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