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Actor
Robert Keith
- Born February 9, 1898 in Fowler, Indiana, USA
- Died December 22, 1966
Robert Keith (February 10, 1898 – December 22, 1966) was an American stage and film actor who appeared in several dozen films, mostly in the 1950s as a character actor. He is noted for his performance as the weak-willed father in Fourteen Hours (1951), as a tough cop in Guys and Dolls (1955), and his performance in the 1953 film The Wild One, starring Marlon Brando, in which he played the ineffectual sheriff and father of Brando's love interest.
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Keith also had a starring role in Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind. He had roles on television, including a role as Richard Kimble's father in The Fugitive and lead roles on episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Ten O'Clock Tiger") and The Twilight Zone ("The Masks"). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Keith (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Twilight Zone1959
The Wild One1953
Written on the Wind1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955
Guys and Dolls1955
Woman on the Run1950
The Lineup1958
Boomerang!1947
Filmography
- 1963The FugitiveSeriesDr. John Kimble
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeriesDoc
- 1961Posse from HellFilmCaptain Jeremiah Brown
- 1961Duel of ChampionsFilmTullio King of Rome
- 1960CimarronFilmSam Pegler
- 1959The Twilight ZoneSeriesJason Foster
- 1959They Came to CorduraFilmCol. Rogers
- 1958The LineupFilmJulian
- 1958TempestFilmCapt. Miranov
- 1957Men in WarFilmThe Colonel
- 1957My Man GodfreyFilmAlexander Bullock
- 1956Written on the WindFilmJasper Hadley
- 1956Ransom!FilmPolice Chief Jim Backett
- 1956Between Heaven and HellFilmCol. Cousins
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeriesArthur 'The Professor' Duffy
- 1955Guys and DollsFilmLt. Brannigan
- 1955Love Me or Leave MeFilmBernard V. Loomis
- 1955Underwater!FilmFather Cannon
- 1955MGM ParadeSeriesSelf
- 1954Young at HeartFilmGregory Tuttle
- 1954Drum BeatFilmBill Satterwhite
- 1954Atomic AttackFilmDr. Garson Lee
- 1953The Wild OneFilmSheriff Harry Bleeker
- 1953Battle CircusFilmLieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters
- 1953Small Town GirlFilmJudge Gordon Kimbell
- 1953Devil's CanyonFilmSteve Morgan
- 1952Somebody Loves MeFilmSam Doyle
- 1952Just Across the StreetFilmWalter Medford
- 1951Fourteen HoursFilmPaul E. Cosick
- 1951Here Comes the GroomFilmGeorge Degnan
- 1951I Want YouFilmThomas Greer
- 1950Woman on the RunFilmInspector Martin Ferris
- 1950BrandedFilmT. Jefferson Leffingwell
- 1950Edge of DoomFilmLieutenant Mandel
- 1950My Foolish HeartFilmHenry Winters
- 1950The Reformer and the RedheadFilmTim Harveigh
- 1948Studio OneSeriesBrutus
- 1948The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries
- 1947Boomerang!Film'Mac' McCreery
- 1933The Shadow LaughsFilmGeorge Hackett
- 1932The Unexpected FatherFilmAdditional Dialogue
- 1930Abraham LincolnFilmUnion Courier (uncredited)