Keenan Wynn
Acting1916New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Francis Xavier Aloysius James Jeremiah Keenan Wynn (July 27, 1916 – October 14, 1986) was an American character actor. His expressive face was his stock-in-trade; and though he rarely carried the lead role, he had prominent billing in most of his film and television roles.
Known For
The Goonies
Chester Copperpot (uncredited)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Colonel Bat Guano
Once Upon a Time in the West
Sheriff
Touch of Evil
Bartender (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
Gregory West
Piranha
Jack
The Last Unicorn
Captain Cully / Harpy (voice)
Bonanza
Sergeant O'Rourke
Acting History
2023
Looking Back Before You Leap
as Sanger Rainsford (voice)
2016
Naples '44
as Self
2002
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Tales from the Darkside
as Duncan Williams
1986
Black Moon Rising
as Iron John
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
as Grandpa
The Last Precinct
as Butch
The Last Precinct
TVas Butch
1985
Code of Vengeance
as Willis
The Goonies
as Chester Copperpot (uncredited)
Mirrors
as Reverend Dahlstrom
Prime Risk
as Dr. Lasser
1984
Call to Glory
as Carl Sarnac
Tales from the Darkside
TVas Duncan Williams• 1 eps
Call to Glory
TVas Carl Sarnac
1983
Imps*
as Charlie
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
as Piers Castillian
Wavelength
as Dan
Hardcastle and McCormick
TVas Henry Willard• 1 eps
Taxi
TVas Leo Goodman• 1 eps
St. Elsewhere
TVas Charlie Heller• 1 eps
1982
Best Friends
as Tom Babson
Hysterical
as Old Fisherman
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
as Barney Fellman
The Capture of Grizzly Adams
as Bert Woolman
The Last Unicorn
as Captain Cully / Harpy (voice)
The Love Boat
TVas Charles B Dobbs• 1 eps
1981
Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission
as Stump Harris
The Greatest American Hero
TVas Ira Hagert
1980
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
as Grandpa Bergman
Just Tell Me What You Want
as Seymour Berger
1979
Express to Terror
as Winfield Root
Hard Knocks
as Jed
The Glove
as Bill Schwartz
Sunburn
as Mark Elmes
The Dark
as Sherman 'Sherm' Moss
Parts: The Clonus Horror
as Jake Noble
Jamaican Gold
as Meat Cleaver Stewart
Dallas
TVas Digger Barnes• 10 eps
Supertrain
TVas Winfield Root
1978
Coach
as Fenton Granger
The Lucifer Complex
as U.S. Secretary of Defense
Laserblast
as Colonel Farley
The Bastard
as Johnny Malcolm
Piranha
as Jack
The Bastard
TVas Johnny Malcolm
Grizzly Adams
TVas Sargent Monhan• 1 eps
1977
Orca
as Novak
Mission to Glory: A True Story
as Father at Trading Mission
Sex and the Married Woman
as Uncle June
1976
The Shaggy D.A.
as John Slade
The Quest
as H.H. Small
The Quest: The Longest Drive
as Cooler
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Demon and the Mummy
as Capt. Joe “Mad Dog” Siska
The Killer Inside Me
as Chester Conway
The Quest
TVas H.H. Small
1975
Nashville
as Mr. Green
He Is My Brother
as Brother Dalton
A Woman for All Men
as Walter McCoy
The Man Who Would Not Die
as Victor Slidell
Target Risk
as Simon Cusack
The Devil’s Rain
as Sheriff Owens
The Bob Newhart Show
TVas Dr. Albert• 1 eps
Medical Center
TVas Hank• 1 eps
1974
The Internecine Project
as E.J. Farnsworth
Hit Lady
as Buddy McCormack
Herbie Rides Again
as Alonzo Hawk
The Legend of Earl Durand
as Col. Nightingale
Popcorn
as (voice)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TVas Capt. Joe 'Mad Dog' Siska• 2 eps
1973
Hijack!
as Donny McDonald
VD Attack Plan
as Contagion Corps Sergeant (Narrator)
A Night Train to Terror
as Detective Hanratty
McMillan & Wife
TVas Professor Zagmeyer• 1 eps
1972
Panhandle 38
as Billy Bronson / Kile Richards
Cancel My Reservation
as Sheriff 'Houndtooth' Riley
The Mechanic
as Harry McKenna
Snowball Express
as Martin Ridgeway
Wild in the Sky
as Gen. Harry Gobohare
Hawaii Five-O
TVas Hummel• 1 eps
1971
The Manipulator
as Old Charlie
Pretty Maids All in a Row
as Chief John Poldaski
The Man with Icy Eyes
as Harry Davis
Assault on the Wayne
as Orville Kelly
Terror in the Sky
as Milton
Cannon
as Eddie
Bearcats!
TVas Mason Latimer
1970
Loving
as Edward
The Animals
as Pudge Elliott
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
as Winter Warlock (voice)
House on Greenapple Road
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
The Name of the Game
TVas Ed Wallaby / Joe Williams / Lester• 1 eps
1969
Smith!
as Vince Heber
The Monitors
as General Blackwish
Viva Max!
as General Lacomber
Mackenna's Gold
as Sanchez
80 Steps to Jonah
as Barney Glover
The Young Lawyers
as Frank Barron
Then Came Bronson
TVas Alex Halvorsen
1968
Finian's Rainbow
as Senator Billboard Rawkins
Shoot, Gringo... Shoot!
as Major Charlie Doneghan
Frame Up
as Inspector Donald
The Magic Pear Tree
as Marquis
Once Upon a Time in the West
as Sheriff
1967
Run Like a Thief
as Willy Gore
Point Blank
as Yost
Welcome to Hard Times
as Zar
The Rock
as Self (uncredited)
The War Wagon
as Wes Fletcher
Warning Shot
as Sgt. Ed Musso
1966
The Night of the Grizzly
as Jed Curry
Promise Her Anything
as Angelo Carelli
Stagecoach
as Luke Plummer
Combat!
