Brian Keith
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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
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The Parent Trap (1961)
as Mitch Evers
Young Guns (1988)
as Buckshot Roberts
The Yakuza (1974)
as George Tanner
Hooper (1978)
as Jocko Doyle
Sharky's Machine (1981)
as Papa
The Rare Breed (1966)
as Alexander Bowen
Nevada Smith (1966)
as Jonas Cord
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
as Theodore Roosevelt
Meteor (1979)
as Dr. Dubov
The Mountain Men (1980)
as Henry Frapp
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966)
as Police Chief Link Mattocks
Fourteen Hours (1951)
as Extra (uncredited)
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
as Frank Wallingham
Savage Sam (1963)
as Uncle Beck Coates
The Violent Men (1955)
as Cole Wilkison
The Second Civil War (1997)
as General Buford
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
as Police Chief Baxter
Nightfall (1956)
as John
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
as Mike Flanagan
With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
as Jake Iverson
Nickelodeon (1976)
as H.H. Cobb
Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)
as Connerly
5 Against the House (1955)
as Brick
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989)
as Frank Wellman Sr.
Those Calloways (1964)
as Cam Calloway
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991)
as The Westerner
Boomerang! (1947)
as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)
Moon Pilot (1962)
as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
The Deadly Companions (1961)
as Yellowleg
Run of the Arrow (1957)
as Captain Clark
Death Before Dishonor (1987)
as Col. Halloran
Way... Way Out (1966)
as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
Something Big (1971)
as Col. Morgan
Ten Who Dared (1960)
as William Dunn
Lady in a Corner (1989)
as David Henderson
Arrowhead (1953)
as Capt. Bill North
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987)
as Colonel Davy Crockett
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins (1995)
as 'Noble Hart' / Self
Knute Rockne All American (1940)
as Student at Train Station (uncredited)
The McKenzie Break (1970)
as Captain Jack Connor
Storm Center (1956)
as Paul Duncan
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970)
as Officer Michael M. Nace
The Bull of the West (1972)
as Johnny Wade
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (1977)
as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. (1995)
as Pete Morgan
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996)
as Cardinal
Tight Spot (1955)
as Vince Striker
The Raiders (1963)
as McElroy
Follow Your Heart (1999)
as Roddy Thompson
The B.R.A.T. Patrol (1986)
as General Newmeyer
The Lion Roars Again (1975)
as Self
A Tiger Walks (1964)
as Sheriff Pete Williams
Gaily, Gaily (1969)
as Francis Sullivan
Dino (1957)
as Larry Sheridan
The Bamboo Prison (1954)
as Cpl. Brady
Jivaro (1954)
as Tony
Scandalous John (1971)
as John McCanless
Violent Road (1958)
as Mitch Barton
Walking Thunder (1995)
as Narrator
The Quest (1976)
as Tank Logan
Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957)
as Happy Waters
Fort Dobbs (1958)
as Clett
Picture Windows: Lightning (1995)
as Tappan
Alaska Seas (1954)
as Jim Kimmerly
The Loneliest Runner (1976)
as Arnold Curtis
After the Rain (1988)
as Byron Monroe
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986)
as Self (uncredited)
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds (1981)
as Self
Welcome Home (1989)
as Harry Robins
Appointment with a Shadow (1957)
as Lt. Spencer
Cry for the Strangers (1982)
as Chief Whalen
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977)
as Joe Quinlan
Wind Dancer (1993)
as Truman Richards
Bristle Face (1964)
as Lue Swank
The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
as Paul Barton
The Tenderfoot (1966)
as Mose Carson
Joe Panther (1976)
as Capt. Harper
Second Chance (1972)
as Geoff Smith
Johnny Shiloh (1965)
as Sgt. Gabe Trotter
Chicago Confidential (1957)
as Jim Fremont
Sierra Baron (1958)
as Jack McCrackin
Villa!! (1958)
as Bill Harmon
The Silent Lovers (1980)
as Mauritz Stiller
Desert Hell (1958)
as Capt. Robert Edwards
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer! (1954)
as Mike Hammer
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country (1960)
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