Brian Keith
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.
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Caleb McCallum
The Fugitive
1963 · Edward Welles
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · Mullibok
The Virginian
1962 · Johnny Wade
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Harry
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Jim Mallory
Rawhide
1959 · Tod Macauley
Spider-Man
1994 · Uncle Ben (voice)
Climax!
1954 · Sam Pryce
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Leonard Pound
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Dave Blassingame
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Alfred Freely
The Untouchables
1959 · Jim Martinson
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Del Forman
Suspense
1949 · Johnny
Pacific Blue
1996 · Mac McNamara
The Commish
1991
Cybill
1995 · Arthur Minnow
Laramie
1959
Duckman
1994 · Duckman's Father (voic...
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Andy Bastian
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Dave Rainey
Family Affair
1966 · Bill Davis
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 · Milton Hardcastle
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Dan Crawford
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Sgt. Patrick Cohan
Outlaws
1960
Studio 57
1954
Burke's Law
1994 · Norman Hope
How the West Was Won
1977 · General Stonecipher
The Parent Trap
1961 · Mitch Evers
Centennial
1978 · Sheriff Axel Dumire
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 · Self
The Great Adventure
1963 · Henry Bergh
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Shadrach O'Reilly
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The Quest
1976 · Tank Logan
Young Guns
1988 · Buckshot Roberts
The Westerner
1960 · Dave Blassingame
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
Rough Riders
1997 · President William McKi...
The Brian Keith Show
1972 · Dr. Sean Jamison
The Seekers
1979 · Elijah Weatherby
Heartland
1989 · B.L. McCutcheon
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Prosecuting Attorney
Power
1980 · Charles Kandell
The Chisholms
1979 · Andrew Blake
Hooper
1978 · Jocko Doyle
Nevada Smith
1966 · Jonas Cord
World War III
1982 · Secretary General Gorn...
The Zoo Gang
1974 · Stephen "The Fox" Hall...
The Yakuza
1974 · George Tanner
The Hallelujah Trail
1965 · Frank Wallingham
Meteor
1979 · Dr. Dubov
The Tenderfoot
1964 · Mose Carson
Fourteen Hours
1951 · Extra (uncredited)
The Wind and the Lion
1975 · Theodore Roosevelt
Sharky's Machine
1981 · Papa
The Mountain Men
1980 · Henry Frapp
Nightfall
1956 · John
Nickelodeon
1976 · H.H. Cobb
The Second Civil War
1997 · General Buford
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967 · Lt. Col. Morris Langdo...
Savage Sam
1963 · Uncle Beck Coates
The Violent Men
1955 · Cole Wilkison
Knute Rockne All American
1940 · Student at Train Stati...
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966 · Police Chief Link Matt...
Archer
1975 · Lew Archer
The Rare Breed
1966 · Alexander Bowen
Walter & Emily
1991 · Walter Collins
Something Big
1971 · Col. Morgan
Lady in a Corner
1989 · David Henderson
Krakatoa, East of Java
1969 · Connerly
Arrowhead
1953 · Capt. Bill North
The Young Philadelphians
1959 · Mike Flanagan
Moon Pilot
1962 · Maj. Gen. John M. Vann...
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1987 · Colonel Davy Crockett
The Deadly Companions
1961 · Yellowleg
5 Against the House
1955 · Brick
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
1989 · Frank Wellman Sr.
Follow Your Heart
1999 · Roddy Thompson
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
1986 · General Newmeyer
Cry for the Strangers
1982 · Chief Whalen
The Bull of the West
1972 · Johnny Wade
With Six You Get Eggroll
1968 · Jake Iverson
Boomerang!
1947 · Man in Mob Behind Cour...
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991 · The Westerner
Dino
1957 · Larry Sheridan
Death Before Dishonor
1987 · Col. Halloran
Those Calloways
1964 · Cam Calloway
Ten Who Dared
1960 · William Dunn
Picture Windows: Lightning
1995 · Tappan
Tight Spot
1955 · Vince Striker
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
1996 · Cardinal
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
1995 · 'Noble Hart' / Self
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981 · Police Chief Baxter
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country
1960
Storm Center
1956 · Paul Duncan
Run of the Arrow
1957 · Captain Clark
Jivaro
1954 · Tony
Welcome Home
1989 · Harry Robins
The McKenzie Break
1970 · Captain Jack Connor
The Quest
1976 · Tank Logan
The Raiders
1963 · McElroy
Way... Way Out
1966 · Gen. 'Howling Bull' Ha...
Fort Dobbs
1958 · Clett
The Pleasure Seekers
1964 · Paul Barton
The Loneliest Runner
1976 · Arnold Curtis
Hell Canyon Outlaws
1957 · Happy Waters
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
1977 · Joe Quinlan
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Self (archive footage)
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
1995 · Pete Morgan
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
1954 · Mike Hammer
Walking Thunder
1995 · Narrator
Appointment with a Shadow
1957 · Lt. Spencer
Scandalous John
1971 · John McCanless
Gaily, Gaily
1969 · Francis Sullivan
Wind Dancer
1993 · Truman Richards
After the Rain
1988 · Byron Monroe
The Bamboo Prison
1954 · Cpl. Brady
A Tiger Walks
1964 · Sheriff Pete Williams
Violent Road
1958 · Mitch Barton
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970 · Officer Michael M. Nac...
Alaska Seas
1954 · Jim Kimmerly
Villa!!
1958 · Bill Harmon
Chicago Confidential
1957 · Jim Fremont
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977 · Allan Jacobson - Defen...
The Tenderfoot
1966 · Mose Carson
The Silent Lovers
1980 · Mauritz Stiller
Desert Hell
1958 · Capt. Robert Edwards
Second Chance
1972 · Geoff Smith
Johnny Shiloh
1965 · Sgt. Gabe Trotter
Sierra Baron
1958 · Jack McCrackin
Bristle Face
1964 · Lue Swank