Brian Keith

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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Fugitive

Murder, She Wrote

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

The Virginian

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Robert Montgomery Presents

Walker, Texas Ranger

All Movies (88)

• Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Follow Your Heart1999 · as Roddy Thompson
• The Second Civil War1997 · as General Buford
• Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story1996 · as Cardinal
• National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins1995 · as 'Noble Hart' / Self
• Picture Windows: Lightning1995 · as Tappan
• The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.1995 · as Pete Morgan
• Walking Thunder1995 · as Narrator
• Wind Dancer1993 · as Truman Richards
• The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw1991 · as The Westerner
• Lady in a Corner1989 · as David Henderson
• Welcome Home1989 · as Harry Robins
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson1989 · as Frank Wellman Sr.
• After the Rain1988 · as Byron Monroe
• Young Guns1988 · as Buckshot Roberts
• The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory1987 · as Colonel Davy Crockett
• Death Before Dishonor1987 · as Col. Halloran
• All Star Party for Clint Eastwood1986 · as Self (uncredited)
• The B.R.A.T. Patrol1986 · as General Newmeyer
• Cry for the Strangers1982 · as Chief Whalen
• Sharky's Machine1981 · as Papa
• All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds1981 · as Self
• Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen1981 · as Police Chief Baxter
• The Mountain Men1980 · as Henry Frapp
• The Silent Lovers1980 · as Mauritz Stiller
• Meteor1979 · as Dr. Dubov
• Hooper1978 · as Jocko Doyle
• The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer1977 · as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
• In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan1977 · as Joe Quinlan
• Nickelodeon1976 · as H.H. Cobb
• The Loneliest Runner1976 · as Arnold Curtis
• Joe Panther1976 · as Capt. Harper
• The Quest1976 · as Tank Logan
• The Wind and the Lion1975 · as Theodore Roosevelt
• The Lion Roars Again1975 · as Self
• The Yakuza1974 · as George Tanner
• The Bull of the West1972 · as Johnny Wade
• Second Chance1972 · as Geoff Smith
• Something Big1971 · as Col. Morgan
• Scandalous John1971 · as John McCanless
• The McKenzie Break1970 · as Captain Jack Connor
• Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?1970 · as Officer Michael M. Nace
• Gaily, Gaily1969 · as Francis Sullivan
• Krakatoa, East of Java1969 · as Connerly
• With Six You Get Eggroll1968 · as Jake Iverson
• Reflections in a Golden Eye1967 · as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
• Way... Way Out1966 · as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
• Nevada Smith1966 · as Jonas Cord
• The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!1966 · as Police Chief Link Mattocks
• The Tenderfoot1966 · as Mose Carson
• The Rare Breed1966 · as Alexander Bowen
• Johnny Shiloh1965 · as Sgt. Gabe Trotter
• The Hallelujah Trail1965 · as Frank Wallingham
• The Pleasure Seekers1964 · as Paul Barton
• Those Calloways1964 · as Cam Calloway
• A Tiger Walks1964 · as Sheriff Pete Williams
• Bristle Face1964 · as Lue Swank
• The Raiders1963 · as McElroy
• Savage Sam1963 · as Uncle Beck Coates
• Moon Pilot1962 · as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
• The Deadly Companions1961 · as Yellowleg
• The Parent Trap1961 · as Mitch Evers
• Ten Who Dared1960 · as William Dunn
• Rapids Ahead/Bear Country1960
• The Young Philadelphians1959 · as Mike Flanagan
• Villa!!1958 · as Bill Harmon
• Sierra Baron1958 · as Jack McCrackin
• Desert Hell1958 · as Capt. Robert Edwards
• Violent Road1958 · as Mitch Barton
• Fort Dobbs1958 · as Clett
• Hell Canyon Outlaws1957 · as Happy Waters
• Run of the Arrow1957 · as Captain Clark
• Appointment with a Shadow1957 · as Lt. Spencer
• Chicago Confidential1957 · as Jim Fremont
• Dino1957 · as Larry Sheridan
• Nightfall1956 · as John
• Storm Center1956 · as Paul Duncan
• 5 Against the House1955 · as Brick
• Tight Spot1955 · as Vince Striker
• The Violent Men1955 · as Cole Wilkison
• Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!1954 · as Mike Hammer
• The Bamboo Prison1954 · as Cpl. Brady
• Jivaro1954 · as Tony
• Alaska Seas1954 · as Jim Kimmerly
• Arrowhead1953 · as Capt. Bill North
• Fourteen Hours1951 · as Extra (uncredited)
• Boomerang!1947 · as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)
• Knute Rockne All American1940 · as Student at Train Station (uncredited)

All TV Shows (72)

• Rough Riders1997 · as President William McKinley
• Pacific Blue1996 · as Mac McNamara
• Cybill1995 · as Arthur Minnow
• Spider-Man1994 · as Uncle Ben (voice)
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Leonard Pound
• Duckman1994 · as Duckman's Father (voice)
• Burke's Law1994 · as Norman Hope
• Walker, Texas Ranger1993 · as Del Forman
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine1993 · as Mullibok
• Walter & Emily1991 · as Walter Collins
• The Commish1991
• Heartland1989 · as B.L. McCutcheon
• Pursuit of Happiness1987
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Caleb McCallum
• Hardcastle and McCormick1983 · as Milton Hardcastle
• World War III1982 · as Secretary General Gorny
• Power1980 · as Charles Kandell
• The Seekers1979 · as Elijah Weatherby
• The Chisholms1979 · as Andrew Blake
• Centennial1978 · as Sheriff Axel Dumire
• How the West Was Won1977 · as General Stonecipher
• The Quest1976 · as Tank Logan
• Archer1975 · as Lew Archer
• The Zoo Gang1974 · as Stephen "The Fox" Halliday
• The Brian Keith Show1972 · as Dr. Sean Jamison
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour1969 · as Self
• Family Affair1966 · as Bill Davis
• Profiles in Courage1964 · as Thomas Hart Benton
• The Tenderfoot1964 · as Mose Carson
• Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Andy Bastian
• The Great Adventure1963 · as Henry Bergh
• The Fugitive1963 · as Edward Welles
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Jim Mallory
• The Virginian1962 · as Johnny Wade
• Target: The Corruptors!1961
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Alfred Freely
• The Wonderful World of Disney1961
• The Westerner1960 · as Dave Blassingame
• Outlaws1960
• The Untouchables1959 · as Jim Martinson
• Laramie1959
• Rawhide1959 · as Tod Macauley
• 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Sgt. Patrick Cohan
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Dave Blassingame
• Crusader1955 · as Matt Anders
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Dave Rainey
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Arnold Shawn
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Herbert Morrison
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Vernon Wedge
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Shadrach O'Reilly
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Sergeant Gabe Trotter
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Lue Swank
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Gen. Newmeyer
• Climax!1954 · as Sam Pryce
• Studio 571954
• Studio 571954 · as Dan
• Studio 571954 · as Denis Burke
• The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse1953 · as Joe Kelly
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Dan Crawford
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Mano
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Prosecuting Attorney
• Tales of Tomorrow1951
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Happy
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Choya
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as David Sutton
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Harry
• Suspense1949 · as Johnny
• Suspense1949 · as Lt. Jim Connor
• Suspense1949 · as Idaho
• Suspense1949
• Suspense1949 · as Kip Caley