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Brian Keith
Known for: ActingBrian 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.
Filmography 58
Family Affair
as Bill Davis 
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Milton Hardcastle 
Centennial
as Sheriff Axel Dumire 
Young Guns
as Buckshot Roberts 
The Parent Trap
as Mitch Evers 
The Westerner
as Dave Blassingame 
Nevada Smith
as Jonas Cord 
Hooper
as Jocko Doyle 
The Yakuza
as George Tanner 
The Young Philadelphians
as Mike Flanagan 
Sharky's Machine
as Papa 
The Wind and the Lion
as Theodore Roosevelt 
The Mountain Men
as Henry Frapp 
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as Police Chief Link Mattocks 
Run of the Arrow
as Captain Clark 
Those Calloways
as Cam Calloway 
The Raiders
as McElroy 
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon 
Krakatoa, East of Java
as Connerly 
The Hallelujah Trail
as Frank Wallingham 
Meteor
as Dr. Dubov 
5 Against the House
as Brick 
The Second Civil War
as General Buford 
The Rare Breed
as Alexander Bowen 
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
as Police Chief Baxter 
Nickelodeon
as H.H. Cobb 
With Six You Get Eggroll
as Jake Iverson 
Something Big
as Col. Morgan 
Moon Pilot
as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman 
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
as General Newmeyer 
The Violent Men
as Cole Wilkison 
The Deadly Companions
as Yellowleg 
The McKenzie Break
as Captain Jack Connor 
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
as Colonel Davy Crockett 
Savage Sam
as Uncle Beck Coates 
Ten Who Dared
as William Dunn 
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
as Frank Wellman Sr. 
Arrowhead
as Capt. Bill North 
Tight Spot
as Vince Striker 
Boomerang!
as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited) 
Walking Thunder
as Narrator 
Storm Center
as Paul Duncan 
The Bull of the West
as Johnny Wade 
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
as The Westerner 
Lady in a Corner
as David Henderson 
Way... Way Out
as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby 
Appointment with a Shadow
as Lt. Spencer 
Chicago Confidential
as Jim Fremont 
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
as Cardinal 
Death Before Dishonor
as Col. Halloran 
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
as Pete Morgan 
Fort Dobbs
as Clett 
Jivaro
as Tony 
The Quest
as Tank Logan 
Scandalous John
as John McCanless 
Wind Dancer
as Truman Richards 
Follow Your Heart
as Roddy Thompson 
Sierra Baron
as Jack McCrackin