About
Brian Keith
Overview
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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Known for
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| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Follow Your Heart | Actor | Roddy Thompson | 58 Average |
| 1997 | The Second Civil War | Actor | General Buford | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Rough Riders | Actor | President William McKinley | 67 Fair |
| 1997 | Walking Thunder | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Actor | Cardinal | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Lightning | Actor | Tappan | N/A N/A |
| 1995 | The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. | Actor | Pete Morgan | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Wind Dancer | Actor | Truman Richards | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Walter & Emily | Actor | Walter Collins | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | Lady in a Corner | Actor | David Henderson | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | Welcome Home | Actor | Harry Robins | 58 Average |
| 1989 | Heartland | Actor | B.L. McCutcheon | 69 Fair |
| 1989 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson | Actor | Frank Wellman Sr. | 59 Average |
| 1988 | After the Rain | Actor | Byron Monroe | N/A N/A |
| 1988 | Young Guns | Actor | Buckshot Roberts | 64 Fair |
| 1987 | The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory | Actor | Colonel Davy Crockett | 59 Average |
| 1987 | The Pursuit of Happiness | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1987 | Death Before Dishonor | Actor | Col. Halloran | 58 Average |
| 1986 | The B.R.A.T. Patrol | Actor | General Newmeyer | 58 Average |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Actor | Milton Hardcastle | 67 Fair |
| 1982 | Cry for the Strangers | Actor | Chief Whalen | 59 Average |
| 1982 | World War III | Actor | Secretary General Gorny | 68 Fair |
| 1981 | Sharky's Machine | Actor | Papa | 59 Average |
| 1981 | All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1981 | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Actor | Police Chief Baxter | 58 Average |
| 1980 | The Mountain Men | Actor | Henry Frapp | 58 Average |
| 1980 | The Silent Lovers | Actor | Mauritz Stiller | 59 Average |
| 1980 | Power | Actor | Charles Kandell | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | The Seekers | Actor | Elijah Weatherby | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | Meteor | Actor | Dr. Dubov | 57 Average |
| 1978 | Centennial | Actor | Sheriff Axel Dumire | 72 Good |
| 1978 | Hooper | Actor | Jocko Doyle | 59 Average |
| 1977 | The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer | Actor | Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney | N/A N/A |
| 1977 | In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan | Actor | Joe Quinlan | 59 Average |
| 1976 | Nickelodeon | Actor | H.H. Cobb | 59 Average |
| 1976 | The Loneliest Runner | Actor | Arnold Curtis | 59 Average |
| 1976 | Joe Panther | Actor | Capt. Harper | 59 Average |
| 1976 | The Quest | Actor | Tank Logan | 59 Average |
| 1976 | The Quest | Actor | Tank Logan | 69 Fair |
| 1975 | The Wind and the Lion | Actor | Theodore Roosevelt | 60 Fair |
| 1975 | Archer | Actor | Lew Archer | 70 Good |
| 1975 | The Lion Roars Again | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1974 | The Yakuza | Actor | George Tanner | 62 Fair |
| 1974 | The Zoo Gang | Actor | Stephen "The Fox" Halliday | 70 Good |
| 1972 | The Brian Keith Show | Actor | Dr. Sean Jamison | 69 Fair |
| 1972 | The Bull of the West | Actor | Johnny Wade | 58 Average |
| 1972 | Second Chance | Actor | Geoff Smith | 59 Average |
| 1971 | Something Big | Actor | Col. Morgan | 58 Average |
| 1971 | Scandalous John | Actor | John McCanless | 59 Average |
| 1970 | The McKenzie Break | Actor | Captain Jack Connor | 59 Average |
| 1970 | Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? | Actor | Officer Michael M. Nace | 58 Average |
| 1969 | Gaily, Gaily | Actor | Francis Sullivan | 58 Average |
| 1968 | Krakatoa, East of Java | Actor | Connerly | 59 Average |
| 1968 | With Six You Get Eggroll | Actor | Jake Iverson | 59 Average |
| 1967 | Reflections in a Golden Eye | Actor | Lt. Col. Morris Langdon | 60 Fair |
| 1966 | Way... Way Out | Actor | Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby | 58 Average |
| 1966 | Family Affair | Actor | Bill Davis | 68 Fair |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | Actor | Jonas Cord | 61 Fair |
| 1966 | The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! | Actor | Police Chief Link Mattocks | 59 Average |
| 1966 | The Rare Breed | Actor | Alexander Bowen | 59 Average |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | Actor | Frank Wallingham | 59 Average |
| 1965 | Those Calloways | Actor | Cam Calloway | 59 Average |
| 1964 | The Pleasure Seekers | Actor | Paul Barton | 58 Average |
| 1964 | The Tenderfoot | Actor | Mose Carson | N/A N/A |
| 1964 | A Tiger Walks | Actor | Sheriff Pete Williams | 58 Average |
| 1964 | Bristle Face | Actor | Lue Swank | N/A N/A |
| 1963 | The Raiders | Actor | McElroy | 58 Average |
| 1963 | Savage Sam | Actor | Uncle Beck Coates | 58 Average |
| 1963 | Johnny Shiloh | Actor | Sgt. Gabe Trotter | 59 Average |
| 1962 | Moon Pilot | Actor | Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman | 58 Average |
| 1961 | The Deadly Companions | Actor | Yellowleg | 58 Average |
| 1961 | The Parent Trap | Actor | Mitch Evers | 63 Fair |
| 1960 | Ten Who Dared | Actor | William Dunn | 59 Average |
| 1960 | Rapids Ahead/Bear Country | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1960 | The Westerner | Actor | Dave Blassingame | 69 Fair |
| 1959 | The Young Philadelphians | Actor | Mike Flanagan | 60 Fair |
| 1958 | Villa!! | Actor | Bill Harmon | N/A N/A |
| 1958 | Sierra Baron | Actor | Jack McCrackin | 58 Average |
| 1958 | Desert Hell | Actor | Capt. Robert Edwards | N/A N/A |
| 1958 | Violent Road | Actor | Mitch Barton | 58 Average |
| 1958 | Fort Dobbs | Actor | Clett | 59 Average |
| 1957 | Hell Canyon Outlaws | Actor | Happy Waters | N/A N/A |
| 1957 | Run of the Arrow | Actor | Captain Clark | 59 Average |
| 1957 | Appointment with a Shadow | Actor | Lt. Spencer | 58 Average |
| 1957 | Chicago Confidential | Actor | Jim Fremont | 58 Average |
| 1957 | Dino | Actor | Larry Sheridan | 59 Average |
| 1956 | Nightfall | Actor | John | 60 Fair |
| 1956 | Storm Center | Actor | Paul Duncan | 59 Average |
| 1955 | Crusader | Actor | Matt Anders | 69 Fair |
| 1955 | 5 Against the House | Actor | Brick | 58 Average |
| 1955 | Tight Spot | Actor | Vince Striker | 59 Average |
| 1955 | The Violent Men | Actor | Cole Wilkison | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer! | Actor | Mike Hammer | N/A N/A |
| 1954 | The Bamboo Prison | Actor | Cpl. Brady | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Jivaro | Actor | Tony | 58 Average |
| 1954 | Alaska Seas | Actor | Jim Kimmerly | 58 Average |
| 1953 | Arrowhead | Actor | Capt. Bill North | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Fourteen Hours | Actor | Extra (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Boomerang! | Actor | Man in Mob Behind Courthouse | 60 Fair |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American | Actor | Student at Train Station (uncredited) | 58 Average |