Brian Keith
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1921-11-14 – 1997-06-24
Place of birth: Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
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.
Known for
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
Nevada Smith
1966Jonas Cord
Picture Windows: Lightning
1995Tappan
The Hallelujah Trail
1965Frank Wallingham
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966Police Chief Link Mattocks
Young Guns
1988Buckshot Roberts
Nightfall
1956John
Meteor
1979Dr. Dubov
Run of the Arrow
1957Captain Clark
The Yakuza
1974George Tanner
Sharky's Machine
1981Papa
Those Calloways
1964Cam Calloway
The Wind and the Lion
1975Theodore Roosevelt
The Young Philadelphians
1959Mike Flanagan
The Violent Men
1955Cole Wilkison
Arrowhead
1953Capt. Bill North
Appointment with a Shadow
1957Lt. Spencer
Death Before Dishonor
1987Col. Halloran
5 Against the House
1955Brick