Brian Keith
Biography
Brian 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
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Follow Your Heart
1999
as Roddy Thompson
The Second Civil War
1997
as General Buford
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
1996
as Cardinal
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
1995
as 'Noble Hart' / Self
Picture Windows: Lightning
1995
as Tappan
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
1995
as Pete Morgan
Walking Thunder
1995
as Narrator
Wind Dancer
1993
as Truman Richards
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
as The Westerner
Lady in a Corner
1989
as David Henderson
Welcome Home
1989
as Harry Robins
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
1989
as Frank Wellman Sr.
After the Rain
1988
as Byron Monroe
Young Guns
1988
as Buckshot Roberts
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1987
as Colonel Davy Crockett
Death Before Dishonor
1987
as Col. Halloran
- No poster
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
as Self (uncredited)
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
1986
as General Newmeyer
Cry for the Strangers
1982
as Chief Whalen
Sharky's Machine
1981
as Papa
- No poster
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981
as Self
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
as Police Chief Baxter
The Mountain Men
1980
as Henry Frapp