Dennis O'Keefe
Biography
Dennis O'Keefe (March 29, 1908 – August 31, 1968) was an American actor. He was the son of Irish vaudevillians working in the United States. As a small child he joined his parents' act and later wrote skits for the stage.
O'Keefe started in films as an extra in the early 1930s. After a small but impressive role in Saratoga, Clark Gable recommended O'Keefe to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which signed him to a contract in 1937. His film roles were bigger after that, starting with The Bad Man of Brimstone and Burn 'Em Up O'Connor.
O'Keefe left MGM around 1940 but continued to work in mostly lower budget productions. In the 1950s he did some directing, wrote mystery stories and by the mid-1950s found work on television shows such as Justice, The Martha Raye Show, The Ford Show as well as his own series The Dennis O'Keefe Show.
Filmography
The Naked Flame
1964
as Paul Ashley
All Hands on Deck
1961
as Brian O'Gara
Sail Into Danger
1957
as Steve Ryman
Dragoon Wells Massacre
1957
as Capt. Matt Riordan
Lady of Vengeance
1957
as William T. Marshall
Confession
1956
as Ben Birch
Inside Detroit
1955
as Blair Vickers
Chicago Syndicate
1955
as Barry Amsterdam
Las Vegas Shakedown
1955
as Joe Barnes
Angela
1954
as Steve Catlett
Drums of Tahiti
1954
as Mike Macklin
The Diamond Wizard
1954
as Joe Dennison
The Fake
1953
as Paul Mitchell
The Lady Wants Mink
1953
as Jim Connors
Everything I Have Is Yours
1952
as Alec Tacksbury
One Big Affair
1952
as Jimmy Donovan
Passage West
1951
as Jacob Karns
Follow the Sun
1951
as Chuck Williams
The Company She Keeps
1951
as Larry
Woman on the Run
1950
as Dan Legget
The Eagle and the Hawk
1950
as Whitney Randolph
Abandoned
1949
as Mark Sitko
The Great Dan Patch
1949
as David Palmer
Cover Up
1949
as Sam Donovan