Brian Keith

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1921-11-14

Deathday 1997-06-24 (75 years old)

Place of Birth Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As Robert Keith Richey Jr.

Brian Keith

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Keith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

1999
Follow Your Heart

as Roddy Thompson

1997
The Second Civil War

as General Buford

1997
Walking Thunder

as Narrator

1997
Rough Riders

as President William McKinley

1996
Pacific Blue

as Mac McNamara

1995
1995
Lightning

as Tappan

1995
1994
Spider-Man

as Uncle Ben (voice)

1994
Touched by an Angel

as Leonard Pound

1994
Burke's Law

as Norman Hope

1993
Wind Dancer

as Truman Richards

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger

as Del Forman

1991
Walter & Emily

as Walter Collins

1989
Lady in a Corner

as David Henderson

1989
Welcome Home

as Harry Robins

1989
Heartland

as B.L. McCutcheon

1988
After the Rain

as Byron Monroe

1988
Young Guns

as Buckshot Roberts

1987
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

as Colonel Davy Crockett

1987
Death Before Dishonor

as Col. Halloran

1986
The B.R.A.T. Patrol

as General Newmeyer

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Caleb McCallum

1983
Hardcastle and McCormick

as Milton Hardcastle

1982
Cry for the Strangers

as Chief Whalen

1982
World War III

as Secretary General Gorny

1981
1980
The Mountain Men

as Henry Frapp

1980
The Silent Lovers

as Mauritz Stiller

1980
Power

as Charles Kandell

1979
The Seekers

as Elijah Weatherby

1979
Meteor

as Dr. Dubov

1979
The Chisholms

as Andrew Blake

1978
Hooper

as Jocko Doyle

1978
Centennial

as Sheriff Axel Dumire

1977
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney

1977
How the West Was Won

as General Stonecipher

1976
Nickelodeon

as H.H. Cobb

1976
The Loneliest Runner

as Arnold Curtis

1976
Joe Panther

as Capt. Harper

1976
The Quest

as Tank Logan

1976
The Quest

as Tank Logan

1975
The Wind and the Lion

as Theodore Roosevelt

1975
Archer

as Lew Archer

1974
The Yakuza

as George Tanner

1974
The Zoo Gang

as Stephen "The Fox" Halliday

1972
The Bull of the West

as Johnny Wade

1972
Second Chance

as Geoff Smith

1972
The Brian Keith Show

as Dr. Sean Jamison

1971
Something Big

as Col. Morgan

1971
Scandalous John

as John McCanless

1970
The McKenzie Break

as Captain Jack Connor

1970
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

as Officer Michael M. Nace

1969
Gaily, Gaily

as Francis Sullivan

1968
1968
With Six You Get Eggroll

as Jake Iverson

1967
Reflections in a Golden Eye

as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon

1966
Way... Way Out

as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby

1966
Nevada Smith

as Jonas Cord

1966
1966
The Rare Breed

as Alexander Bowen

1966
Family Affair

as Bill Davis

1965
The Hallelujah Trail

as Frank Wallingham

1965
Those Calloways

as Cam Calloway

1964
The Pleasure Seekers

as Paul Barton

1964
The Tenderfoot

as Mose Carson

1964
A Tiger Walks

as Sheriff Pete Williams

1964
Bristle Face

as Lue Swank

1964
Profiles in Courage

as Thomas Hart Benton

1963
The Raiders

as McElroy

1963
Savage Sam

as Uncle Beck Coates

1963
Johnny Shiloh

as Sgt. Gabe Trotter

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Andy Bastian

1963
The Great Adventure

as Henry Bergh

1963
The Fugitive

as Edward Welles

1962
Moon Pilot

as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman

1962
1962
The Virginian

as Johnny Wade

1961
1961
The Parent Trap

as Mitch Evers

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Alfred Freely

1960
Ten Who Dared

as William Dunn

1960
The Westerner

as Dave Blassingame

1959
The Young Philadelphians

as Mike Flanagan

1959
The Untouchables

as Jim Martinson

1959
Rawhide

as Tod Macauley

1958
Villa!!

as Bill Harmon

1958
Sierra Baron

as Jack McCrackin

1958
Desert Hell

as Capt. Robert Edwards

1958
Violent Road

as Mitch Barton

1958
Fort Dobbs

as Clett

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Sgt. Patrick Cohan

1957
Hell Canyon Outlaws

as Happy Waters

1957
Run of the Arrow

as Captain Clark

1957
1957
Chicago Confidential

as Jim Fremont

1957
Dino

as Larry Sheridan

1956
Nightfall

as John

1956
Storm Center

as Paul Duncan

1956
1955
1955
Tight Spot

as Vince Striker

1955
The Violent Men

as Cole Wilkison

1955
Crusader

as Matt Anders

1955
1955
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Herbert Morrison

1955
1954
The Bamboo Prison

as Cpl. Brady

1954
Jivaro

as Tony

1954
Alaska Seas

as Jim Kimmerly

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney

as Shadrach O'Reilly

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney

as Sergeant Gabe Trotter

1954
1954
Climax!

as Sam Pryce

1953
Arrowhead

as Capt. Bill North

1952
1951
Fourteen Hours

as Extra (uncredited)

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Prosecuting Attorney

1950
1950
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as David Sutton

1949
Suspense

as Johnny

1949
Suspense

as Lt. Jim Connor

1949
Suspense

as Idaho

1949
Suspense

as Kip Caley

1947
Boomerang!

as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse

1940
Knute Rockne All American

as Student at Train Station (uncredited)

Director

1972