Brian Keith
Acting
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.
Filmography 145
Movies (88)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004Self (archive footage)
Follow Your Heart1999Roddy Thompson
The Second Civil War1997General Buford
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story1996Cardinal
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins1995'Noble Hart' / Self
Picture Windows: Lightning1995Tappan
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.1995Pete Morgan
Walking Thunder1995Narrator
Wind Dancer1993Truman Richards
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw1991The Westerner
Lady in a Corner1989David Henderson
Welcome Home1989Harry Robins
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson1989Frank Wellman Sr.
After the Rain1988Byron Monroe
Young Guns1988Buckshot Roberts
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory1987Colonel Davy Crockett
Death Before Dishonor1987Col. Halloran- All Star Party for Clint Eastwood1986Self (uncredited)
The B.R.A.T. Patrol1986General Newmeyer
Cry for the Strangers1982Chief Whalen
Sharky's Machine1981Papa- All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds1981Self
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen1981Police Chief Baxter
The Mountain Men1980Henry Frapp
The Silent Lovers1980Mauritz Stiller
Meteor1979Dr. Dubov
Hooper1978Jocko Doyle
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer1977Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan1977Joe Quinlan
Nickelodeon1976H.H. Cobb
Shows (57)
Rough Riders1997President William McKinley
Pacific Blue1996Mac McNamara
Cybill1995Arthur Minnow
Spider-Man1994Uncle Ben (voice)
Touched by an Angel1994Leonard Pound
Duckman1994Duckman's Father (voice)
Burke's Law1994Norman Hope
Walker, Texas Ranger1993Del Forman
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine1993Mullibok
Walter & Emily1991Walter Collins
The Commish1991
Heartland1989B.L. McCutcheon- Pursuit of Happiness1987
Murder, She Wrote1984Caleb McCallum
Hardcastle and McCormick1983Milton Hardcastle
World War III1982Secretary General Gorny
Power1980Charles Kandell
The Seekers1979Elijah Weatherby
The Chisholms1979Andrew Blake
Centennial1978Sheriff Axel Dumire
How the West Was Won1977General Stonecipher
The Quest1976Tank Logan
Archer1975Lew Archer
The Zoo Gang1974Stephen "The Fox" Halliday
The Brian Keith Show1972Dr. Sean Jamison
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour1969Self
Family Affair1966Bill Davis- Profiles in Courage1964Thomas Hart Benton
The Tenderfoot1964Mose Carson
Kraft Suspense Theatre1963Andy Bastian