- World War III · Secretary General Gorny
- Sharky's Machine · Papa
- All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds · Self
- Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen · Police Chief Baxter
- The Mountain Men · Henry Frapp
- The Silent Lovers · Mauritz Stiller
- Power · Charles Kandell
- Meteor · Dr. Dubov
- The Seekers · Elijah Weatherby
- The Chisholms · Andrew Blake
- Centennial · Sheriff Axel Dumire
- Hooper · Jocko Doyle
- The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer · Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
- In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan · Joe Quinlan
- How the West Was Won · General Stonecipher
- Nickelodeon · H.H. Cobb
- The Loneliest Runner · Arnold Curtis
- Joe Panther · Capt. Harper
- The Quest · Tank Logan
- The Quest · Tank Logan
- The Wind and the Lion · Theodore Roosevelt
- Archer · Lew Archer
- The Lion Roars Again · Self
- The Yakuza · George Tanner
- The Zoo Gang · Stephen "The Fox" Halliday
- The Brian Keith Show · Dr. Sean Jamison, Director
- The Bull of the West · Johnny Wade
- Second Chance · Geoff Smith
- Something Big · Col. Morgan
- Scandalous John · John McCanless
- The McKenzie Break · Captain Jack Connor
- Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? · Officer Michael M. Nace
- Gaily, Gaily · Francis Sullivan
- Krakatoa, East of Java · Connerly
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour · Self
- With Six You Get Eggroll · Jake Iverson
- Reflections in a Golden Eye · Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
- Way... Way Out · Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
- Family Affair · Bill Davis
- Nevada Smith · Jonas Cord
- The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! · Police Chief Link Mattocks
- The Tenderfoot · Mose Carson
- The Rare Breed · Alexander Bowen
- Johnny Shiloh · Sgt. Gabe Trotter
- The Hallelujah Trail · Frank Wallingham