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Brian Keith was an American film, television and stage actor who in his six-decade-long career gained recognition for his work in movies such as the Disney family film The Parent Trap (1961), the comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), and the adventure saga The Wind and the Lion (1975), in which he portrayed President Theodore Roosevelt.
Birth Name
Robert Keith Richey Jr.
Born
Monday, 14 November 1921
Died
Tuesday, 24 June 1997
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Follow Your Heart | Roddy Thompson | 1999 |
| Spider-Man: Secret Wars | Uncle Ben Parker | 1999 |
| The 70th Annual Academy Awards | Self (Memorial Tribute) | 1998 |
| Rough Riders | President William McKinley | 1997 |
| The Second Civil War | Maj. Gen. Charles Buford | 1997 |
| Walking Thunder | Narrator | 1997 |
| Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Cardinal | 1996 |
| Pacific Blue | Mac McNamara | 1996 |
| Favorite Deadly Sins | 'Noble Hart' / Self | 1995 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Follow Your Heart | Roddy Thompson | 1999 |
| Spider-Man: Secret Wars | Uncle Ben Parker | 1999 |
| The 70th Annual Academy Awards | Self (Memorial Tribute) | 1998 |
| Rough Riders | President William McKinley | 1997 |
| The Second Civil War | Maj. Gen. Charles Buford | 1997 |
| Walking Thunder | Narrator | 1997 |
| Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Cardinal | 1996 |
| Pacific Blue | Mac McNamara | 1996 |
| Favorite Deadly Sins | 'Noble Hart' / Self | 1995 |
| The Monroes | Henry | 1995 |
| The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. | Pete Morgan | 1995 |
| The Marshal | Chief Skoblow | 1995 |
| Cybill | Arthur Minnow | 1995 |
| Spider-Man: The Animated Series | Uncle Ben Parker | 1994 |
| Picture Windows | Tappan | 1994 |
| Touched by an Angel | Leonard Pound | 1994 |
| Burke's Law | Norman Hope | 1994 |
| Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man | Duckman's Father | 1994 |
| The Secrets of Lake Success | P. Stuart Atkins III | 1993 |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Del Forman | 1993 |
| The Wild West | Buffalo Bill Cody | 1993 |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Mullibok | 1993 |
| Wind Dancer | Truman Richards | 1993 |
| Walter & Emily | Walter Collins | 1991 |
| The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw | The Westerner | 1991 |
| The Commish | Phil 'Iceman' Greene / Lou Parslow | 1991 |
| Evening Shade | Brick Stiles | 1990 |
| After the Rain | Byron Monroe | 1989 |
| Lady in the Corner | David Henderson | 1989 |
| Welcome Home | Harry Robins | 1989 |
| The Young Riders | Cyrus 'Hap' Happy | 1989 |
| Major Dad | Jake MacGillis | 1989 |
| Heartland | B.L. McCutcheon | 1989 |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson | Frank Wellman Sr. | 1989 |
| The Pat Sajak Show | Self | 1989 |
| Young Guns | Buckshot Roberts | 1988 |
| Pursuit of Happiness | Prof. Roland G. Duncan | 1987 |
| Death Before Dishonor | Col. Halloran | 1987 |
| The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory | Colonel Davy Crockett / Col. Davy Crockett | 1987 |
| All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
| Hardcastle and McCormick | Judge Milton C. Hardcastle / Milton Hardcastle | 1983 |
| Cry for the Strangers | Chief Whalen | 1982 |
| World War III | Secretary General Gorny | 1982 |
| Sharky's Machine | Papa | 1981 |
| Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Police Chief Baxter / Police Chief | 1981 |
| The Mountain Men | Henry Frapp | 1980 |
| The Silent Lovers | Mauritz Stiller | 1980 |
| Power | Charles Kandell | 1980 |
| Meteor | Dr. Dubov | 1979 |
| The Seekers | Elijah Weatherby | 1979 |
| The Chisholms | Andrew Blake | 1979 |
| Centennial | Sheriff Axel Dumire | 1978 |
| Hooper | Jocko Doyle | 1978 |
| In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan | Joe Quinlan | 1977 |
| Nickelodeon | H.H. Cobb | 1976 |
| The Loneliest Runner | Arnold Curtis | 1976 |
| Joe Panther | Capt. Harper | 1976 |
| The Quest | Tank Logan | 1976 |
| The Quest | Tank Logan | 1976 |
| How the West Was Won | General Stonecipher | 1976 |
| The Wind and the Lion | Theodore Roosevelt | 1975 |
| Archer | Lew Archer | 1975 |
| The Yakuza | George Tanner | 1974 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| The Zoo Gang | Stephen 'The Fox' Halliday / Stephen "The Fox" Halliday / Steven 'The Fox' Halliday | 1974 |
| The Little People | Dr. Sean Jamison | 1972 |
| The Bull of the West | Johnny Wade | 1972 |
| Second Chance | Geoff Smith | 1972 |
| Something Big | Col. Morgan | 1971 |
| Scandalous John | John McCanless | 1971 |
| The McKenzie Break | Captain Jack Connor / Capt. Jack Connor | 1970 |
| Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came | Officer Michael M. Nace | 1970 |
| Gaily, Gaily | Francis Sullivan | 1969 |
| The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Self | 1969 |
| Krakatoa: East of Java | Connerly | 1968 |
| With Six You Get Eggroll | Jake Iverson | 1968 |
| Reflections in a Golden Eye | Lt. Col. Morris Langdon | 1967 |
| Way... Way Out | Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby | 1966 |
