Portrait of Keenan Wynn

Keenan Wynn

Acting

Biography

Francis Xavier Aloysius James Jeremiah Keenan Wynn (July 27, 1916 – October 14, 1986) was an American character actor. His expressive face was his stock-in-trade; and though he rarely carried the lead role, he had prominent billing in most of his film and television roles.

Born: July 26, 1916

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2023
Looking Back Before You Leap

as Sanger Rainsford (voice)

2016
Naples '44

as Self

2002
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

as Self (archive footage)

1990
Tales from the Darkside

as Duncan Williams

1986
1986
1986
Black Moon Rising

as Iron John

1985
Mirrors

as Reverend Dahlstrom

1985
1985
The Goonies

as Chester Copperpot (uncredited)

1985
Prime Risk

as Dr. Lasser

1984
Tales from the Darkside

as Duncan Williams

1984
Call to Glory

as Carl Sarnac

1984
Call to Glory

as Carl Sarnac

1983
Imps*

as Charlie

1983
Hardcastle and McCormick

as Henry Willard

1983
1982
Hysterical

as Old Fisherman

1982
Best Friends

as Tom Babson

1982
The Last Unicorn

as Captain Cully / Harpy (voice)

1982
1982
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino

as Barney Fellman

1980
Mom, the Wolfman and Me

as Grandpa Bergman

1980
1979
Jamaican Gold

as Meat Cleaver Stewart

1979
The Glove

as Bill Schwartz

1979
Sunburn

as Mark Elmes

1979
1979
The Dark

as Sherman 'Sherm' Moss

1979
1979
Supertrain

as Winfield Root

1979
Express to Terror

as Winfield Root

1978
Taxi

as Leo Goodman

1978
Piranha

as Jack

1978
The Bastard

as Johnny Malcolm

1978
Dallas

as Digger Barnes

1978
Coach

as Fenton Granger

1978
Laserblast

as Colonel Farley

1978
The Lucifer Complex

as U.S. Secretary of Defense

1977
The Love Boat

as Charles B Dobbs

1977
1977
Orca

as Novak

1977
Grizzly Adams

as Sargent Monhan

1977
Mission to Glory: A True Story

as Father at Trading Mission

1976
The Shaggy D.A.

as John Slade

1976
The Killer Inside Me

as Chester Conway

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1976
The Quest

as H.H. Small

1976
The Quest

as H.H. Small

1976
Demon and the Mummy

as Capt. Joe “Mad Dog” Siska

1975
A Woman for All Men

as Walter McCoy

1975
The Devil's Rain

as Sheriff Owens

1975
Nashville

as Mr. Green

1975
The Man Who Would Not Die

as Victor Slidell

1975
He Is My Brother

as Brother Dalton

1975
Target Risk

as Simon Cusack

1974
The Legend of Earl Durand

as Col. Nightingale

1974
Hit Lady

as Buddy McCormack

1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Capt. Joe 'Mad Dog' Siska

1974
The Internecine Project

as E.J. Farnsworth

1974
Herbie Rides Again

as Alonzo Hawk

1973
Hijack!

as Donny McDonald

1973
A Night Train to Terror

as Detective Hanratty

1973
VD Attack Plan

as Contagion Corps Sergeant (Narrator)

1972
Snowball Express

as Martin Ridgeway

1972
The Mechanic

as Harry McKenna

1972
Cancel My Reservation

as Sheriff 'Houndtooth' Riley

1972
1972
Wild in the Sky

as Gen. Harry Gobohare

1972
Panhandle 38

as Billy Bronson / Kile Richards

1971
The Manipulator

as Old Charlie

1971
McMillan & Wife

as Professor Zagmeyer

1971
1971
Bearcats!

as Mason Latimer

1971
1971
Pretty Maids All in a Row

as Chief John Poldaski

1971
The Man with Icy Eyes

as Harry Davis

1971
Cannon

as Eddie

1971
Assault on the Wayne

as Orville Kelly

1970
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

as Winter Warlock (voice)

1970
The Animals

as Pudge Elliott

1970
Loving

as Edward

1970
House on Greenapple Road

as Sgt. Charles Wilentz

1969
Viva Max!

as General Lacomber

1969
80 Steps to Jonah

as Barney Glover

1969
The Young Lawyers

as Frank Barron

1969
The Monitors

as General Blackwish

1969
1969
Then Came Bronson

as Alex Halvorsen

1969
Smith!

as Vince Heber

1969
Mackenna's Gold

as Sanchez

1968
Finian's Rainbow

as Senator Billboard Rawkins

1968
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Hummel

1968
1968
The Name of the Game

as Joe Williams

1968
Shoot, Gringo... Shoot!

as Major Charlie Doneghan

1968
Frame Up

as Inspector Donald

1968
1967
Run Like a Thief

as Willy Gore

1967
1967
The War Wagon

as Wes Fletcher

1967
Warning Shot

as Sgt. Ed Musso

1967
The Rock

as Self (uncredited)

