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