1921-11-14 Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Brian Keith 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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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | 2004-07-25 |
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Follow Your Heart | Roddy Thompson | 1999-01-26 |
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Walking Thunder | Narrator | 1997-01-01 |
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The Second Civil War | General Buford | 1997-12-04 |
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Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Cardinal | 1996-09-27 |
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The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. | Pete Morgan | 1995-03-06 |
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National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins | 'Noble Hart' / Self | 1995-11-12 |
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Picture Windows: Lightning | Tappan | 1995-10-01 |
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Wind Dancer | Truman Richards | 1993-01-01 |
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The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw | The Westerner | 1991-11-03 |
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Welcome Home | Harry Robins | 1989-09-29 |
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Lady in a Corner | David Henderson | 1989-12-11 |
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson | Frank Wellman Sr. | 1989-02-12 |
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After the Rain | Byron Monroe | 1988-09-23 |
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Young Guns | Buckshot Roberts | 1988-02-17 |
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Death Before Dishonor | Col. Halloran | 1987-02-20 |
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The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory | Colonel Davy Crockett | 1987-11-11 |
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All Star Party for Clint Eastwood | Self | 1986-11-30 |
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The B.R.A.T. Patrol | General Newmeyer | 1986-10-26 |
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Cry for the Strangers | Chief Whalen | 1982-02-11 |
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Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Police Chief Baxter | 1981-02-13 |
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All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds | Self | 1981-12-13 |
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Sharky's Machine | Papa | 1981-12-18 |
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The Mountain Men | Henry Frapp | 1980-06-01 |
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The Silent Lovers | Mauritz Stiller | 1980-05-20 |
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Power | Charles Kandell | 1980-01-14 |
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The Seekers | Elijah Weatherby | 1979-12-03 |
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Meteor | Dr. Dubov | 1979-10-19 |
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Hooper | Jocko Doyle | 1978-07-28 |
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In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan | Joe Quinlan | 1977-09-26 |
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The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer | Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney | 1977-12-01 |
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The Loneliest Runner | Arnold Curtis | 1976-12-20 |
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Nickelodeon | H.H. Cobb | 1976-12-21 |
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Joe Panther | Capt. Harper | 1976-10-01 |
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The Quest | Tank Logan | 1976-05-13 |
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The Lion Roars Again | Self | 1975-01-01 |
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The Wind and the Lion | Theodore Roosevelt | 1975-05-22 |
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The Yakuza | George Tanner | 1974-12-21 |
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Second Chance | Geoff Smith | 1972-02-08 |
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The Bull of the West | Johnny Wade | 1972-05-04 |
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Scandalous John | John McCanless | 1971-06-22 |
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Something Big | Col. Morgan | 1971-11-19 |
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The McKenzie Break | Captain Jack Connor | 1970-10-28 |
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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? | Officer Michael M. Nace | 1970-09-11 |
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Gaily, Gaily | Francis Sullivan | 1969-12-16 |
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Krakatoa, East of Java | Connerly | 1968-12-26 |
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With Six You Get Eggroll | Jake Iverson | 1968-08-07 |
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Reflections in a Golden Eye | Lt. Col. Morris Langdon | 1967-10-13 |
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Nevada Smith | Jonas Cord | 1966-06-10 |
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The Rare Breed | Alexander Bowen | 1966-02-02 |
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Way... Way Out | Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby | 1966-10-26 |
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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! | Police Chief Link Mattocks | 1966-05-25 |
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Johnny Shiloh | Sgt. Gabe Trotter | 1965-12-21 |
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The Hallelujah Trail | Frank Wallingham | 1965-06-23 |
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The Pleasure Seekers | Paul Barton | 1964-12-25 |
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A Tiger Walks | Sheriff Pete Williams | 1964-04-12 |
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The Tenderfoot | Mose Carson | 1964-11-08 |
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Those Calloways | Cam Calloway | 1964-11-10 |
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Bristle Face | Lue Swank | 1964-01-26 |
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The Raiders | McElroy | 1963-12-01 |
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Savage Sam | Uncle Beck Coates | 1963-06-01 |
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Moon Pilot | Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman | 1962-04-05 |
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The Parent Trap | Mitch Evers | 1961-05-13 |
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The Deadly Companions | Yellowleg | 1961-06-06 |
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Ten Who Dared | William Dunn | 1960-11-01 |
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Rapids Ahead/Bear Country | 1960-10-16 | |
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The Young Philadelphians | Mike Flanagan | 1959-05-21 |
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Desert Hell | Capt. Robert Edwards | 1958-06-25 |
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Fort Dobbs | Clett | 1958-04-18 |
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Violent Road | Mitch Barton | 1958-05-10 |
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Sierra Baron | Jack McCrackin | 1958-07-01 |
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Villa!! | Bill Harmon | 1958-10-01 |
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Appointment with a Shadow | Lt. Spencer | 1957-09-01 |
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Run of the Arrow | Captain Clark | 1957-09-05 |
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Hell Canyon Outlaws | Happy Waters | 1957-10-05 |
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Dino | Larry Sheridan | 1957-07-21 |
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Chicago Confidential | Jim Fremont | 1957-08-30 |
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Storm Center | Paul Duncan | 1956-07-31 |
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Nightfall | John | 1956-11-09 |
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Tight Spot | Vince Striker | 1955-03-19 |
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The Violent Men | Cole Wilkison | 1955-01-26 |
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5 Against the House | Brick | 1955-06-10 |
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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer! | Mike Hammer | 1954-12-31 |
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Jivaro | Tony | 1954-02-12 |
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Alaska Seas | Jim Kimmerly | 1954-01-27 |
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The Bamboo Prison | Cpl. Brady | 1954-06-15 |
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Arrowhead | Capt. Bill North | 1953-08-03 |
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Fourteen Hours | Extra (uncredited) | 1951-04-01 |
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Boomerang! | Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited) | 1947-02-28 |
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Knute Rockne All American | Student at Train Station (uncredited) | 1940-10-05 |