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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
+12
as Bill Davis 
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Milton Hardcastle 
Centennial
as Sheriff Axel Dumire 
Young Guns
+6
as Buckshot Roberts 
The Westerner
+5
as Dave Blassingame 
The Parent Trap
+3
as Mitch Evers 
Hooper
+6
as Jocko Doyle 
The Yakuza
+2
as George Tanner 
The Young Philadelphians
+3
as Mike Flanagan 
Sharky's Machine
+3
as Papa 
The Wind and the Lion
+3
as Theodore Roosevelt 
The Mountain Men
+5
as Henry Frapp 
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
+12
as Police Chief Link Mattocks 
Run of the Arrow
+2
as Captain Clark 
Nevada Smith
+2
as Jonas Cord 
Those Calloways
+3
as Cam Calloway 
Reflections in a Golden Eye
+2
as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon 
Krakatoa, East of Java
+1
as Connerly 
The Hallelujah Trail
+10
as Frank Wallingham 
Meteor
+6
as Dr. Dubov 
5 Against the House
as Brick 
The Second Civil War
+1
as General Buford 
The Rare Breed
+2
as Alexander Bowen 
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
as Police Chief Baxter 
Nickelodeon
+3
as H.H. Cobb 
With Six You Get Eggroll
as Jake Iverson 
Something Big
+5
as Col. Morgan 
Moon Pilot
+2
as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman 
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
as General Newmeyer 
The Violent Men
+4
as Cole Wilkison 
The Deadly Companions
+29
as Yellowleg 
The McKenzie Break
+12
as Captain Jack Connor 
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
+4
as Colonel Davy Crockett 
Savage Sam
+2
as Uncle Beck Coates 
Ten Who Dared
+2
as William Dunn 
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
as Frank Wellman Sr. 
Arrowhead
+3
as Capt. Bill North 
Tight Spot
as Vince Striker 
The Raiders
+2
as McElroy 
Boomerang!
+2
as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited) 
Storm Center
as Paul Duncan 
The Bull of the West
as Johnny Wade 
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
+4
as The Westerner 
Lady in a Corner
+3
as David Henderson 
Way... Way Out
+2
as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby 
Appointment with a Shadow
+2
as Lt. Spencer 
Walking Thunder
+6
as Narrator 
Chicago Confidential
as Jim Fremont 
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
+5
as Cardinal 
Death Before Dishonor
+2
as Col. Halloran 
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
+4
as Pete Morgan 
Fort Dobbs
+2
as Clett 
Jivaro
+2
as Tony 
The Quest
as Tank Logan 
Scandalous John
+2
as John McCanless 
Wind Dancer
+3
as Truman Richards 
Follow Your Heart
+2
as Roddy Thompson 
Sierra Baron
as Jack McCrackin