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Brian Keith

Born

11/14/1921, Bayonne,New Jersey

Died

6/24/1997

Birth Name

Robert Keith Richey Jr.

Gender

Male

Also Known As

Robert Keith, Jr.

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Born on November 14,1921,Brian Keith came from a show business family,his mother and father already doing movies.He appeared at age 3 in the 1924 film Pied Piper Malone with his father.He began acting in radio and on stage before World War II.He joined the Marine Corp and served…more

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Star (58)

Role
- Nightfall
  Star
  2009
- Tight Spot
  Star
  2004
- Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
  Star
  1996
- Walter and Emily
  Walter Collins
  - S 1: Ep 13 Sis
    2/22/92
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Falcon and the Leg Man
    2/15/92
  - S 1: Ep 11 Date Night
    2/8/92
  - S 1: Ep 10 Labor Pain
    2/1/92
  - S 1: Ep 9 Remember Me?
    1/25/92
  - + 8 More Credits
- Heartland (1989)
  B.L. McCutcheon
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Wild One
    6/12/89
  - S 1: Ep 9 No Place Like Home
    5/22/89
  - S 1: Ep 8 Dog Story
    5/8/89
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Sky Is Falling
    5/1/89
  - S 1: Ep 6 Life and Death
    4/24/89
  - + 5 More Credits
- Welcome Home
  Star
  1989
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
  Star
  1989
- Lady in a Corner
  David Henderson
  1989
- Young Guns
  Buckshot Roberts
  1988
- Pursuit of Happiness (1987)
  Prof. Roland G. Duncan
  - S 1: Ep 12 Episode 12
    1/22/88
  - S 1: Ep 11 Episode 11
    1/15/88
  - S 1: Ep 10 A History Lesson
    1/8/88
  - S 1: Ep 9 Uphill Skiing
    12/18/87
  - S 1: Ep 7 Boys Night Out
    12/11/87
  - + 7 More Credits
- Alamo: 13 Days To Glory
  Star
  1987
- Death Before Dishonor
  Star
  1987
- Passage, The (1987)
  Star
  1987
- Hardcastle & McCormick
  Judge Milton C. Hardcastle
  - S 3: Ep 22 A Chip Off the Ol' Milt
    5/5/86
  - S 3: Ep 21 The Day the Music Died
    3/31/86
  - S 3: Ep 20 In the Eye of the Beholder
    3/17/86
  - S 3: Ep 18 McCormick's Bar and Grill
    2/24/86
  - S 3: Ep 17 Round Up the Old Gang
    2/17/86
  - + 17 More Credits
- Hardcastle & McCormick
  Judge Milton Hardcastle
  - S 3: Ep 19 Poker Night
    3/3/86
- Hardcastle & McCormick
  Judge Milton C. "Hardcase" Hardcastle
  - S 3: Ep 9 You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful and You're His
    11/25/85
  - S 2: Ep 22 Angie's Choice
    4/1/85
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Game You Learn From Your Father
    3/18/85
  - S 2: Ep 20 Undercover McCormick
    3/11/85
  - S 2: Ep 19 Surprise On Seagull Beach
    3/4/85
  - + 39 More Credits
- Cry for the Strangers
  Star
  1982
- Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
  Star
  1981
- Sharky's Machine
  Star
  1981
- Mountain Men
  Star
  1980
- Centennial
  Sheriff Axel Dumire
  - S 1: Ep 1 Only the Rocks Live Forever (3 hr)
    10/1/78
- Hooper
  Star
  1978
- Nickelodeon
  Star
  1976
