Brian Keith
Acting
Born: November 14, 1921 · Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Died: June 24, 1997 (aged 75)
Highest Rated
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
Spider-Man
1994
Young Guns
1988
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Parent Trap
1961
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Yakuza
1974
The Wind and the Lion
1975
Nevada Smith
1966
Touched by an Angel
1994
Meteor
1979
Photos (3)
Movies (82)
Young Guns
Buckshot Roberts
The Parent Trap
Mitch Evers
The Wind and the Lion
Theodore Roosevelt
Sharky's Machine
Papa
The Hallelujah Trail
Frank Wallingham
Nickelodeon
H.H. Cobb
Nevada Smith
Jonas Cord
The Mountain Men
Henry Frapp
Meteor
Dr. Dubov
Way... Way Out
Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
Hooper
Jocko Doyle
The Rare Breed
Alexander Bowen
The Yakuza
George Tanner
Fourteen Hours
Extra (uncredited)
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
Run of the Arrow
Captain Clark
Those Calloways
Cam Calloway
The Young Philadelphians
Mike Flanagan
The Violent Men
Cole Wilkison
A Tiger Walks
Sheriff Pete Williams
Storm Center
Paul Duncan
Savage Sam
Uncle Beck Coates
Boomerang!
Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)
The Pleasure Seekers
Paul Barton
5 Against the House
Brick
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Police Chief Baxter
Krakatoa, East of Java
Connerly
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
The Westerner
The Second Civil War
General Buford
The Raiders
McElroy
Tight Spot
Vince Striker
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Police Chief Link Mattocks
With Six You Get Eggroll
Jake Iverson
Something Big
Col. Morgan
Ten Who Dared
William Dunn
Arrowhead
Capt. Bill North
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Officer Michael M. Nace
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Colonel Davy Crockett
Moon Pilot
Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
Scandalous John
John McCanless
Knute Rockne All American
Student at Train Station (uncredited)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
Frank Wellman Sr.
The Passage
Byron Monroe
The Deadly Companions
Yellowleg
Dino
Larry Sheridan
Nightfall
John
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
General Newmeyer
The McKenzie Break
Captain Jack Connor
Picture Windows: Lightning
Tappan
Sierra Baron
Jack McCrackin
The Bull of the West
Johnny Wade
Welcome Home
Harry Robins
Bristle Face
Lue Swank
Second Chance
Geoff Smith
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
Pete Morgan
Walking Thunder
Narrator
Jivaro
Tony
Fort Dobbs
Clett
Gaily, Gaily
Francis Sullivan
Lady in a Corner
David Henderson
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
Chicago Confidential
Jim Fremont
Appointment with a Shadow
Lt. Spencer
Death Before Dishonor
Col. Halloran
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Cardinal
Johnny Shiloh
Sgt. Gabe Trotter
Desert Hell
Capt. Robert Edwards
The Quest
Tank Logan
Alaska Seas
Jim Kimmerly
The Loneliest Runner
Arnold Curtis
The Bamboo Prison
Cpl. Brady
The Tenderfoot
Mose Carson
Cry for the Strangers
Chief Whalen
Violent Road
Mitch Barton
Follow Your Heart
Roddy Thompson
The Silent Lovers
Mauritz Stiller
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
Joe Quinlan
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
Mike Hammer
Hell Canyon Outlaws
Happy Waters
Wind Dancer
Truman Richards
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country
1960
Villa!!
Bill Harmon
TV Shows (66)
Murder, She Wrote
Caleb McCallum · 1 eps
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Mullibok · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Edward Welles · 1 eps
The Virginian
Johnny Wade · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Jim Mallory · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Leonard Pound · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Alfred Freely · 1 eps
Climax!
Sam Pryce · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
Harry · 1 eps
Spider-Man
Uncle Ben (voice) · 2 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dave Blassingame · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Jim Martinson · 1 eps
Duckman
Duckman's Father (voice) · 1 eps
Rawhide
Tod Macauley · 1 eps
Walker, Texas Ranger
Del Forman · 1 eps
Pacific Blue
Mac McNamara · 1 eps
Suspense
Johnny · 1 eps
Suspense
Lt. Jim Connor · 1 eps
Suspense
Idaho · 1 eps
Suspense
2 eps
Suspense
Kip Caley · 1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
Sgt. Patrick Cohan · 1 eps
Cybill
Arthur Minnow · 1 eps
Laramie
1 eps
Family Affair
Bill Davis · 138 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Dave Rainey · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Arnold Shawn · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Herbert Morrison · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Vernon Wedge · 1 eps
The Commish
1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Dan Crawford · 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Mano · 1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Andy Bastian · 1 eps
Hardcastle and McCormick
Milton Hardcastle · 67 eps
Burke's Law
Norman Hope · 1 eps
Studio 57
1 eps
Studio 57
Dan · 1 eps
Studio 57
Denis Burke · 1 eps
Outlaws
2 eps
Tales of Tomorrow
4 eps
How the West Was Won
General Stonecipher · 2 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Happy · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Choya · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
David Sutton · 1 eps
Target: The Corruptors!
2 eps
The Great Adventure
Henry Bergh · 1 eps
Centennial
Sheriff Axel Dumire · 12 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Shadrach O'Reilly · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Sergeant Gabe Trotter · 2 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Lue Swank · 2 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Gen. Newmeyer · 1 eps
Rough Riders
President William McKinley · 2 eps
The Quest
Tank Logan · 16 eps
The Brian Keith Show
Dr. Sean Jamison · 48 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
3 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Prosecuting Attorney · 1 eps
The Westerner
Dave Blassingame · 13 eps
The Chisholms
Andrew Blake · 1 eps
The Zoo Gang
Stephen "The Fox" Halliday · 6 eps
Heartland
B.L. McCutcheon · 10 eps
The Seekers
Elijah Weatherby · 2 eps
Power
Charles Kandell · 2 eps
Archer
Lew Archer · 6 eps
World War III
Secretary General Gorny · 2 eps
Walter & Emily
Walter Collins · 13 eps
The Tenderfoot
Mose Carson · 3 eps
