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Robert Keith
Actor

Robert Keith

9 Feb 1898Born
22 Dec 1966Died
68Age at death
40Credits

Biography

Robert Keith (February 10, 1898 – December 22, 1966) was an American stage and film actor who appeared in several dozen films, mostly in the 1950s as a character actor.

He is noted for his performance as the weak-willed father in Fourteen Hours (1951), as a tough cop in Guys and Dolls (1955), and his performance in the 1953 film The Wild One, starring Marlon Brando, in which he played the ineffectual sheriff and father of Brando's love interest.

Keith also had a starring role in Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind.

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He had roles on television, including a role as Richard Kimble's father in The Fugitive and lead roles on episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Ten O'Clock Tiger") and The Twilight Zone ("The Masks").

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Known for

Filmography

  1. 1963The FugitiveSeries: Dr. John Kimble (1 episode)
  2. 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries: Doc (1 episode)
  3. 1961Duel of ChampionsFilm: Tullio King of Rome
  4. 1961Posse from HellFilm: Captain Jeremiah Brown
  5. 1960CimarronFilm: Sam Pegler
  6. 1959The Twilight ZoneSeries: Jason Foster (1 episode)
  7. 1959They Came to CorduraFilm: Col. Rogers
  8. 1958TempestFilm: Capt. Miranov
  9. 1958The LineupFilm: Julian
  10. 1957My Man GodfreyFilm: Alexander Bullock
  11. 1957Men in WarFilm: The Colonel
  12. 1956Between Heaven and HellFilm: Col. Cousins
  13. 1956Written on the WindFilm: Jasper Hadley
  14. 1956Ransom!Film: Police Chief Jim Backett
  15. 1955Guys and DollsFilm: Lt. Brannigan
  16. 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries: Arthur 'The Professor' Duffy (1 episode)
  17. 1955Love Me or Leave MeFilm: Bernard V. Loomis
  18. 1955Underwater!Film: Father Cannon
  19. 1954Young at HeartFilm: Gregory Tuttle
  20. 1954Drum BeatFilm: Bill Satterwhite
  21. 1954Atomic AttackFilm: Dr. Garson Lee
  22. 1953The Wild OneFilm: Sheriff Harry Bleeker
  23. 1953Devil's CanyonFilm: Steve Morgan
  24. 1953Small Town GirlFilm: Judge Gordon Kimbell
  25. 1953Battle CircusFilm: Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters
  26. 1952Somebody Loves MeFilm: Sam Doyle
  27. 1952Just Across the StreetFilm: Walter Medford
  28. 1951I Want YouFilm: Thomas Greer
  29. 1951Here Comes the GroomFilm: George Degnan
  30. 1951Fourteen HoursFilm: Paul E. Cosick
  31. 1950Woman on the RunFilm: Inspector Martin Ferris
  32. 1950BrandedFilm: T. Jefferson Leffingwell
  33. 1950Edge of DoomFilm: Lieutenant Mandel
  34. 1950The Reformer and the RedheadFilm: Tim Harveigh
  35. 1950My Foolish HeartFilm: Henry Winters
  36. 1948Studio OneSeries: Brutus (2 episodes)
  37. 1948The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries (1 episode)
  38. 1947Boomerang!Film: 'Mac' McCreery
  39. 1933The Shadow LaughsFilm: George Hackett
  40. 1930Abraham LincolnFilm: Union Courier (uncredited)

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