Brian Keith
Acting
- Born:
- 1921-11-14
- Died:
- 1997-06-24
- Place of birth:
- Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Follow Your Heart
The Second Civil War
Rough Riders
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Pacific Blue
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
Picture Windows: Lightning
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
Walking Thunder
Cybill
Spider-Man
Touched by an Angel
Duckman
Burke's Law
Walker, Texas Ranger
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Wind Dancer
Walter & Emily
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
The Commish
Lady in a Corner
Welcome Home
Heartland
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
The Passage
Young Guns
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Pursuit of Happiness
Death Before Dishonor
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
Murder, She Wrote
Hardcastle and McCormick
Cry for the Strangers
World War III
Sharky's Machine
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
The Mountain Men
The Silent Lovers
Power
Meteor
The Seekers
The Chisholms
Centennial
Hooper
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
How the West Was Won
Nickelodeon
The Loneliest Runner
Joe Panther
The Quest
The Quest
The Wind and the Lion
Archer
The Lion Roars Again
The Yakuza
The Zoo Gang