- Archer (1975)
  Lew Archer
  - S 1: Ep 6 Blood Money
    3/13/75
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Vanished Man
    3/6/75
  - S 1: Ep 4 Shades of Blue
    2/20/75
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Body Beautiful
    2/13/75
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Arsonist
    2/6/75
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Bull of the West
  Star
  1975
- Wind and the Lion
  Theodore Roosevelt
  1975
- The Yakuza
  Star
  1975
- The Zoo Gang
  Steven "The Fox" Halliday
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Twisted Cross
    5/10/74
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Lion Hunt
    5/3/74
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Counterfeit Trap
    4/26/74
  - S 1: Ep 3 African Misfire
    4/19/74
  - S 1: Ep 2 Mindless Murder
    4/12/74
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Brian Keith Show
  Dr. Sean Jamison
  - S 2: Ep 24 Classmates
    3/29/74
  - S 2: Ep 23 A Star is Sean
    3/15/74
  - S 2: Ep 22 No Man is an Atoll
    3/8/74
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Titanic Sails Again
    3/1/74
  - S 2: Ep 20 Sean-Do the Magician
    2/22/74
  - + 42 More Credits
- Scandalous John
  Star
  1971
- The Mckenzie Break
  Star
  1970
- The Secrets Of Lake Success
  P. Stuart Atkins III
- Chicago Confidential
  Star
- Family Affair
  Bill Davis
  - S 4: Ep 13 Goodbye Harold
    12/25/69
  - S 4: Ep 12 Maudie
    12/18/69
  - S 4: Ep 11 A Tale of Two Travels
    12/11/69
  - S 4: Ep 10 Number One Boy
    12/4/69
  - S 4: Ep 9 The Stowaway
    11/20/69
  - + 133 More Credits
- Gaily, Gaily
  Star
  1969
- Reflections In a Golden Eye
  Star
  1967
- The Rare Breed
  Star
  1966
- The Russians Are Coming, The Russians are Coming
  Police Chief Link Mattocks
  1966
- Nevada Smith
  Jonas Cord
  1966
- The Hallelujah Trail
  Star
  1965
- Those Calloways
  Star
  1965
- Savage Sam
  Star
  1963
- The Raiders
  Star
  1963
- Moon Pilot
  Star
  1962
- Deadly Companions
  Star
  1961
- The Parent Trap
  Mitch Evers
  1961
- The Westerner
  Dave Blassingame
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Painting
    12/30/60
  - S 1: Ep 12 Hand on the Gun
    12/23/60
  - S 1: Ep 11 Going Home
    12/16/60
  - S 1: Ep 10 Line Camp
    12/9/60
  - S 1: Ep 9 Ghost of a Chance
    12/2/60
  - + 9 More Credits
- Ten Who Dared
  Star
  1960
- Fort Dobbs
  Star
  1958
- Nightfall
  Star
  1957
- Crusader
  lead
  - S 2: Ep 10 Key Witness
    12/7/56
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Girl Across the Hall
    10/26/56
  - S 1: Ep 28 Rookie Cop
    4/20/56
  - S 1: Ep 11 Christmas in Burma
    12/23/55
- Storm Center
  Star
  1956
- Crusader
  Matt Anders
  - S 1: Ep 3 A Boxing Match
    10/21/55
- The Violent Men
  Star
  1955
- Tight Spot
  Star
  1955
- Jivaro
  Star
  1954
- Alaska Seas
  Star
  1954
- Arrowhead
  Captain Bill North
  1953
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Studio 57
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Duel
    11/16/54
Guest Star (102)

