Dennis O'Keefe
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
Dennis O'Keefe (March 29, 1908 – August 31, 1968) was an American actor. He was the son of Irish vaudevillians working in the United States. As a small child he joined his parents' act and later wrote skits for the stage. O'Keefe started in films as an extra in the early 1930s. After a small but impressive role in Saratoga, Clark Gable recommended O'Keefe to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which signed him to a contract in 1937. His film roles were bigger after that, starting with The Bad Man of Brimstone and Burn 'Em Up O'Connor. O'Keefe left MGM around 1940 but continued to work in mostly lower budget productions. In the 1950s he did some directing, wrote mystery stories and by the mid-1950s found work on television shows such as Justice, The Martha Raye Show, The Ford Show as well as his own series The Dennis O'Keefe Show.
Known for
Credits
Scarface (1932)
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
History Is Made at Night (1937)
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
as Theatregoer (uncredited)
A Star Is Born (1937)
as Burke's Party Guest (uncredited)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
as Café Chateau Dancer (uncredited)
Top Hat (1935)
as Elevator Passenger / Hotel Guest / Dancer (uncredited)
Captains Courageous (1937)
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
42nd Street (1933)
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Duck Soup (1933)
as Bridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited)
Woman on the Run (1950)
as Dan Legget
I'm No Angel (1933)
as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
as Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Fury (1936)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
as Jan Horak
Libeled Lady (1936)
as Barker at Charity Affair (uncredited)
Blonde Venus (1932)
as (uncredited)
Murder at the Vanities (1934)
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Imitation of Life (1934)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937)
as Nightclub Patron
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
as Flier (uncredited)
Working Girls (1931)
as Dance Extra (uncredited)
Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)
as Alec Tacksbury
Easy Living (1937)
as Office Manager (uncredited)
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
as Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
as Racetrack Handler (uncredited)
San Francisco (1936)
as New Year's Celebrant (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent (1934)
as Chester Coote (uncredited)
Personal Maid's Secret (1935)
as Dinner Guest
T-Men (1947)
as Dennis O'Brien / Vannie Harrigan
The Company She Keeps (1951)
as Larry
Topper Returns (1941)
as Bob
One New York Night (1935)
as Extra
Yours for the Asking (1936)
as Man (uncredited)
The Daring Young Man (1935)
as Wedding Participant
The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Raw Deal (1948)
as Joe Sullivan
The Gilded Lily (1935)
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
The Affairs of Susan (1945)
as Bill Anthony
That's Right – You're Wrong (1939)
as Chuck Deems
Reaching for the Moon (1930)
as Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)
You'll Find Out (1940)
as Chuck Deems
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
as Wedding Usher (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
as Theatergoer (uncredited)
Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
as Man (uncredited)
Cimarron (1931)
as (uncredited)
The Lady Wants Mink (1953)
as Jim Connors
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
as Dance Floor Extra at Madge's Party (uncredited)
Show Boat (1936)
Actor
Cover Up (1949)
as Sam Donovan
All Hands on Deck (1961)
as Brian O'Gara
From Hell to Heaven (1933)
as Louie - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)
as Kenneth B. Ford
The Kid From Texas (1939)
as William Quincy
Great Guy (1936)
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
Three Smart Girls (1936)
as Nightclub Extra
Arise, My Love (1940)
as Shep
A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
as Party Guest
It's in the Air (1935)
as Announcer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Swing High, Swing Low (1937)
as Purser (uncredited)
Mr. District Attorney (1941)
as P. Cadwallader Jones
The Eagle and the Hawk (1950)
as Whitney Randolph
Abroad with Two Yanks (1944)
as Jeff Reardon
He Was Her Man (1934)
as Man Leaving Courtroom
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
as Sound Technician (uncredited)
Broadway Bill (1934)
as (uncredited)
Wonder Bar (1934)
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
The Leopard Man (1943)
as Jerry Manning
Fog Over Frisco (1934)
as Van Brugh, Reporter (Uncredited)
Dishonored Lady (1947)
as Dr. David Cousins
Here Comes the Band (1935)
as Party Guest at Reunion (uncredited)
One Mile from Heaven (1937)
as Party Guest
Huddle (1932)
as Dancer (uncredited)
Rhythm on the Range (1936)
as Sidewalk Heckler
The Girl from Scotland Yard (1937)
as John
We're Rich Again (1934)
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957)
as Capt. Matt Riordan
13 Hours by Air (1936)
as Baker-Co-Pilot
The Miracle Woman (1931)
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)
as Daniel F. O'Hara
Only Yesterday (1933)
as New Year's Eve Reveler (Uncredited)
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now (1940)
as Tod Lowell
Top of the Town (1937)
as Frank
The Great Dan Patch (1949)