1966
Stagecoach

as Luke Plummer

1966
1966
Promise Her Anything

as Angelo Carelli

1965
The Great Race

as Hezekiah

1965
Nightmare in the Sun

as Junk dealer

1964
Stage to Thunder Rock

as Ross Sawyer

1964
Valentine's Day

as Horace Newman

1964
Bikini Beach

as Harvey Huntington Honeywagon

1964
The Patsy

as Harry Silver

1964
Honeymoon Hotel

as Mr. Sampson

1964
Man in the Middle

as Lieut. Winston

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Charlie Kling

1963
1963
Burke's Law

as Kid Corey

1963
Burke's Law

as Hamilton 'Give 'em Away' Murphy

1963
The Power and the Glory

as Wine Merchant

1963
Son of Flubber

as Alonzo P. Hawk

1963
The Losers

as Burgundy Smith

1962
Combat!

as Col. Clyde

1962
Combat!

as Brannigan

1961
The New Breed

as Ronson

1961
Black City

as Di Gennaro

1961
1960
The Islanders

as Agent Blake

1960
The Aquanauts

as George Morrisey

1960
The Crowded Sky

as Nick Hyland

1959
The Untouchables

as Augie 'The Banker' Ciamino

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Gregory West

1959
A Hole in the Head

as Jerry Marks

1959
Bonanza

as Sergeant O'Rourke

1959
That Kind of Woman

as Harry Corwin

1959
1959
The Scarface Mob

as Joe Fuselli

1959
Rawhide

as Simon Royce

1958
The Perfect Furlough

as Harvey Franklin

1958
1958
Naked City

as Maxwell Ronan

1958
Naked City

as Bodram Borgata

1958
Touch of Evil

as Bartender (uncredited)

1958
No Time at All

as Marshall Keats

1958
The Deep Six

as Lt. Cmdr. Mike Edge

1957
Don't Go Near the Water

as Gordon Ripwell

1957
Joe Butterfly

as Harold Hathaway

1957
The Last Tycoon

as Lou Myrick

1956
The Great Man

as Sid Moore

1956
1956
Playhouse 90

as Maish Rennick

1956
Playhouse 90

as Marshall Keats

1956
Johnny Concho

as Barney Clark

1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

1956
The Naked Hills

as Sam Wilkins

1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

as Sgt. Caesar Gardella

1955
1955
Running Wild

as Ken Osanger

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as William Botibol

1955
1955
1955
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney

as Alonzo P. Hawk (archive footage)

1954
Studio 57

as Gideon Pickett

1954
Men of the Fighting Lady

as Lt. Cmdr. Dodson

1954
Tennessee Champ

as Willy Wurble

1954
1953
Kiss Me Kate

as Lippy

1953
Code Two

as Police Sgt. Jumbo Culdane

1953
Battle Circus

as Sgt. Orvil Statt

1953
General Electric Theater

as Sergeant Kelsey

1952
1952
Fearless Fagan

as Sgt. Kellwin

1952
1952
Skirts Ahoy!

as Keenan Wynn (uncredited)

1952
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Lambert Giles

1951
It's a Big Country

as Michael Fisher

1951
1951
1951
Texas Carnival

as Dan Sabinas

1951
Kind Lady

as Mr. Edwards

1951
Royal Wedding

as Irving Klinger / Edgar Klinger

1950
Three Little Words

as Charlie Kope

1950
Love That Brute

as Bugsy Welch

1950
Annie Get Your Gun

as Charlie Davenport

1950
1949
That Midnight Kiss

as Artie Geoffrey Glenson

1949
Neptune's Daughter

as Joe Backett

1948
Studio One

as Graham Hicks

1948
Studio One

as Wally

1948
My Dear Secretary

as Ronnie Hastings

1948
1948
B.F.'s Daughter

as Martin Delwyn 'Marty' Ainsley

1947
Song of the Thin Man

as Clarence "Clinker" Krause

1947
The Hucksters

as Buddy Hare

1946
1946
The Thrill of Brazil

as Steve Farraugh

1946
Easy to Wed

as Warren Haggerty

1946
1945
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?

as Private Mulvehill

1945
Week-End at the Waldorf

as Oliver Webson

1945
Ziegfeld Follies

as Caller (segment "Number Please")

1945
The Clock

as The Drunk

1945
1945
Without Love

as Quentin Ladd

1944
1944
Since You Went Away

as Lieutenant Solomon

1944
1944
Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1943
Lost Angel

as Packy Roost

1942
Northwest Rangers

as 'Slip' O'Mara

1942
For Me and My Gal

as Eddie Milton (uncredited)

1942