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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
1967
Nevada Smith
as Jonas Cord
1966
Picture Windows: Lightning
as Tappan
1995
The Hallelujah Trail
as Frank Wallingham
1965
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as Police Chief Link Mattocks
1966
Young Guns
as Buckshot Roberts
1988
Nightfall
as John
1956
Meteor
as Dr. Dubov
1979
Run of the Arrow
as Captain Clark
1957
The Yakuza
as George Tanner
1974
Sharky's Machine
as Papa
1981
Those Calloways
as Cam Calloway
1964
The Wind and the Lion
as Theodore Roosevelt
1975
The Young Philadelphians
as Mike Flanagan
1959
The Violent Men
as Cole Wilkison
1955
Arrowhead
as Capt. Bill North
1953
Appointment with a Shadow
as Lt. Spencer
1957
Death Before Dishonor
as Col. Halloran
1987
5 Against the House
as Brick
1955
Storm Center
as Paul Duncan
1956
TV Appearances
Duckman
as Duckman's Father (voice)
1994
The Great Adventure
as Henry Bergh
1963
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Milton Hardcastle
1983
Family Affair
as Bill Davis
1966
Spider-Man
as Uncle Ben (voice)
1994
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Andy Bastian
1963
Touched by an Angel
as Leonard Pound
1994
Cybill
as Arthur Minnow
1995
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Del Forman
1993
The Commish
1991
The Westerner
as Dave Blassingame
1960
Centennial
as Sheriff Axel Dumire
1978