Dennis O'Keefe
- Acting
- March 29, 1908 · Fort Madison, Iowa, USA
- August 31, 1968
Biography
Dennis O'Keefe (March 29, 1908 – August 31, 1968) was an American actor. He was the son of Irish vaudevillians working in the United States. As a small child he joined his parents' act and later wrote skits for the stage. O'Keefe started in films as an extra in the early 1930s. After a small but impressive role in Saratoga, Clark Gable recommended O'Keefe to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which signed him to a contract in 1937. His film roles were bigger after that, starting with The Bad Man of Brimstone and Burn 'Em Up O'Connor. O'Keefe left MGM around 1940 but continued to work in mostly lower budget productions. In the 1950s he did some directing, wrote mystery stories and by the mid-1950s found work on television shows such as Justice, The Martha Raye Show, The Ford Show as well as his own series The Dennis O'Keefe Show.
Known for
Filmography
- The Naked Flame · Paul Ashley, Writer
- Petticoat Junction · Walter O'Connor
- All Hands on Deck · Brian O'Gara
- The Dennis O'Keefe Show · Hal Towne
- Riverboat · Dan Muldoon
- Sail Into Danger · Steve Ryman
- Suspicion · Self
- Dragoon Wells Massacre · Capt. Matt Riordan
- Lady of Vengeance · William T. Marshall
- Confession · Ben Birch
- The Steve Allen Show · Self
- Inside Detroit · Blair Vickers
- Screen Director's Playhouse · Reverend Charles Parker
- Chicago Syndicate · Barry Amsterdam
- Las Vegas Shakedown · Joe Barnes
- Angela · Steve Catlett, Director
- Climax! · Inspector Marney, Evans
- The Black Knight · Dialogue
- Drums of Tahiti · Mike Macklin
- The Diamond Wizard · Joe Dennison, Director
- The Fake · Paul Mitchell
- The Lady Wants Mink · Jim Connors
- Everything I Have Is Yours · Alec Tacksbury
- The Gulf Playhouse
- One Big Affair · Jimmy Donovan
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · Prof. Stephen Bolt
- Passage West · Jacob Karns
- Follow the Sun · Chuck Williams
- The Company She Keeps · Larry
- Woman on the Run · Dan Legget
- Lux Video Theatre · Second Man, Captain John Danforth
- The Eagle and the Hawk · Whitney Randolph
- Your Show of Shows
- Robert Montgomery Presents
- Abandoned · Mark Sitko
- The Great Dan Patch · David Palmer
- Cover Up · Sam Donovan, Screenplay
- Suspense
- Siren of Atlantis · Jean Morhange
- Studio One · Will
- Walk a Crooked Mile · Daniel F. O'Hara
- Raw Deal · Joe Sullivan
- T-Men · Dennis O'Brien / Vannie Harrigan
- Dishonored Lady · Dr. David Cousins
- Mr. District Attorney · Steve Bennett
- Her Adventurous Night · Bill Fry
- Doll Face · Michael Francis 'Mike' Hannegan
- Getting Gertie's Garter · Kenneth B. Ford
- The Affairs of Susan · Bill Anthony
- Brewster's Millions · Montague L. 'Monty' Brewster
- Earl Carroll Vanities · Danny Baldwin
- Up in Mabel's Room · Boris
- Abroad with Two Yanks · Jeff Reardon
- The Story of Dr. Wassell · Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins
- Sensations of 1945 · Junior Crane
- The Fighting Seabees · Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow
- Hi Diddle Diddle · Sonny Phyffe
- The Leopard Man · Jerry Manning
- Good Morning, Judge · David Barton
- Tahiti Honey · Mickey Monroe
- Hangmen Also Die! · Jan Horak
- Moonlight Masquerade · John Bennett Jr.
- The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine · Mike Jason
- Weekend for Three · Jim 'Jimbo' Craig
- Lady Scarface · Lieutenant Bill Mason
- Broadway Limited · Dr. Harvey North
- Mr. District Attorney · P. Cadwallader Jones
- Topper Returns · Bob
- Bowery Boy · Dr. Tom O'Hara
- You'll Find Out · Chuck Deems
- Arise, My Love · Shep
- I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now · Tod Lowell
- Girl from Havana · Woody Davis
- Pop Always Pays · Jeff Thompson
- La Conga Nights · Steve Collins
- Alias the Deacon · Johnny Sloan
- That's Right – You're Wrong · Chuck Deems
- Unexpected Father · Jimmy Hanley
- The Kid From Texas · William Quincy
- Burn 'Em Up O'Connor · Jerry O'Connor