| Family Affair | Bill Davis / Uncle Bill Davis | 1966 |
| Nevada Smith | Jonas Cord | 1966 |
| The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming | Police Chief Link Mattocks / Link Mattocks | 1966 |
| The Rare Breed | Bowen / Alexander Bowen | 1966 |
| The Hallelujah Trail | Frank Wallingham | 1965 |
| Those Calloways | Cam Calloway | 1965 |
| The Pleasure Seekers | Paul Barton | 1964 |
| Profiles in Courage | Thomas Hart Benton | 1964 |
| A Tiger Walks | Sheriff Pete Williams | 1964 |
| The Raiders | Narrator / John G. McElroy / McElroy | 1963 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Andy Bastian | 1963 |
| The Great Adventure | Henry Bergh | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Edward Welles | 1963 |
| Savage Sam | Uncle Beck Coates | 1963 |
| You Don't Say | Self | 1963 |
| The Match Game | Self - Team Captain | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself / Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Jim Mallory | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Johnny Wade | 1962 |
| Sam Benedict | Mitchison Dawlt | 1962 |
| Moon Pilot | Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman | 1962 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Sergeant Dave Temple | 1961 |
| Frontier Circus | Dan Osborne | 1961 |
| Target: The Corruptors | George Vaclavic | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Alfred Freely | 1961 |
| Follow the Sun | Earl Patton | 1961 |
| The Parent Trap | Mitch Evers | 1961 |
| The Deadly Companions | Yellowleg | 1961 |
| The Americans | Owen | 1961 |
| Ten Who Dared | William 'Bill' Dunn / William Dunn | 1960 |
| Insight | Brewster / Matt Gilbert | 1960 |
| The Westerner | Dave Blassingame / 'Dave Blassingame' | 1960 |
| Outlaws | Jim Whipple / Sven Johannsen | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Laramie | Whit Malone | 1959 |
| The Young Philadelphians | Mike Flanagan | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Jim Martinson | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Tod Macauley | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Sgt. Patrick Cohan | 1958 |
| Villa!! | Bill Harmon | 1958 |
| Sierra Baron | Jack McCracken / Jack McCrackin | 1958 |
| Violent Road | Mitch Barton | 1958 |
| Fort Dobbs | Clett | 1958 |
| Hell Canyon Outlaws | Happy Waters | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Tom Tuesday / First Sgt. Gault | 1957 |
| Run of the Arrow | Capt. Clark / Captain Clark | 1957 |
| Appointment with a Shadow | Lt. Spencer | 1957 |
| Chicago Confidential | Jim Fremont | 1957 |
| Dino | Larry Sheridan | 1957 |
| Nightfall | John | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Dave Blassingame | 1956 |
| Wire Service | Mike Barnes | 1956 |
| The Box Brothers | Fred | 1956 |
| Storm Center | Paul Duncan | 1956 |
| Crusader | Matt Anders | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Arnold Shawn / Dave Rainey / Herbert Morrison / Vernon Wedge | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Jim | 1955 |
| 5 Against the House | Brick | 1955 |
| Tight Spot | Vince Striker | 1955 |
| The Violent Men | Cole Wilkison | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Cam Calloway / Mose Carson / Lue Swank / Major General John M. Vanneman / Sergeant Gabe Trotter / Sheriff Pete Williams / Uncle Beck Coates / William 'Bill' Dunn / Shadrak O'Reilly / Shadrach O'Reilly / Mitch Evers / Gen. Newmeyer | 1954 |
| Climax! | Sam Pryce | 1954 |
| The Elgin Hour | Corporal Snow | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Jim / Dr. Glenn Haver / Denis Burke / Dan | 1954 |
| The Bamboo Prison | Cpl. Brady | 1954 |
| Jivaro | Tony | 1954 |
| Alaska Seas | Jim Kimmerly | 1954 |
| The Mask | Blake | 1954 |
| Mystery Is My Business | Rails | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Bonnell | 1953 |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Clark Dodson / Joe Kelly | 1953 |
| Arrowhead | Capt. Bill North | 1953 |
| Eye Witness | (as Robert Keith Jr.) | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Dan Crawford / Mano | 1952 |
| Police Story | (as Robert Keith Jr.) | 1952 |
| Tales of Tomorrow | Peters / Jack | 1951 |
| Shadow of the Cloak | (as Robert Keith Jr.) | 1951 |
| Fourteen Hours | Extra | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Intermission Guest / Happy / David Sutton / Choya | 1950 |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | Harry | 1950 |
| Hands of Mystery | (as Robert Keith Jr.) | 1949 |
| Portrait of Jennie | Ice-Skating Extra | 1949 |
| Suspense | (as Robert Keith Jr.) / Lt. Jim Connor / Kip Caley / Johnny / Idaho / Bob | 1949 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| Boomerang! | Man in Mob Behind Courthouse | 1947 |
| Knute Rockne All American | Student at Train Station | 1940 |
| Pied Piper Malone | Little Boy | 1924 |
| The Other Kind of Love | Child | 1924 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Little People | 1972 |
| Crusader | 1955 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1969 | Emmy | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 1968 | Emmy | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 1967 | Emmy | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
