Brian Keith
Acting1921Bayonne, 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
Acting History
1997
The Second Civil War
as General Buford
Duckman
TVas Duckman's Father (voice)• 1 eps
1996
Pacific Blue
TVas Mac McNamara• 1 eps
Walker, Texas Ranger
TVas Del Forman• 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
TVas Leonard Pound• 1 eps
Cybill
TVas Arthur Minnow• 1 eps
1995
Walking Thunder
as Narrator
Spider-Man
TVas Uncle Ben (voice)• 2 eps
1994
Burke's Law
TVas Norman Hope• 1 eps
1993
Wind Dancer
as Truman Richards
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TVas Mullibok• 1 eps
1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
as Frank Wellman Sr.
Welcome Home
as Harry Robins
1988
Young Guns
as Buckshot Roberts
1987
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
as Colonel Davy Crockett
1984
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Caleb McCallum• 1 eps
1983
Hardcastle and McCormick
TVas Milton Hardcastle• 67 eps
1982
World War III
TVas Secretary General Gorny• 2 eps
1981
Sharky's Machine
as Papa
1980
The Silent Lovers
as Mauritz Stiller
Power
as Charles Kandell
1979
Meteor
as Dr. Dubov
The Seekers
as Elijah Weatherby
1978
Hooper
as Jocko Doyle
How the West Was Won
TVas General Stonecipher• 2 eps
Centennial
TVas Sheriff Axel Dumire• 12 eps
1976
1975
The Wind and the Lion
as Theodore Roosevelt
Archer
TVas Lew Archer
1974
The Yakuza
as George Tanner
1972
Second Chance
as Geoff Smith
1971
Something Big
as Col. Morgan
Scandalous John
as John McCanless
1970
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TVas Self• 1 eps
1969
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
The Tenderfoot
as Mose Carson
Nevada Smith
as Jonas Cord
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as Police Chief Link Mattocks
The Rare Breed
as Alexander Bowen
Family Affair
TVas Bill Davis• 138 eps
1965
The Hallelujah Trail
as Frank Wallingham
Johnny Shiloh
as Sgt. Gabe Trotter
1964
A Tiger Walks
as Sheriff Pete Williams
Bristle Face
as Lue Swank
The Pleasure Seekers
as Paul Barton
Those Calloways
as Cam Calloway
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TVas Andy Bastian• 1 eps
The Great Adventure
TVas Henry Bergh• 1 eps
Profiles in Courage
TVas Thomas Hart Benton• 1 eps
1963
Savage Sam
as Uncle Beck Coates
The Fugitive
TVas Edward Welles• 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
TVas Alfred Freely• 1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
TVas Sgt. Patrick Cohan• 1 eps
The Virginian
TVas Johnny Wade• 1 eps
1962
Moon Pilot
as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Vernon Wedge / Herbert Morrison / Arnold Shawn / Dave Rainey• 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TVas Jim Mallory• 1 eps
1961
The Parent Trap
as Mitch Evers
The Deadly Companions
as Yellowleg
The Untouchables
TVas Jim Martinson• 1 eps
1960
Ten Who Dared
as William Dunn
The Westerner
TVas Dave Blassingame• 13 eps
1959
The Young Philadelphians
as Mike Flanagan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Dave Blassingame• 1 eps
Rawhide
TVas Tod Macauley• 1 eps
1958
Fort Dobbs
as Clett
Villa!!
as Bill Harmon
1957
Hot Lead
as Captain Clark
The Big Story
as Lt. Spencer
Chicago Confidential
as Jim Fremont
Dino
as Larry Sheridan
Climax!
TVas Sam Pryce• 1 eps
1956
Nightfall
as John
Storm Center
as Paul Duncan
1955
5 Against the House
as Brick
The Violent Men
as Cole Wilkison
Tight Spot
as Vince Striker
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TVas Joe Kelly• 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
TVas Mano• 1 eps
Studio 57
TVas Denis Burke• 1 eps
1954
Jivaro
as Tony
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Sergeant Gabe Trotter / Lue Swank / Shadrach O'Reilly / Gen. Newmeyer
1953
Arrowhead
as Capt. Bill North
Robert Montgomery Presents
TVas Harry• 1 eps
1952
Suspense
TVas Kip Caley• 1 eps
1951
14 Hours
as Extra (uncredited)
1950
Lux Video Theatre
TVas Choya / David Sutton / Happy
1947
Boomerang!
as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)