Brian Keith

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

158

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-11-14

Deathday

1997-06-24 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

  • Robert Keith Richey Jr.
  • برایان کیت

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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Known For

Spider-Man
8.3%

Spider-Man

Nov 19, 1994

Young Guns
6.7%

Young Guns

Feb 17, 1988

Walker, Texas Ranger
7.0%

Walker, Texas Ranger

Apr 21, 1993

Murder, She Wrote
7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

The Parent Trap
7.0%

The Parent Trap

May 13, 1961

The Yakuza
7.1%

The Yakuza

Dec 21, 1974

The Wind and the Lion
6.5%

The Wind and the Lion

May 22, 1975

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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
Rough Riders as President William McKinley
1997
Walking Thunder as Narrator
1996
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story as Cardinal
1996
Pacific Blue as Mac McNamara
1995
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins as 'Noble Hart' / Self
1995
Lightning as Tappan
1995
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. as Pete Morgan
1995
Cybill
1994
Spider-Man as Uncle Ben (voice)
1994
Touched by an Angel as Leonard Pound
1994
Duckman
1994
Burke's Law as Norman Hope
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger as Del Forman
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Mullibok
1993
Wind Dancer as Truman Richards
1991
Walter & Emily as Walter Collins
1991
The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw as The Westerner
1991
The Commish
1989
Lady in a Corner as David Henderson
1989
Welcome Home as Harry Robins
1989
Heartland as B.L. McCutcheon
1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson as Frank Wellman Sr.
1988
After the Rain as Byron Monroe
1988
Young Guns as Buckshot Roberts
1987
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory as Colonel Davy Crockett
1987
Pursuit of Happiness
1987
Death Before Dishonor as Col. Halloran
1986
The B.R.A.T. Patrol as General Newmeyer
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Caleb McCallum
1983
Hardcastle and McCormick as Milton Hardcastle
1982
Cry for the Strangers as Chief Whalen
1982
World War III as Secretary General Gorny
1981
Sharky's Machine as Papa
1981
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds as Self
1981
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen as Police Chief Baxter
1980
The Mountain Men as Henry Frapp
1980
The Silent Lovers as Mauritz Stiller
1980
Power as Charles Kandell
1979
The Seekers as Elijah Weatherby
1979
Meteor as Dr. Dubov
1979
The Chisholms as Andrew Blake
1978
Centennial as Sheriff Axel Dumire
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
1977
How the West Was Won as General Stonecipher
1976
Nickelodeon as H.H. Cobb
1976
The Loneliest Runner as Arnold Curtis
1976
Joe Panther as Capt. Harper
1976
The Quest as Tank Logan
1976
The Quest as Tank Logan
1975
The Wind and the Lion as Theodore Roosevelt
1975
Archer as Lew Archer
1975
The Lion Roars Again as Self
1974
The Yakuza as George Tanner
1974
The Zoo Gang as Stephen "The Fox" Halliday
1972
The Brian Keith Show as Dr. Sean Jamison
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
1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
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
Way... Way Out as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
1966
Family Affair as Bill Davis
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
1965
The Hallelujah Trail as Frank Wallingham
1965
Those Calloways as Cam Calloway
1964
The Pleasure Seekers as Paul Barton
1964
Profiles in Courage as Thomas Hart Benton
1964
The Tenderfoot as Mose Carson
1964
A Tiger Walks as Sheriff Pete Williams
1964
Bristle Face as Lue Swank
1963
The Raiders as McElroy
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Andy Bastian
1963
The Great Adventure as Henry Bergh
1963
The Fugitive as Edward Welles
1963
Savage Sam as Uncle Beck Coates
1963
Johnny Shiloh as Sgt. Gabe Trotter
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Jim Mallory
1962
The Virginian as Johnny Wade
1962
Sam Benedict
1962
Moon Pilot as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Dr. Kildare as Alfred Freely
1961
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
The Deadly Companions as Yellowleg
1961
The Parent Trap as Mitch Evers
1960
Ten Who Dared as William Dunn
1960
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country
1960
The Westerner as Dave Blassingame
1960
Outlaws
1959
The Untouchables as Jim Martinson
1959
Laramie
1959
The Young Philadelphians as Mike Flanagan
1959
Rawhide as Tod Macauley
1958
77 Sunset Strip as Sgt. Patrick Cohan
1958
Villa!! as Bill Harmon
1958
Sierra Baron as Jack McCrackin
1958
Desert Hell as Capt. Robert Edwards
1958
Violent Road as Mitch Barton
1958
Fort Dobbs as Clett
1957
Hell Canyon Outlaws as Happy Waters
1957
Run of the Arrow as Captain Clark
1957
Appointment with a Shadow as Lt. Spencer
1957
Chicago Confidential as Jim Fremont
1957
Dino as Larry Sheridan
1956
Nightfall as John
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Dave Blassingame
1956
Storm Center as Paul Duncan
1955
Crusader as Matt Anders
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Dave Rainey
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Arnold Shawn
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Herbert Morrison
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Vernon Wedge
1955
5 Against the House as Brick
1955
Tight Spot as Vince Striker
1955
The Violent Men as Cole Wilkison
1954
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer! as Mike Hammer
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Shadrach O'Reilly
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Sergeant Gabe Trotter
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Lue Swank
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Gen. Newmeyer
1954
Climax! as Sam Pryce
1954
Studio 57
1954
Studio 57 as Dan
1954
The Bamboo Prison as Cpl. Brady
1954
Jivaro as Tony
1954
Alaska Seas as Jim Kimmerly
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Joe Kelly
1953
Arrowhead as Capt. Bill North
1952
The Ford Television Theatre as Dan Crawford
1952
The Ford Television Theatre as Mano
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Prosecuting Attorney
1951
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Fourteen Hours as Extra (uncredited)
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Happy
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Choya
1950
Lux Video Theatre as David Sutton
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents as Harry
1949
Suspense as Johnny
1949
Suspense as Lt. Jim Connor
1949
Suspense as Idaho
1949
Suspense
1949
Suspense as Kip Caley
1947
Boomerang! as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)
1940
Knute Rockne All American as Student at Train Station (uncredited)

Directing

1972
The Brian Keith Show as Director
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