Brian Keith
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1921-11-14
Day of Death
1997-06-24 (75 years old)
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.
Known For
Acting
(2004)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Follow Your Heart
as Roddy Thompson
(1997)
The Second Civil War
as General Buford
(1997)
Walking Thunder
as Narrator
(1996)
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
as Cardinal
(1995)
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
as Pete Morgan
(1995)
Picture Windows: Lightning
as Tappan
(1995)
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
as 'Noble Hart' / Self
(1993)
Wind Dancer
as Truman Richards
(1991)
The Gambler: The Luck Of The Draw
as The Westerner
(1989)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
as Frank Wellman Sr.
(1989)
Welcome Home
as Harry Robins
(1989)
Lady in a Corner
as David Henderson
(1988)
Young Guns
as Buckshot Roberts
(1988)
After the Rain
as Byron Monroe
(1987)
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
as Colonel Davy Crockett
(1987)
Death Before Dishonor
as Col. Halloran
(1986)
(1986)
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
as General Newmeyer
(1982)
Cry for the Strangers
as Chief Whalen
(1981)
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
as Police Chief Baxter
(1981)
Sharky's Machine
as Papa
(1981)
(1980)
The Mountain Men
as Henry Frapp
(1980)
Power
as Charles Kandell
(1980)
The Silent Lovers
as Mauritz Stiller
(1979)
The Seekers
as Elijah Weatherby
(1979)
Meteor
as Dr. Dubov
(1978)
Hooper
as Jocko Doyle
(1977)
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
(1977)
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
as Joe Quinlan
(1976)
Joe Panther
as Capt. Harper
(1976)
The Loneliest Runner
as Arnold Curtis
(1976)
Nickelodeon
as H.H. Cobb
(1976)
The Quest
as Tank Logan
(1975)
The Lion Roars Again
as Self
(1975)
The Wind and the Lion
as Theodore Roosevelt
(1974)
The Yakuza
as George Tanner
(1972)
Second Chance
as Geoff Smith
(1972)
The Bull of the West
as Johnny Wade
(1971)
Scandalous John
as John McCanless
(1971)
Something Big
as Col. Morgan
(1970)
The McKenzie Break
as Captain Jack Connor
(1970)
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
as Officer Michael M. Nace
(1969)
Gaily, Gaily
as Francis Sullivan
(1968)
With Six You Get Eggroll
as Jake Iverson
(1968)
Krakatoa, East of Java
as Connerly
(1967)
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
(1966)
Nevada Smith
as Jonas Cord
(1966)
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as Police Chief Link Mattocks
(1966)
The Rare Breed
as Alexander Bowen
(1966)
Way... Way Out
as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
(1965)
The Hallelujah Trail
as Frank Wallingham
(1965)
Johnny Shiloh
as Sgt. Gabe Trotter
(1964)
The Pleasure Seekers
as Paul Barton
(1964)
Bristle Face
as Lue Swank
(1964)
A Tiger Walks
as Sheriff Pete Williams
(1964)
The Tenderfoot
as Mose Carson
(1964)
Those Calloways
as Cam Calloway
(1963)
Savage Sam
as Uncle Beck Coates
(1963)
The Raiders
as McElroy
(1962)
Moon Pilot
as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
(1961)
The Parent Trap
as Mitch Evers
(1961)
The Deadly Companions
as Yellowleg
(1960)
Ten Who Dared
as William Dunn
(1960)
(1959)
The Young Philadelphians
as Mike Flanagan
(1958)
Villa!!
as Bill Harmon
(1958)
Fort Dobbs
as Clett
(1958)
Sierra Baron
as Jack McCrackin
(1958)
Desert Hell
as Capt. Robert Edwards
(1958)
Violent Road
as Mitch Barton
(1957)
Run of the Arrow
as Captain Clark
(1957)
Chicago Confidential
as Jim Fremont
(1957)
Appointment with a Shadow
as Lt. Spencer
(1957)
Dino
as Larry Sheridan
(1957)
Hell Canyon Outlaws
as Happy Waters
(1956)
Nightfall
as John
(1956)
Storm Center
as Paul Duncan
(1955)
The Violent Men
as Cole Wilkison
(1955)
Tight Spot
as Vince Striker
(1955)
5 Against the House
as Brick
(1954)
Jivaro
as Tony
(1954)
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
as Mike Hammer
(1954)
Alaska Seas
as Jim Kimmerly
(1954)
The Bamboo Prison
as Cpl. Brady
(1953)
Arrowhead
as Capt. Bill North
(1951)
Fourteen Hours
as Extra (uncredited)
(1947)
Boomerang!
as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)
(1940)
Knute Rockne All American
as Student at Train Station (uncredited)