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