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Brian Keith

ACTOR · FROM BAYONNE, USA

Brian Keith

1921–1997139 credits since 1940

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In the pictureThe Parent Trap

ABOUT BRIAN

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.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born14 November 1921

Died24 June 1997

BirthplaceBayonne, USA

Known forActing

On Cineora80 of 138 titles

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Known for

The titles people know Brian from.

The Parent Trap poster

Movie

The Parent Trap

1961IMDb7.2

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! poster

Movie

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

1966IMDb7.0

The Wind and the Lion poster

Movie

The Wind and the Lion

1975IMDb6.8

Nevada Smith poster

Movie

1966IMDb6.9

Meteor poster

Movie

1979IMDb5.1

Hooper poster

Movie

1978IMDb6.4

Reflections in a Golden Eye poster

Movie

Reflections in a Golden Eye

1967IMDb6.7

Sharky's Machine poster

Movie

Sharky's Machine

1981IMDb6.3

Nightfall poster

Movie

1956IMDb7.1

The Hallelujah Trail poster

Movie

The Hallelujah Trail

1965IMDb6.5

The Young Philadelphians poster

Movie

The Young Philadelphians

1959IMDb7.4

The Rare Breed poster

Movie

1966IMDb6.4

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 80
Average IMDb: 6.7
Highest rated: The Alfred Hitchcock HourIMDb 8.5
Working since: 1940

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

139 credits

The 1990s

20 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average

Not on Cineora

Follow Your Heart

1999

as Roddy Thompson

The Second Civil War poster

Movie

The Second Civil War

1997IMDb6.6

as General Buford

Rough Riders poster

Series

1997IMDb7.3

as President William McKinley · 2 episodes

Not on Cineora

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story

1996

as Cardinal

Pacific Blue poster

Series

1996–2000IMDb5.6

as Mac McNamara · 1 episode

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins poster

Movie

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

1995IMDb5.2

as 'Noble Hart' / Self

Not on Cineora

Picture Windows: Lightning

1995

as Tappan

Not on Cineora

The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.

1995

as Pete Morgan

The 1980s

19 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average

Not on Cineora

Lady in a Corner

1989

as David Henderson

Not on Cineora

Welcome Home

1989

as Harry Robins

Not on Cineora

Heartland

1989

as B.L. McCutcheon · 10 episodes

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson poster

Movie

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson

1989IMDb7.3

as Frank Wellman Sr.

Not on Cineora

The Passage

1988

as Byron Monroe

Young Guns poster

Movie

1988IMDb6.8

as Buckshot Roberts

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory poster

Movie

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

1987IMDb6.1

as Colonel Davy Crockett

Pursuit of Happiness

Not on Cineora

Pursuit of Happiness

1987

10 episodes

The 1970s

24 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average

Meteor poster

Movie

1979IMDb5.1

as Dr. Dubov

Not on Cineora

The Seekers

1979

as Elijah Weatherby · 2 episodes

Not on Cineora

The Chisholms

1979

as Andrew Blake · 1 episode

Centennial poster

Series

1978–1979IMDb8.3

as Sheriff Axel Dumire · 12 episodes

Hooper poster

Movie

1978IMDb6.4

as Jocko Doyle

Not on Cineora

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

1977

as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney

Not on Cineora

In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan

1977

as Joe Quinlan

How the West Was Won poster

Series

How the West Was Won

1977–1979IMDb8.2

as General Stonecipher · 2 episodes

The 1960s

34 titles · IMDb 6.5 on average

Not on Cineora

Gaily, Gaily

1969

as Francis Sullivan

Krakatoa, East of Java poster

Movie

Krakatoa, East of Java

1969IMDb5.5

as Connerly

With Six You Get Eggroll poster

Movie

With Six You Get Eggroll

1968IMDb6.4

as Jake Iverson

Reflections in a Golden Eye poster

Movie

Reflections in a Golden Eye

1967IMDb6.7

as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon

Way... Way Out poster

Movie

1966IMDb5.3

as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby

Family Affair poster

Series

1966–1971IMDb7.1

as Bill Davis · 138 episodes

Nevada Smith poster

Movie

1966IMDb6.9

as Jonas Cord

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! poster

Movie

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

1966IMDb7.0

as Police Chief Link Mattocks

The 1950s

38 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average

The Untouchables poster

Series

The Untouchables

1959–1963IMDb8.0

as Jim Martinson · 1 episode

Laramie poster

Series

1959–1963IMDb7.7

1 episode

The Young Philadelphians poster

Movie

The Young Philadelphians

1959IMDb7.4

as Mike Flanagan

Rawhide poster

Series

1959–1965IMDb7.9

as Tod Macauley · 1 episode

77 Sunset Strip poster

Series

77 Sunset Strip

1958–1964IMDb7.7

as Sgt. Patrick Cohan · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Villa!!

1958

as Bill Harmon

Sierra Baron poster

Movie

1958IMDb6.0

as Jack McCrackin

Not on Cineora

Desert Hell

1958

as Capt. Robert Edwards

The 1940s

3 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average

Suspense poster

Series

1949–1954IMDb7.4

as Johnny · 1 episode

Boomerang! poster

Movie

1947IMDb7.2

as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)

Knute Rockne All American poster

Movie

Knute Rockne All American

1940IMDb6.7

as Student at Train Station (uncredited)

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Brian’s titles.

Frank De KovaRun of the Arrow, Arrowhead and 2 more

George DuningComposer · Nightfall, Tight Spot and 2 more

Burnett GuffeyCinematographer · Nightfall, The Violent Men and 2 more

William H. ClothierCinematographer · The Rare Breed, The Deadly Companions and 2 more

Burt ReynoldsHooper, Sharky's Machine and 1 more

Ben JohnsonThe Rare Breed, Something Big and 1 more

Maureen O'HaraThe Parent Trap, The Rare Breed and 1 more

Martin LandauNevada Smith, Meteor and 1 more

Norman TokarDirector · Savage Sam, Those Calloways and 1 more

William BowersWriter · Tight Spot, 5 Against the House and 1 more