About

Known credits:
35
Birthday:
1898-02-09
Place of birth:
Fowler, Indiana, USA
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Robert Keith

Overview

Robert Keith (February 10, 1898 – December 22, 1966) was an American stage and film actor who appeared in several dozen films, mostly in the 1950s as a character actor.

He is noted for his performance as the weak-willed father in Fourteen Hours (1951), as a tough cop in Guys and Dolls (1955), and his performance in the 1953 film The Wild One, starring Marlon Brando, in which he played the ineffectual sheriff and father of Brando's love interest.

Keith also had a starring role in Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind. He had roles on television, including a role as Richard Kimble's father in The Fugitive and lead roles on episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Ten O'Clock Tiger") and The Twilight Zone ("The Masks").

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Known for

Acting
1961 Duel of Champions Actor Tullio King of Rome 58
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1961 Posse from Hell Actor Captain Jeremiah Brown 59
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1960 Cimarron Actor Sam Pegler 58
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1959 They Came to Cordura Actor Col. Rogers 59
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1958 Tempest Actor Capt. Miranov 59
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1958 The Lineup Actor Julian 60
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1957 My Man Godfrey Actor Alexander Bullock 59
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1957 Men in War Actor The Colonel 59
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1956 Between Heaven and Hell Actor Col. Cousins 58
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1956 Written on the Wind Actor Jasper Hadley 62
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1956 Ransom! Actor Police Chief Jim Backett 59
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1955 Guys and Dolls Actor Lt. Brannigan 61
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1955 Love Me or Leave Me Actor Bernard V. Loomis 59
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1955 Underwater! Actor Father Cannon 58
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1954 Young at Heart Actor Gregory Tuttle 58
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1954 Drum Beat Actor Bill Satterwhite 58
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1954 Atomic Attack Actor Dr. Garson Lee 59
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1953 The Wild One Actor Sheriff Harry Bleeker 61
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1953 Devil's Canyon Actor Steve Morgan 58
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1953 Small Town Girl Actor Judge Gordon Kimbell 59
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1953 Battle Circus Actor Le Lieutenant-Colonel Hillary Whalters 58
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1952 Somebody Loves Me Actor Sam Doyle 59
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1952 Just Across the Street Actor Walter Medford N/A
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1951 I Want You Actor Thomas Greer 58
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1951 Here Comes the Groom Actor George Degnan 58
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1951 Fourteen Hours Actor Paul E. Cosick 59
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1950 Woman on the Run Actor Inspector Martin Ferris 60
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1950 Branded Actor T. Jefferson Leffingwell 58
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1950 Edge of Doom Actor Mandel 58
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1950 The Reformer and the Redhead Actor Tim Harveigh 58
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1950 My Foolish Heart Actor Henry Winters 59
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1947 Boomerang! Actor 'Mac' McCreery 60
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1933 The Shadow Laughs Actor George Hackett 58
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1930 Abraham Lincoln Actor Union Courier (uncredited) 58
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Crew
1932 The Unexpected Father Crew Additional Dialogue N/A
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