Dennis O'Keefe
Birthday: 1908-03-29 | Place of Birth: Fort Madison, Iowa, USADennis O'Keefe (March 29, 1908 – August 31, 1968) was an American actor. He was the son of Irish vaudevillians working in the United States. As a small child he joined his parents' act and later wrote skits for the stage. O'Keefe started in films as an extra in the early 1930s. After a small but impressive role in Saratoga, Clark Gable recommended O'Keefe to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which signed him to a contract in 1937. His film roles were bigger after that, starting with The Bad Man of Brimstone and Burn 'Em Up O'Connor. O'Keefe left MGM around 1940 but continued to work in mostly lower budget productions. In the 1950s he did some directing, wrote mystery stories and by the mid-1950s found work on television shows such as Justice, The Martha Raye Show, The Ford Show as well as his own series The Dennis O'Keefe Show.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Hal Towne
as Capt. Matt Riordan
as Self - Host
as Blair Vickers
as Barry Amsterdam
as Joe Dennison
as Mike Macklin
as Jimmy Donovan
as Jacob Karns
as Larry Collins
as Dan Legget
as David Palmer
as Jean Morhange
as Mark Sitko
as Sam Donovan
as Daniel F. O'Hara
as Joe Sullivan
as Dennis O'Brien / Vannie Harrigan
as Dr. David Cousins
as Danny Baldwin
as Michael Francis 'Mike' Hannegan
as Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins
as Junior Crane
as Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow
as Jan Horak
as Jerry Manning
as Mickey Monroe
as Sonny Phyffe
as John Bennett Jr.
as Mike Jason
