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 1960...
Known For
Filmography
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Follow Your Heart
1999
as Roddy Thompson
The Second Civil War
1997
as General Buford
Rough Riders
1997
as President William McKinley
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
1996
as Cardinal
Pacific Blue
1996
as Mac McNamara
Picture Windows: Lightning
1995
as Tappan
Walking Thunder
1995
as Narrator
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
1995
as Pete Morgan
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
1995
as 'Noble Hart' / Self
Cybill
1995
as Arthur Minnow
Duckman
1994
as Duckman's Father (voice)
Spider-Man
1994
as Uncle Ben (voice)
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Leonard Pound
Burke's Law
1994
as Norman Hope
Wind Dancer
1993
as Truman Richards
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Del Forman
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Mullibok
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
as The Westerner
The Commish
1991
Walter & Emily
1991
as Walter Collins
Welcome Home
1989
as Harry Robins
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
1989
as Frank Wellman Sr.
Lady in a Corner
1989
as David Henderson
Heartland
1989
as B.L. McCutcheon
Young Guns
1988
as Buckshot Roberts
The Passage
1988
as Byron Monroe
Death Before Dishonor
1987
as Col. Halloran
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1987
as Colonel Davy Crockett
Pursuit of Happiness
1987
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
1986
as General Newmeyer
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
as Self (uncredited)
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Caleb McCallum
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
as Milton Hardcastle
Cry for the Strangers
1982
as Chief Whalen
World War III
1982
as Secretary General Gorny
Sharky's Machine
1981
as Papa
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
as Police Chief Baxter
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981
as Self
The Mountain Men
1980
as Henry Frapp
The Silent Lovers
1980
as Mauritz Stiller
Power
1980
as Charles Kandell
Meteor
1979
as Dr. Dubov
The Chisholms
1979
as Andrew Blake
The Seekers
1979
as Elijah Weatherby
Hooper
1978
as Jocko Doyle
Centennial
1978
as Sheriff Axel Dumire
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977
as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
1977
as Joe Quinlan
How the West Was Won
1977
as General Stonecipher
Nickelodeon
1976
as H.H. Cobb
The Loneliest Runner
1976
as Arnold Curtis
The Quest
1976
as Tank Logan
Joe Panther
1976
as Capt. Harper
The Quest
1976
as Tank Logan
The Wind and the Lion
1975
as Theodore Roosevelt
The Lion Roars Again
1975
as Self
Archer
1975
as Lew Archer
The Yakuza
1974
as George Tanner
The Zoo Gang
1974
as Stephen "The Fox" Halliday
The Bull of the West
1972
as Johnny Wade
Second Chance
1972
as Geoff Smith
The Brian Keith Show
1972
as Dr. Sean Jamison
Scandalous John
1971
as John McCanless
Something Big
1971
as Col. Morgan
The McKenzie Break
1970
as Captain Jack Connor
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970
as Officer Michael M. Nace
Gaily, Gaily
1969
as Francis Sullivan
Krakatoa, East of Java
1969
as Connerly
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
With Six You Get Eggroll
1968
as Jake Iverson
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967
as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
Nevada Smith
1966
as Jonas Cord
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966
as Police Chief Link Mattocks
The Rare Breed
1966
as Alexander Bowen
The Tenderfoot
1966
as Mose Carson
Way... Way Out
1966
as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
Family Affair
1966
as Bill Davis
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
as Frank Wallingham
Johnny Shiloh
1965
as Sgt. Gabe Trotter
Those Calloways
1964
as Cam Calloway
A Tiger Walks
1964
as Sheriff Pete Williams
The Pleasure Seekers
1964
as Paul Barton
Bristle Face
1964
as Lue Swank
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Thomas Hart Benton
The Tenderfoot
1964
as Mose Carson
Savage Sam
1963
as Uncle Beck Coates
The Raiders
1963
as McElroy
The Great Adventure
1963
as Henry Bergh
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Andy Bastian
The Fugitive
1963
as Edward Welles
Moon Pilot
1962
as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
The Virginian
1962
as Johnny Wade
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Jim Mallory
The Deadly Companions
1961
as Yellowleg
The Parent Trap
1961
as Mitch Evers
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Alfred Freely
Ten Who Dared
1960
as William Dunn
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country
1960
The Westerner
1960
as Dave Blassingame
Outlaws
1960
The Young Philadelphians
1959
as Mike Flanagan
Rawhide
1959
as Tod Macauley
Laramie
1959
The Untouchables
1959
as Jim Martinson
Violent Road
1958
as Mitch Barton
Fort Dobbs
1958
as Clett
Sierra Baron
1958
as Jack McCrackin
Desert Hell
1958
as Capt. Robert Edwards
Villa!!
1958
as Bill Harmon
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Sgt. Patrick Cohan
Run of the Arrow
1957
as Captain Clark
Appointment with a Shadow
1957
as Lt. Spencer
Chicago Confidential
1957
as Jim Fremont
Dino
1957
as Larry Sheridan
Hell Canyon Outlaws
1957
as Happy Waters
Nightfall
1956
as John
Storm Center
1956
as Paul Duncan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Dave Blassingame
The Violent Men
1955
as Cole Wilkison
5 Against the House
1955
as Brick
Tight Spot
1955
as Vince Striker
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Dave Rainey
Crusader
1955
as Matt Anders
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Arnold Shawn
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Herbert Morrison
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Vernon Wedge
Jivaro
1954
as Tony
Alaska Seas
1954
as Jim Kimmerly
The Bamboo Prison
1954
as Cpl. Brady
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
1954
as Mike Hammer
Climax!
1954
as Sam Pryce
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Shadrach O'Reilly
Studio 57
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Sergeant Gabe Trotter
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Lue Swank
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Gen. Newmeyer
Studio 57
1954
as Dan
Studio 57
1954
as Denis Burke
Arrowhead
1953
as Capt. Bill North
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
as Joe Kelly
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Dan Crawford
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Mano
Fourteen Hours
1951
as Extra (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Prosecuting Attorney
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Happy
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Harry
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Choya
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as David Sutton
Suspense
1949
as Johnny
Suspense
1949
as Lt. Jim Connor
Suspense
1949
as Idaho
Suspense
1949
Suspense
1949
as Kip Caley
Boomerang!
1947
as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)
Knute Rockne All American
1940
as Student at Train Station (uncredited)