Tom Keene
American actor (1896-1963) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 66
Tom Keene was an American actor known mostly for his roles in B Westerns. During his almost 40-year career in motion pictures Tom Keene worked under three different names. From 1923, when he made his first picture, until 1930 he worked under his birth name, George Duryea.
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Plan 9 from Outer SpaceFilm, Col. Tom Edwards1955
Buffalo Bill Jr.Series
Sergeant Preston of the YukonSeries, 1955
Dig That UraniumFilm, 1955(as Richard Powers) Henchman Frank1952
The Abbott and Costello ShowSeries, Joe
Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson KidFilm, 1952The Tucson Kid1951
Home Town StoryFilm, Abbott (uncredited)1949
Brothers in the SaddleFilm, Nash Prescott1948
Berlin ExpressFilm, Major1946
San QuentinFilm, Hal Schaeffer1945
Dangerous IntruderFilm, Curtis1942
Arizona Round-UpFilm, Tom Kenyon1936
Desert GoldFilm, Randolph Gale1933
Scarlet RiverFilm, Tom Baxter1931
Suicide FleetFilm, James Keene (uncredited)1929
Tide of EmpireFilm, Dermod D'Arcy1928
The Godless GirlFilm, Bob Hathaway1896Born30 December 1896Known for
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Crossfire 1947
Our Daily Bread 1934
Berlin Express 1948
Blood on the Moon 1948
Plan 9 from Outer Space 1957
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David O. Selznick Produced Beyond the Rockies and Scarlet River
Robert F. Hill Directed Sundown Trail and Come on Danger!
William LeBaron Produced Partners and The Saddle Buster
Max Steiner Wrote Scarlet River and Renegades of the West
Robert Bray Also in Blood on the Moon and Indian Agent
Reginald LeBorg Directed Jungle Woman and San Diego, I Love You
Ed Wood Directed Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
Tom Tyler Also in Trail of Robin Hood (1950)
Irvin Willat Directed Old Louisiana and Under Strange Flags
Otto Brower Directed Cross Fire and Scarlet River
Arthur Lange Wrote Freighters of Destiny and Sundown Trail
Howard Higgin Directed Battle of Greed and Raw Timber
Ray Taylor Directed Drums of Destiny and Raw Timber
Robert Ryan Also in Crossfire and Berlin Express
Jacqueline White Also in Crossfire and Seven Keys to Baldpate
Roy Webb Wrote Crossfire and Blood on the Moon
Frank McDonald Directed Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
Robert Emmett Tansey Directed Western Mail (1942)
Lex Barker Also in Crossfire and Return of the Bad Men
Robert Clarke Also in San Quentin and Return of the Bad Men
Rita Hayworth Also in Rebellion and Old Louisiana
Robert Mitchum Also in Crossfire and Blood on the Moon
Cecil B. DeMille Produced The Godless Girl (1929)
Zane Grey Wrote Desert Gold and Drift Fence
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The last film he made under this name was Pardon My Gun. Beginning with the 1930 film Tol'able David, he used Tom Keene as his moniker. This name he used until 1944 when he changed it to Richard Powers. The first film he used this name in was Up in Arms. He continued to primarily use this name for the rest of his film career, though still used Tom Keene on occasion.