Role
- Spider-Man: The Animated Series
  Uncle Ben
  - S 5: Ep 13 Spider Wars (2): Farewell, Spider-Man
    1/31/98
  - S 2: Ep 4 Neogenic Nightmare (4): The Mutant Agenda (1)
    9/30/95
- Duckman
  Voice of Duckman's Father
  - S 4: Ep 18 Kidney, Popsicle, and Nuts
    5/24/97
- Touched by an Angel
  Leonard Pound
  - S 3: Ep 8 The Sky Is Falling
    11/3/96
- Walker, Texas Ranger
  Del Forman
  - S 5: Ep 3 Ghost Rider
    10/5/96
- Cybill
  Arthur Minnow
  - S 2: Ep 16 A Who's Who for What's His Name
    2/18/96
- Hunter
  Pete Morgan
  - S 7: Ep 1995 The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
    4/30/95
- Spider-Man: The Animated Series
  Uncle Ben Parker
- Picture Windows
  Tappan
- The Commish
  Phil 'Iceman' Greene / Lou Parslow
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Iceman Cometh
    5/14/94
- Burke's Law (1994)
  Norman Hope
  - S 1: Ep 11 Who Killed the Romance?
    4/29/94
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  Mullibok
  - S 1: Ep 15 Progress
    5/9/93
- Major Dad
  Jake MacGillis
  - S 4: Ep 2 The People's Choice, Part 2
    10/2/92
  - S 4: Ep 1 The People's Choice, Part 1
    9/25/92
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 30: Ep 62 Show #4473
    2/4/92
- Evening Shade
  Brigg Stiles
  - S 1: Ep 15 Chip Off the Old Brick
    2/4/91
- The Young Riders
  Cyrus
  - S 2: Ep 10 Star Light, Star Bright
    12/15/90
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 51 March 22, 1989
    3/22/89
- Perry Mason
  Frank Wellman
  - S 11: Ep 1 The Case of the Lethal Lesson
    2/12/89
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 3 Michael Landon (2)
    12/7/84
- Murder, She Wrote
  Caleb McCallum
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 54 November 15, 1979
    11/15/79
  - S 15: Ep 210 July 20, 1978
    7/20/78
  - S 12: Ep 201 July 7, 1975
    7/7/75
- Centennial
  Sheriff Axel Dumire
- How the West Was Won
  General Stonecipher
  - S 2: Ep 7 3/26/78
    3/26/78
  - S 2: Ep 6 3/19/78
    3/19/78
  - S 2: Ep 5 3/12/78
    3/12/78
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 112 February 24, 1978
    2/24/78
  - S 1: Ep 168 July 8, 1975
    7/8/75
- Disneyland
  Mitch Evers
  - S 22: Ep 18 The Parent Trap (2-hour)
    5/16/76
- The Quest
  Tank Logan
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Quest
    5/13/76
- Insight
  Ken Stratton
  - S 11: Ep 48 The Sandalmaker
    7/31/71
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 1 September 20, 1970
    9/20/70
- Picture Windows
  Tappan
  - S 1: Ep 4 Lightning
- Ellery Queen Whodunit
  Rails
  - S 1: Ep 4 Mission For Murder
- Campbell Television Soundstage
  Guest Star
- The Match Game
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 57 Betty White & Brian Keith (The Last MATCH GamE)
    9/22/69
- The Jonathan Winters Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 13 January 16, 1969
    1/16/69
- Insight
  Lew
  - S 8: Ep 41 Don't Elbow Me Off the Earth
    6/16/68
- Insight
  Larry
  - S 8: Ep 15 Fire Within
    12/17/67
- Insight
  Jerry
  - S 7: Ep 38 The Dog That Bit You
    5/21/67
- Password
  Brian Keith
  - S 6: Ep 130 Barbara Bain & Brian Keith
    9/12/66
- Profiles in Courage
  Thomas Hart Benton
  - S 1: Ep 3 Thomas Hart Benton
    11/29/64
- Insight
  Henderson
  - S 4: Ep 40 Boss Toad
    5/24/64
- Insight
  Man
  - S 4: Ep 30 The Kid Show
    4/5/64
- The Great Adventure
  Henry Bergh
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Henry Bergh Story
    3/20/64
- Kraft Suspense Theatre
  Andy Bastian
  - S 1: Ep 19 A Cause of Anger
    3/19/64
- Disneyland
  Lute Swank
  - S 10: Ep 15 Bristle Face (1)
    1/26/64
- Redigo
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 12 Hostage Hero Hiding
    12/10/63
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 5 5 (5)
    10/18/63
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Edward Welles
  - S 1: Ep 1 Fear in a Desert City
    9/17/63
- Dr. Kildare
  Alfred Freely
  - S 2: Ep 30 The Gift Of Koodjanuk
    5/9/63
- The Virginian
  Johnny Wade
  - S 1: Ep 15 Duel at Shiloh
    1/2/63
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Jim Mallory
  - S 1: Ep 3 Night Of The Owl
    10/4/62
- Insight
  Brewster
  - S 3: Ep 1 Heart of Liberty
    9/8/62
- Meet Me At Disneyland
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 Fun In Frontierland
    7/21/62
- Target: The Corruptors
  George Vaclavic
  - S 1: Ep 33 The Organizer (2)
    5/25/62
  - S 1: Ep 32 The Organizer (1)
    5/18/62
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Vernon Wedge
  - S 7: Ep 20 The Test
    2/20/62
- Follow The Sun
  Earl Patton
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Dumbest Blonde