as David Palmer
Up in Mabel's Room (1944)
as Boris
Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933)
as Nightclub Dance Extra
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
as Mike Jason
Every Night at Eight (1935)
as Huxley Employee (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Air (1933)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Bowery Boy (1940)
as Dr. Tom O'Hara
Laugh and Get Rich (1931)
as Young Man at Dance (uncredited)
She Had to Say Yes (1933)
as Cabaret Patron (uncredited)
Sworn Enemy (1936)
as Bandleader (uncredited)
The Man from Yesterday (1932)
as Cafe Patron
The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937)
as Jeffrey Burton
The Woman Accused (1933)
as Party Extra (uncredited)
Night After Night (1932)
as Drunk Sleeping on a Table (uncredited)
Ann Carver's Profession (1933)
as Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)
Bombshell (1933)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Lady Scarface (1941)
as Lieutenant Bill Mason
Siren of Atlantis (1949)
as Jean Morhange
Two Heads on a Pillow (1934)
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935)
as Dancer (uncredited)
Torch Singer (1933)
as Nightclub Patron
Private Number (1936)
as Gambler (Uncredited)
Doll Face (1945)
as Michael Francis 'Mike' Hannegan
The Wedding Night (1935)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Angela (1954)
as Steve Catlett
Small Town Girl (1936)
as Man Dancing in Tavern (uncredited)
Desirable (1934)
as Party Guest
Baby Face Harrington (1935)
as Country Club Patron (uncredited)
The Accusing Finger (1936)
as Reporter
Inside Detroit (1955)
as Blair Vickers
Beloved Enemy (1936)
as Reception Guest (Uncredited)
Girl Missing (1933)
as Casino Patron (Uncredited)
Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
as Sonny Phyffe
Unexpected Father (1939)
as Jimmy Hanley
Saratoga (1937)
as Party guest
Big City Blues (1932)
as Dice Spectator (uncredited)
Broadway Limited (1941)
as Dr. Harvey North
Weekend for Three (1941)
as Jim 'Jimbo' Craig
Strike Me Pink (1936)
as Club Lido Patron (uncredited)
Broadway Hostess (1935)
as Donald Ross - Ronnie's Friend (uncredited)
Brewster's Millions (1945)
as Montague L. 'Monty' Brewster
Mr. District Attorney (1947)
as Steve Bennett
The Chaser (1938)
as Tom Brandon
Moonlight Masquerade (1942)
as John Bennett Jr.
The Firefly (1937)
as French Soldier Admirer (uncredited)
Smarty (1934)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Alias the Deacon (1940)
as Johnny Sloan
Hold That Kiss (1938)
as Tommy Bradford
Follow the Sun (1951)
as Chuck Williams
Skyscraper Souls (1932)
as Stock Brokerage Clerk (Uncredited)
Upperworld (1934)
as Police Photographer (uncredited)
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939)
as Jerry O'Connor
Lady Killer (1933)
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
College Rhythm (1934)
as Department Store Doorman
Hello, Everybody! (1933)
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Under Eighteen (1932)
as Penthouse Party Guest (uncredited)
Gift of Gab (1934)
as Dancer (uncredited)
Kid Millions (1934)
as Chorus Boy in Ship's Show (uncredited)
Blood Money (1933)
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
as Danny Baldwin
The Diamond Wizard (1954)
as Joe Dennison
Lady of Vengeance (1957)
as William T. Marshall
The Singing Kid (1936)
as Bud (uncredited)
Mississippi (1935)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Abandoned (1949)
as Mark Sitko
La Conga Nights (1940)
as Steve Collins
Chicago Syndicate (1955)
as Barry Amsterdam
Love Affair (1932)
as One of Carol's Friends at Party (uncredited)
One Big Affair (1952)
as Jimmy Donovan
The Great Gambini (1937)
as Nightclub Patron
Sensations of 1945 (1944)
as Junior Crane
Pop Always Pays (1940)
as Jeff Thompson
Champagne Waltz (1937)
as Dance Extra at Blue Danube Room
The Red Rider (1934)
as Minor Role
Riding on Air (1937)
as Radium Plane 23 Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Drums of Tahiti (1954)
as Mike Macklin
Piccadilly Jim (1936)
as Petie McGregor (uncredited)
Mama Steps Out (1937)
as Dance Extra
West of Broadway (1931)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Colleen (1936)
as Extra on Dance Floor (uncredited)
Too Much Harmony (1933)
as Cafe Patron
Vacation from Love (1938)
as Bill Blair
Sinner Take All (1936)
as Night Club Guest (uncredited)
Central Park (1932)
as Casino Diner (uncredited)
A Lost Lady (1934)
as Dance Extra (uncredited)
Lady by Choice (1934)
as Dance Extra (uncredited)
Bachelor's Affairs (1932)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Rose Bowl (1936)
as Jones
Cocktail Hour (1933)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Girl from Havana (1940)
as Woody Davis
Las Vegas Shakedown (1955)
as Joe Barnes
All of Me (1934)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Her Adventurous Night (1946)
as Bill Fry
The Fake (1953)
as Paul Mitchell
Passage West (1951)
as Jacob Karns
The Naked Flame (1964)
as Paul Ashley
Confession (1956)
as Ben Birch
Coming Out Party (1934)
as Party Guest
Tahiti Honey (1943)
as Mickey Monroe
Love Before Breakfast (1936)
as College Boy (uncredited)
Doubting Thomas (1935)
as Member of Audience
Good Morning, Judge (1943)
as David Barton
White Lies (1935)
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
The Misses Stooge (1935)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Burning Gold (1936)
as Derrick Worker
Sail Into Danger (1957)
as Steve Ryman
Honeymoon Trio (1931)
as Wedding Guest
Everything's Ducky (1934)
as Party Guest