Brian Keith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 14 November 1921 · Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- 24 June 1997
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 91
- 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
- 1999Follow Your Heart as Roddy Thompson
- 1997The Second Civil War as General Buford
- 1996Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story as Cardinal
- 1995National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins as 'Noble Hart' / Self
- 1995Picture Windows: Lightning as Tappan
- 1995The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. as Pete Morgan
- 1995Walking Thunder as Narrator
- 1993Wind Dancer as Truman Richards
- 1991The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw as The Westerner
- 1989Lady in a Corner as David Henderson
- 1989Welcome Home as Harry Robins
- 1989Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson as Frank Wellman Sr.
- 1988The Passage as Byron Monroe
- 1988Young Guns as Buckshot Roberts
- 1987The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory as Colonel Davy Crockett
- 1987Death Before Dishonor as Col. Halloran
- 1986All Star Party for Clint Eastwood as Self (uncredited)
- 1986The B.R.A.T. Patrol as General Newmeyer
- 1982Cry for the Strangers as Chief Whalen
- 1981Sharky's Machine as Papa
- 1981All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds as Self
- 1981Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen as Police Chief Baxter
- 1980The Mountain Men as Henry Frapp
- 1980The Silent Lovers as Mauritz Stiller
- 1980Power as Charles Kandell
- 1979The Seekers as Elijah Weatherby
- 1979Meteor as Dr. Dubov
- 1978Hooper as Jocko Doyle
- 1977The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
- 1977In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan as Joe Quinlan
- 1976Nickelodeon as H.H. Cobb
- 1976The Loneliest Runner as Arnold Curtis
- 1976Joe Panther as Capt. Harper
- 1976The Quest as Tank Logan
- 1975The Wind and the Lion as Theodore Roosevelt
- 1975The Lion Roars Again as Self
- 1974The Yakuza as George Tanner
- 1972The Bull of the West as Johnny Wade
- 1972Second Chance as Geoff Smith
- 1971Something Big as Col. Morgan
- 1971Scandalous John as John McCanless
- 1970The McKenzie Break as Captain Jack Connor
- 1970Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? as Officer Michael M. Nace
- 1969Gaily, Gaily as Francis Sullivan
- 1969Krakatoa, East of Java as Connerly
- 1968With Six You Get Eggroll as Jake Iverson
- 1967Reflections in a Golden Eye as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
- 1966Way... Way Out as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
- 1966Nevada Smith as Jonas Cord
- 1966The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! as Police Chief Link Mattocks
- 1966The Tenderfoot as Mose Carson
- 1966The Rare Breed as Alexander Bowen
- 1965Johnny Shiloh as Sgt. Gabe Trotter
- 1965The Hallelujah Trail as Frank Wallingham
- 1964The Pleasure Seekers as Paul Barton
- 1964Those Calloways as Cam Calloway
- 1964A Tiger Walks as Sheriff Pete Williams
- 1964Bristle Face as Lue Swank
- 1963The Raiders as McElroy
- 1963Savage Sam as Uncle Beck Coates
- 1962Moon Pilot as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self · 1 episode
- 1961The Deadly Companions as Yellowleg
- 1961The Parent Trap as Mitch Evers
- 1960Ten Who Dared as William Dunn
- 1960Rapids Ahead/Bear Country
- 1959The Young Philadelphians as Mike Flanagan
- 1958Villa!! as Bill Harmon
- 1958Sierra Baron as Jack McCrackin
- 1958Desert Hell as Capt. Robert Edwards
- 1958Violent Road as Mitch Barton
- 1958Fort Dobbs as Clett
- 1957Hell Canyon Outlaws as Happy Waters
- 1957Run of the Arrow as Captain Clark
- 1957Appointment with a Shadow as Lt. Spencer
- 1957Chicago Confidential as Jim Fremont
- 1957Dino as Larry Sheridan
- 1956Nightfall as John
- 1956Storm Center as Paul Duncan
- 19555 Against the House as Brick
- 1955Tight Spot as Vince Striker
- 1955The Violent Men as Cole Wilkison
- 1954Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer! as Mike Hammer
- 1954The Bamboo Prison as Cpl. Brady
- 1954Jivaro as Tony
- 1954Alaska Seas as Jim Kimmerly
- 1953Arrowhead as Capt. Bill North
- 1951Fourteen Hours as Extra (uncredited)
- 1947Boomerang! as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)
- 1940Knute Rockne All American as Student at Train Station (uncredited)