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Howard Keel

Howard Keel

Acting1919Gillespie, Illinois, U.S.

Biography

Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), known professionally as Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer. He starred in many film musicals of the 1950s. He is best known to modern audiences for his starring role in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991, as Clayton Farlow, opposite Barbara Bel Geddes's character, but to an earlier generation, he was known as the star of some of the most famous MGM film musicals ever made, with a rich baritone singing voice.

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Acting History

2007
Legends
TVas Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited)1 eps
1995
Walker, Texas Ranger
TVas D. L. Dade1 eps
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
as Capt. Quentin "Jack" Jackson
1991
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Larry Thorson1 eps
1987
Creepy Classics
as Bill Masen - (archive footage)
1986
Great Performances
TVas Self1 eps
1985
That's Dancing!
as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Presenter2 eps
1981
Dallas
TVas Clayton Farlow222 eps
The Love Boat
TVas Duncan Harlow1 eps
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1969
Here's Lucy
TVas Stanley Livingston1 eps
1968
1967
The War Wagon
as Levi Walking Bear
Red Tomahawk
as Capt. Tom York
1966
Waco
as 'Waco'
1965
Run for Your Life
TVas Hardie Rankin1 eps
1964
Kiss Me, Kate
as Fred Graham
1963
1961
Armored Command
as Col. Devlin
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self - Co-Host
1959
The Big Fisherman
as Simon Peter
The Oscars
TVas Self2 eps
1958
Floods of Fear
as Donovan
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TVas Self1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Will Gorman1 eps
1955
Kismet
as The Poet
MGM Parade
TVas Self
1954
Rose Marie
as Capt. Mike Malone
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Brother Adam Pontipee
Deep in My Heart
as Performer in My Maryland
1953
Fast Company
as Rick Grayton
Calamity Jane
as Wild Bill Hickok
Kiss Me Kate
as Fred Graham, "Petruchio"
Ride, Vaquero!
as King Cameron
1952
Lovely to Look at
as Tony Naylor
Desperate Search
as Vince Heldon
The Hoaxters
as Narrator (voice)
1951
Texas Carnival
as Slim Shelby
Show Boat
as Gaylord Ravenal
Three Guys Named Mike
as Mike Jamison
Callaway Went Thataway
as Stretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway
Across the Wide Missouri
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1950
Pagan Love Song
as Hazard Endicott
Annie Get Your Gun
as Frank Butler

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/13/1919
Day of Death
11/7/2004
Place of Birth
Gillespie, Illinois, U.S.
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