    2/4/62
- Outlaws
  Sven Johannsen
  - S 2: Ep 14 The Bitter Swede
    1/18/62
- Alcoa Premiere
  Sergeant Dave Temple
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Breaking Point
    12/5/61
- Insight
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Agitator
    10/22/61
- Outlaws
  Whip
  - S 2: Ep 3 My Friend the Horse Thief
    10/19/61
- Frontier Circus
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Smallest Target
    10/12/61
- Alcoa Premiere
  Guest Star
- Follow The Sun
  Earl
- The Americans
  Owen
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Sentry
    4/10/61
- Insight
  Gilbert
  - S 1: Ep 7 Fisher of Men
    11/6/60
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Herbert Morrison
  - S 5: Ep 34 Cell 227
    6/5/60
- Laramie
  Capt. Whit Malone
  - S 1: Ep 10 The General Must Die
    11/17/59
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Dave Rainey
  - S 5: Ep 5 No Pain
    10/25/59
- The Untouchables
  Jim Martinson
- Rawhide
  Todd McCauley
  - S 1: Ep 21 Incident in No Man's Land
    6/12/59
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Arnold Shawn
  - S 4: Ep 31 Your Witness
    5/17/59
- Zane Grey Theater
  Dave Blasingame
  - S 3: Ep 24 Trouble At Tres Cruces
    3/26/59
- Climax!
  Sam Pryce
  - S 4: Ep 14 Hurricane Diane
    12/12/57
- Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
  Dan Crawford
  - S 5: Ep 39 Adventure for Hire
    6/26/57
- Studio 57
  Jim
  - S 3: Ep 29 As Long As I Live
    5/13/57
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 23 Possessed
    2/28/57
  - S 6: Ep 12 Branded
    12/15/55
- Crusader
  Matt Anders
  - S 1: Ep 32 The Oakhurst Incident
    5/18/56
  - S 1: Ep 31 The Ballot Box
    5/11/56
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Optimist
    3/30/56
- The Jane Wyman Show
  Jim
  - S 1: Ep 16 As Long as I Live
    12/13/55
- Studio 57
  Dan
  - S 2: Ep 6 My Son is Gone
    10/8/55
- The Jane Wyman Show
  Guest Star
- The Elgin TV Hour
  Corp. Snow
  - S 1: Ep 19 Combat Medics
    6/14/55
- Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
  Mano
  - S 3: Ep 30 Sunday Mourn
    4/21/55
- Studio 57
  Denis
  - S 1: Ep 29 Rescue
    4/5/55
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
  Passenger
  - S 2: Ep 27 Passage Home
    4/3/55
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Lux Video Theatre Guest
  - S 5: Ep 32 My Name Is Julia Ross
    3/31/55
- Studio 57
  Dr. Glenn Haver
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Haver Technique
    2/22/55
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 20 Pals to the End
    2/13/55
- The Elgin TV Hour
  Guest Star
- Ellery Queen Whodunit
  Rails
- Studio 57
  Guest Star
- Campbell Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 33 Journey to Java
    2/19/54
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Harry
  - S 5: Ep 11 Weekend Pass
    11/9/53
- The United States Steel Hour
  Bonsell
  - S 1: Ep 1 P.O.W.
    10/27/53
- Eye Witness
  (as Robert Keith, Jr.)
  - S 1: Ep 2 Apartment 4-D
    4/6/53
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Happy (as Robert Keith, Jr.)
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Inn Of Eagles
    1/26/53
- Suspense
  Kip Caley (as Robert Keith, Jr.)
  - S 5: Ep 4 Set-Up For Death
    9/23/52
- Suspense
  (as Robert Keith, Jr.)
  - S 4: Ep 46 Death Cargo
    8/5/52
  - S 4: Ep 43 Fifty Beautiful Girls
    7/1/52
  - S 4: Ep 36 Fingers of Fear
    5/13/52
- Tales of Tomorrow
  Jack (as Robert Keith, Jr.)
  - S 1: Ep 39 Appointment on Mars
    6/27/52
- Suspense
  Idaho (as Robert Keith Jr.)
  - S 4: Ep 38 The Debt
    5/27/52
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  (as Robert Keith)
  - S 4: Ep 14 The Basket Weaver
    4/19/52
- Kraft Television Theatre
  (as Robert Keith, Jr.)
  - S 5: Ep 31 The Last Mile
    4/9/52
- The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
  Robert E. Lee (as Robert Keith)
  - S 2: Ep 8 Robert E. Lee
    3/26/52
- Suspense
  Johnny (as Robert Keith, Jr.)
  - S 4: Ep 28 Four Days to Kill
    3/11/52
- Suspense
  Bob (as Robert Keith, Jr.)
  - S 4: Ep 26 Night Drive
    2/26/52
- Hands of Murder
  (as Robert Keith Jr.)
  - S 3: Ep 8 High Iron
    10/30/51
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- Murder, She Wrote
  Caleb McCallum
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Murder Of Sherlock Holmes
    9/30/84
- The Untouchables
  Jim Martinson
  - S 2: Ep 16 The Jamaica Ginger Story
    2/2/61
Director (1)

Role
- The Brian Keith Show
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 18 Sean, the Movie Star
    1/26/73

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