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.
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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)
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
as 'Noble Hart' / Self
(1995)
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
as Pete Morgan
(1995)
Lightning
as Tappan
(1993)
Wind Dancer
as Truman Richards
(1991)
The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw
as The Westerner
(1989)
Welcome Home
as Harry Robins
(1989)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
as Frank Wellman Sr.
(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)
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
as General Newmeyer
(1982)
Cry for the Strangers
as Chief Whalen
(1981)
Sharky's Machine
as Papa
(1981)
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
as Police Chief Baxter
(1981)
(1980)
The Mountain Men
as Henry Frapp
(1980)
Power
as Charles Kandell
(1980)
The Silent Lovers
as Mauritz Stiller
(1979)
Meteor
as Dr. Dubov
(1979)
The Seekers
as Elijah Weatherby
(1978)
Hooper
as Jocko Doyle
(1977)
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
as Joe Quinlan
(1977)
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
(1976)
Nickelodeon
as H.H. Cobb
(1976)
The Quest
as Tank Logan
(1976)
The Loneliest Runner
as Arnold Curtis
(1976)
Joe Panther
as Capt. Harper
(1975)
The Wind and the Lion
as Theodore Roosevelt
(1975)
The Lion Roars Again
as Self
(1974)
The Yakuza
as George Tanner
(1972)
The Bull of the West
as Johnny Wade
(1972)
Second Chance
as Geoff Smith
(1971)
Something Big
as Col. Morgan
(1971)
Scandalous John
as John McCanless
(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)
Krakatoa, East of Java
as Connerly
(1968)
With Six You Get Eggroll
as Jake Iverson
(1967)
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
(1966)
Nevada Smith
as Jonas Cord
(1966)
The Rare Breed
as Alexander Bowen
(1966)
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as Police Chief Link Mattocks
(1966)
Way... Way Out
as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
(1965)
The Hallelujah Trail
as Frank Wallingham
(1965)
Those Calloways
as Cam Calloway
(1964)
A Tiger Walks
as Sheriff Pete Williams
(1964)
The Pleasure Seekers
as Paul Barton
(1964)
Bristle Face
as Lue Swank
(1964)
The Tenderfoot
as Mose Carson
(1963)
Savage Sam
as Uncle Beck Coates
(1963)
Johnny Shiloh
as Sgt. Gabe Trotter
(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)
Fort Dobbs
as Clett
(1958)
Violent Road
as Mitch Barton
(1958)
Villa!!
as Bill Harmon
(1958)
Sierra Baron
as Jack McCrackin
(1958)
Desert Hell
as Capt. Robert Edwards
(1957)
Run of the Arrow
as Captain Clark
(1957)
Chicago Confidential
as Jim Fremont
(1957)
Dino
as Larry Sheridan
(1957)
Hell Canyon Outlaws
as Happy Waters
(1957)
Appointment with a Shadow
as Lt. Spencer
(1956)
Nightfall
as John
(1956)
Storm Center
as Paul Duncan
(1955)
The Violent Men
as Cole Wilkison
(1955)
5 Against the House
as Brick
(1955)
Tight Spot
as Vince Striker
(1954)
Jivaro
as Tony
(1954)
The Bamboo Prison
as Cpl. Brady
(1954)
Alaska Seas
as Jim Kimmerly
(1954)
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
as Mike Hammer
(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)