Brian Keith
American actor (1921-1997) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 75
Robert Alba Keith, known professionally as Brian Keith, was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his six-decade career gained recognition for his work in films such as the Disney family film The Parent Trap (1961); Johnny Shiloh (1963); the comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming...
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The Second Civil WarFilm, 1997General Buford1996
Pacific BlueSeries, Mac McNamara1994
DuckmanSeries, Duckman's Father (voice)1991
The CommishSeries1988
Young GunsFilm, Buckshot Roberts1984
Murder, She WroteSeries, Caleb McCallum1980
The Mountain MenFilm, Henry Frapp1978
HooperFilm, Jocko Doyle1975
The Wind and the LionFilm, Theodore Roosevelt1970
The McKenzie BreakFilm, Captain Jack Connor1968
With Six You Get EggrollFilm, Jake Iverson1966
Family AffairSeries, Bill Davis
Nevada SmithFilm, 1966Jonas Cord1964
Those CallowaysFilm, Cam Calloway1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Jim Mallory1961
The Deadly CompanionsFilm, Yellowleg1959
LaramieSeries1958
77 Sunset StripSeries, Sgt. Patrick Cohan
Fort DobbsFilm, 1958Clett1956
NightfallFilm, John1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Dave Rainey1951
Fourteen HoursFilm, Extra (uncredited)1950
Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries, Harry1940
Knute Rockne All AmericanFilm, Student at Train Station (uncredited)1921Born14 November 1921People around Brian
Walt Disney Produced The Parent Trap and Savage Sam- Norman Tokar Directed Savage Sam and A Tiger Walks
Norman Jewison Directed The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)- Gordon Douglas Directed Way...Way Out and Fort Dobbs
Burt Reynolds Directed Sharky's Machine (1982)
John Milius Directed The Wind and the Lion and Rough Riders
Andrew V. McLaglen Directed The Rare Breed (1966)
Howard Morris Directed With Six You Get Eggroll (1970)- Phil Karlson Directed 5 Against the House and Tight Spot
Charles Marquis Warren Directed Arrowhead and Desert Hell- James B. Clark Directed Sierra Baron and Villa!!
William Bowers Wrote Tight Spot and Way...Way Out- Hank Moonjean Produced Hooper and Sharky's Machine
- Lewis J. Rachmil Produced The Violent Men and Tight Spot
Karl Malden Also in Nevada Smith, Boomerang and Meteor
Philip Coolidge Also in The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
Martin Landau Also in Nevada Smith and The Hallelujah Trail
John Huston Directed Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
Maureen O'Hara Also in The Parent Trap (1961)
Hal Needham Directed Hooper (1978)
Ralph Meeker Duets: Mike Hammer
Burt Kennedy Directed The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory (1987)
Stirling Silliphant Produced 5 Against the House (1955)- Frank de Kova Also in Arrowhead and Run of the Arrow
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The Young Philadelphians 1959
Fourteen Hours 1951
The Yakuza 1974
Boomerang! 1947
The Parent Trap 1961
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
161 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
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Keith in his TV series Crusader (1955)
Keith and Spike in The Westerner (1960)
Cast of Family Affair in 1967 (clockwise from top):Sebastian Cabot (Mr. French), Brian Keith, Anissa Jones (Buffy), Kathy Garver (Cissy) and Johnny Whitaker (Jody).
Nancy Walker, Sebastian Cabot, and Brian Keith on Family Affair (1970)Awards
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Robert Alba Keith, known professionally as Brian Keith, was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his six-decade career gained recognition for his work in films such as the Disney family film The Parent Trap (1961); Johnny Shiloh (1963); 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.
