Brian Keith

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-11-14 (76 years old)

Deathday

1997-06-24

Place of Birth

Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

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, lice...

Acting

1967

Reflections in a Golden Eye

as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon

1966

Nevada Smith

as Jonas Cord

1995

Lightning

as Tappan

1965

The Hallelujah Trail

as Frank Wallingham

1966

1988

Young Guns

as Buckshot Roberts

1956

Nightfall

as John

1979

Meteor

as Dr. Dubov

1957

Run of the Arrow

as Captain Clark

1974

The Yakuza

as George Tanner

1981

1964

Those Calloways

as Cam Calloway

1975

The Wind and the Lion

as Theodore Roosevelt

1959

The Young Philadelphians

as Mike Flanagan

1955

The Violent Men

as Cole Wilkison

1953

Arrowhead

as Capt. Bill North

1957

1987

Death Before Dishonor

as Col. Halloran

1956

Storm Center

as Paul Duncan

1978

Hooper

as Jocko Doyle

1970

The McKenzie Break

as Captain Jack Connor

1966

The Rare Breed

as Alexander Bowen

1957

Chicago Confidential

as Jim Fremont

1962

Moon Pilot

as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman

1964

A Tiger Walks

as Sheriff Pete Williams

1968

1961

1963

Savage Sam

as Uncle Beck Coates

1961

The Parent Trap

as Mitch Evers

1964

The Tenderfoot

as Mose Carson

1989

Welcome Home

as Harry Robins

1980

The Mountain Men

as Henry Frapp

1955

Tight Spot

as Vince Striker

1966

Way... Way Out

as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby

1971

Scandalous John

as John McCanless

1976

Nickelodeon

as H.H. Cobb

1958

Violent Road

as Mitch Barton

1958

Fort Dobbs

as Clett

1954

Jivaro

as Tony

1982

Cry for the Strangers

as Chief Whalen

1972

The Bull of the West

as Johnny Wade

1954

Alaska Seas

as Jim Kimmerly

1969

Gaily, Gaily

as Francis Sullivan

1986

The B.R.A.T. Patrol

as General Newmeyer

1976

The Loneliest Runner

as Arnold Curtis

1957

Dino

as Larry Sheridan

1971

Something Big

as Col. Morgan

1954

The Bamboo Prison

as Cpl. Brady

1963

The Raiders

as McElroy

1960

Ten Who Dared

as William Dunn

1999

Follow Your Heart

as Roddy Thompson

1972

Second Chance

as Geoff Smith

1958

Sierra Baron

as Jack McCrackin

1968

1970

1997

The Second Civil War

as General Buford

1964

The Pleasure Seekers

as Paul Barton

1987

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

as Colonel Davy Crockett

1988

After the Rain

as Byron Monroe

1980

The Silent Lovers

as Mauritz Stiller

1977

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney

1957

Hell Canyon Outlaws

as Happy Waters

1980

Power

as Charles Kandell

1951

Fourteen Hours

as Extra (uncredited)

1997

Walking Thunder

as Narrator

1976

The Quest

as Tank Logan

1976

Joe Panther

as Capt. Harper

1940

Knute Rockne All American

as Student at Train Station (uncredited)

1989

Lady in a Corner

as David Henderson

1993

Wind Dancer

as Truman Richards

1965

Johnny Shiloh

as Sgt. Gabe Trotter

1958

Desert Hell

as Capt. Robert Edwards

1947

Boomerang!

as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)

1964

Bristle Face

as Lue Swank

1979

The Seekers

as Elijah Weatherby

1958

Villa!!

as Bill Harmon

1995

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