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Brian Keith

Brian Keith

Birthday: 1921-11-14 | Place of Birth: Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Keith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1997
Rough Riders

as    President William McKinley

1993
Wind Dancer

as    Truman Richards

1987
Death Before Dishonor

as    Col. Halloran

1987
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

as    Colonel Davy Crockett

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
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

as    Police Chief Baxter

1980
The Mountain Men

as    Henry Frapp

1979
Meteor

as    Dr. Dubov

1978
Hooper

as    Jocko Doyle

1976
Nickelodeon

as    H.H. Cobb

1976
The Quest

as    Tank Logan

1976
The Quest

as    Tank Logan

1975
The Yakuza

as    George Tanner

1975
Archer

as    Lew Archer

1975
The Wind and the Lion

as    Theodore Roosevelt

1972
The Brian Keith Show

as    Dr. Sean Jamison

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
Krakatoa, East of Java

as    Connerly

1969
Gaily, Gaily

as    Francis Sullivan

1968
With Six You Get Eggroll

as    Jake Iverson

1967
Reflections in a Golden Eye

as    Lt. Col. Morris Langdon

1966
Family Affair

as    Bill Davis