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.
As actor 145
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Fugitive
1963
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Spider-Man
1994
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The Virginian
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
Touched by an Angel
1994
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Untouchables
1959
Rawhide
1959
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Climax!
1954
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Duckman
1994
Pacific Blue
1996
Suspense
1949
The Commish
1991
Cybill
1995
Family Affair
1966
Laramie
1959
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Studio 57
1954
Young Guns
1988
Outlaws
1960
How the West Was Won
1977
Burke's Law
1994
The Yakuza
1974
Centennial
1978
The Parent Trap
1961
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
The Great Adventure
1963
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Quest
1976
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
Crusader
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Hooper
1978
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Profiles in Courage
1964
Walter & Emily
1991
Meteor
1979
The Westerner
1960
Nevada Smith
1966
The Young Philadelphians
1959
World War III
1982
Sharky's Machine
1981
Rough Riders
1997
The Seekers
1979
Krakatoa, East of Java
1969
Lady in a Corner
1989
Fourteen Hours
1951
The Mountain Men
1980
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
The Wind and the Lion
1975
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Those Calloways
1964
The Chisholms
1979
Nightfall
1956
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966
The Zoo Gang
1974
Arrowhead
1953
The Rare Breed
1966
The Deadly Companions
1961
Power
1980
Run of the Arrow
1957
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Nickelodeon
1976
Boomerang!
1947
Savage Sam
1963
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967
The Second Civil War
1997
Pursuit of Happiness
1987
Dino
1957
Archer
1975
The Violent Men
1955
The Pleasure Seekers
1964
The Quest
1976
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
With Six You Get Eggroll
1968
Jivaro
1954
Ten Who Dared
1960
Knute Rockne All American
1940
Gaily, Gaily
1969
Tight Spot
1955
Scandalous John
1971
A Tiger Walks
1964
The Raiders
1963
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
1986
Moon Pilot
1962
5 Against the House
1955
Heartland
1989
Something Big
1971
The McKenzie Break
1970
The Lion Roars Again
1975
Chicago Confidential
1957
Death Before Dishonor
1987
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
1995
Violent Road
1958
Walking Thunder
1995
Way... Way Out
1966
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1987
Follow Your Heart
1999
Fort Dobbs
1958
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977
The Tenderfoot
1964
The Loneliest Runner
1976
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
1996
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
Appointment with a Shadow
1957
Welcome Home
1989
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970
The Bamboo Prison
1954
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
1989
Storm Center
1956
Picture Windows: Lightning
1995
Wind Dancer
1993
The Tenderfoot
1966
The Bull of the West
1972
Bristle Face
1964
Johnny Shiloh
1965
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
1995
After the Rain
1988
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
1977
Hell Canyon Outlaws
1957
The Silent Lovers
1980
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
Desert Hell
1958
Alaska Seas
1954
Cry for the Strangers
1982
Second Chance
1972
Joe Panther
1976
Sierra Baron
1958
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country
1960
Villa!!
1958
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
1954
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981