TVas Col. Clyde / Brannigan• 1 eps
1965
The Great Race
as Hezekiah
Around the World Under the Sea
as Hank Stahl
Nightmare in the Sun
as Junk dealer
1964
Honeymoon Hotel
as Mr. Sampson
Man in the Middle
as Lieut. Winston
The Americanization of Emily
as Old Sailor
The Patsy
as Harry Silver
Bikini Beach
as Harvey Huntington Honeywagon
Stage to Thunder Rock
as Ross Sawyer
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as Colonel Bat Guano
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TVas Charlie Kling• 1 eps
Burke's Law
TVas Hamilton 'Give 'em Away' Murphy• 1 eps
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TVas Harry Fellows• 1 eps
Bonanza
TVas Sergeant O'Rourke• 1 eps
Valentine's Day
TVas Horace Newman
1963
The Losers
as Burgundy Smith
Son of Flubber
as Alonzo P. Hawk
The Power and the Glory
as Wine Merchant
77 Sunset Strip
TVas Lolly• 2 eps
The Littlest Hobo
TVas Colton
1962
1961
The Absent-Minded Professor
as Alonzo P. Hawk
Black City
as Di Gennaro
The New Breed
TVas Ronson• 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas William Botibol / Joe Ferlini• 1 eps
The Untouchables
TVas Augie 'The Banker' Ciamino• 1 eps
1960
The Crowded Sky
as Nick Hyland
The Man in the Funny Suit
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
TVas Self / Self - Guest• 1 eps
The Islanders
TVas Agent Blake
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TVas T. J.• 1 eps
The Aquanauts
TVas George Morrisey
The Twilight Zone
TVas Gregory West• 1 eps
1959
A Hole in the Head
as Jerry Marks
The Scarface Mob
as Joe Fuselli
That Kind of Woman
as Harry Corwin
The Troubleshooters
TVas Kodiak
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TVas Joe Fuselli / Self• 1 eps
1958
No Time at All
as Marshall Keats
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
as Reuter
The Deep Six
as Lt. Cmdr. Mike Edge
The Perfect Furlough
as Harvey Franklin
Touch of Evil
as Bartender (uncredited)
What's My Line?
TVas Self• 2 eps
Playhouse 90
TVas Marshall Keats• 1 eps
1957
Don't Go Near the Water
as Gordon Ripwell
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
as Dandy
Joe Butterfly
as Harold Hathaway
The Last Tycoon
as Lou Myrick
1956
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Maish Rennick
The Great Man
as Sid Moore
Johnny Concho
as Barney Clark
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Sgt. Caesar Gardella
The Naked Hills
as Sam Wilkins
Studio One
TVas Wally• 1 eps
Studio 57
TVas Gideon Pickett• 1 eps
1955
The Marauders
as Hook
Shack Out on 101
as George
Running Wild
as Ken Osanger
The Glass Slipper
as Kovin
A Midsummer Daydream
as Gambler
Screen Director's Playhouse
TVas Gambler• 1 eps
MGM Parade
TVas Self
1954
Tennessee Champ
as Willy Wurble
Men of the Fighting Lady
as Lt. Cmdr. Dodson
The Long, Long Trailer
as Policeman
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Alonzo P. Hawk (archive footage)
1953
Battle Circus
as Sgt. Orvil Statt
Kiss Me Kate
as Lippy
Code Two
as Police Sgt. Jumbo Culdane
All the Brothers Were Valiant
as Silva
This Is Your Life
TVas Self• 1 eps
General Electric Theater
TVas Sergeant Kelsey / Dandy
1952
Phone Call from a Stranger
as Eddie Hoke
Holiday for Sinners
as Joe Piavi
Desperate Search
as Brandy
Skirts Ahoy!
as Keenan Wynn (uncredited)
Fearless Fagan
as Sgt. Kellwin
Sky Full of Moon
as Al
The Belle of New York
as Max Ferris
1951
Texas Carnival
as Dan Sabinas
Angels in the Outfield
as Fred Bayles
It's a Big Country
as Michael Fisher
Kind Lady
as Mr. Edwards
Royal Wedding
as Irving Klinger / Edgar Klinger
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Lambert Giles
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TVas Bill Ottman / Howell
1950
Love That Brute
as Bugsy Welch
Three Little Words
as Charlie Kope
Annie Get Your Gun
as Charlie Davenport
1949
Neptune's Daughter
as Joe Backett
That Midnight Kiss
as Artie Geoffrey Glenson
1948
My Dear Secretary
as Ronnie Hastings
The Three Musketeers
as Planchet
B.F.'s Daughter
as Martin Delwyn 'Marty' Ainsley
1947
Song of the Thin Man
as Clarence "Clinker" Krause
The Hucksters
as Buddy Hare
1946
The Thrill of Brazil
as Steve Farraugh
No Leave, No Love
as Slinky
The Cockeyed Miracle
as Ben Griggs
Easy to Wed
as Warren Haggerty
1945
Between Two Women
as Tobey
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
as Private Mulvehill
The Clock
as The Drunk
Without Love
as Quentin Ladd
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Oliver Webson
Ziegfeld Follies
as Caller (segment "Number Please")
1944
Since You Went Away
as Lieutenant Solomon
Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Maj. Bob Wilton
See Here, Private Hargrove
as Pvt. Mulvehill
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1943
Lost Angel
as Packy Roost
1942
Northwest Rangers
as 'Slip' O'Mara
For Me and My Gal
as Eddie Milton (uncredited)
Somewhere I'll Find You
as Tom Purdy