Brian Keith
Acting
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.
Born: November 14, 1921
Place of Birth: Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Roddy Thompson
as General Buford
as President William McKinley
as Narrator
as Cardinal
as Mac McNamara
as 'Noble Hart' / Self
as Tappan
as Pete Morgan
as Uncle Ben (voice)
as Leonard Pound
as Duckman's Father (voice)
as Norman Hope
as Del Forman
as Mullibok
as Truman Richards
as Walter Collins
as The Westerner
as David Henderson
as Harry Robins
as B.L. McCutcheon
as Frank Wellman Sr.
as Byron Monroe
as Buckshot Roberts
as Colonel Davy Crockett
as Col. Halloran
as General Newmeyer
as Caleb McCallum
as Milton Hardcastle
as Chief Whalen
as Secretary General Gorny
as Papa
as Police Chief Baxter
as Henry Frapp
as Mauritz Stiller
as Charles Kandell
as Elijah Weatherby
as Dr. Dubov
as Andrew Blake
as Sheriff Axel Dumire
as Jocko Doyle
as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
as Joe Quinlan
as General Stonecipher
as H.H. Cobb
as Arnold Curtis
as Tank Logan
as Tank Logan
as Theodore Roosevelt
as George Tanner
as Stephen "The Fox" Halliday
as Dr. Sean Jamison
as Johnny Wade
as Geoff Smith
as Col. Morgan
as John McCanless
as Captain Jack Connor
as Officer Michael M. Nace
as Francis Sullivan
as Connerly
as Jake Iverson
as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
as Bill Davis
as Jonas Cord
as Police Chief Link Mattocks
as Alexander Bowen
as Sgt. Gabe Trotter
as Frank Wallingham
as Paul Barton
as Cam Calloway
as Mose Carson
as Sheriff Pete Williams
as Lue Swank
as McElroy
as Andy Bastian
as Henry Bergh
as Edward Welles
as Uncle Beck Coates
as Jim Mallory
as Johnny Wade
as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
as Alfred Freely
as Yellowleg
as Mitch Evers
as William Dunn
as Dave Blassingame
as Jim Martinson
as Mike Flanagan
as Tod Macauley
as Sgt. Patrick Cohan
as Bill Harmon
as Jack McCrackin
as Capt. Robert Edwards
as Mitch Barton
as Clett
as Happy Waters
as Captain Clark
as Lt. Spencer
as Jim Fremont
as Larry Sheridan
as John
as Dave Blassingame
as Paul Duncan
as Dave Rainey
as Arnold Shawn
as Herbert Morrison
as Vernon Wedge
as Brick
as Vince Striker
as Cole Wilkison
as Mike Hammer
as Shadrach O'Reilly
as Sergeant Gabe Trotter
as Lue Swank
as Gen. Newmeyer
as Sam Pryce
as Dan
as Denis Burke
as Cpl. Brady
as Tony
as Jim Kimmerly
as Capt. Bill North
as Dan Crawford
as Mano
as Prosecuting Attorney
as Extra (uncredited)
as Harry
as Johnny
as Lt. Jim Connor
as Kip Caley
as Idaho
as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)
as Student at Train Station (uncredited)