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Brian Keith
Born 1921-11-14Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)Follow Your HeartRoddy ThompsonThe Second Civil WarGeneral BufordEntertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day StoryCardinalNational Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins'Noble Hart' / SelfPicture Windows: LightningTappanThe Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.Pete MorganWalking ThunderNarratorWind DancerTruman RichardsThe Gambler Returns: The Luck of the DrawThe WesternerLady in a CornerDavid HendersonWelcome HomeHarry RobinsPerry Mason: The Case of the Lethal LessonFrank Wellman Sr.After the RainByron MonroeYoung GunsBuckshot RobertsThe Alamo: Thirteen Days to GloryColonel Davy CrockettDeath Before DishonorCol. HalloranAll Star Party for Clint EastwoodSelf (uncredited)The B.R.A.T. PatrolGeneral NewmeyerCry for the StrangersChief WhalenSharky's MachinePapaAll-Star Party for Burt ReynoldsSelfCharlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon QueenPolice Chief BaxterThe Mountain MenHenry Frapp