Brian Keith

Actor · 1921–1997 · Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

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Highest rated as cast or director

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

1966

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.

Acted in 132

1990s

1999
Follow Your Heart
Roddy Thompson
1997
The Second Civil War
General Buford
64
Rough Riders
President William McKinley · 2 episodes
1996
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Cardinal
Pacific Blue
Mac McNamara · 1 episode
55
1995
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
'Noble Hart' / Self
Picture Windows: Lightning
Tappan
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
Pete Morgan
Cybill
Arthur Minnow · 1 episode
66
1994
Spider-Man
Uncle Ben (voice) · 2 episodes
84
Touched by an Angel
Leonard Pound · 1 episode
65
Duckman
Duckman's Father (voice) · 1 episode
76
Burke's Law
Norman Hope · 1 episode
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
Del Forman · 1 episode
61
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Mullibok · 1 episode
80
Wind Dancer
Truman Richards
1991
Walter & Emily
Walter Collins · 13 episodes
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
The Westerner
60
The Commish
TV · 5 Seasons · Drama · Comedy
71

1980s

1989
Lady in a Corner
David Henderson
Welcome Home
Harry Robins
Heartland
B.L. McCutcheon · 10 episodes
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
Frank Wellman Sr.
1988
The Passage
Byron Monroe
Young Guns
Buckshot Roberts
59
1987
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Colonel Davy Crockett
61
Death Before Dishonor
Col. Halloran
1986
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
General Newmeyer
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Caleb McCallum · 1 episode
74
1983
Hardcastle and McCormick
Milton Hardcastle · 67 episodes
66
1982
Cry for the Strangers
Chief Whalen
World War III
Secretary General Gorny · 2 episodes
1981
Sharky's Machine
Papa
66
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Police Chief Baxter
1980
The Mountain Men
Henry Frapp
52
The Silent Lovers
Mauritz Stiller
Power
Charles Kandell · 2 episodes

1970s

1979
Meteor
Dr. Dubov
37
The Seekers
Elijah Weatherby · 2 episodes
The Chisholms
Andrew Blake · 1 episode
1978
Centennial
Sheriff Axel Dumire · 12 episodes
81
Hooper
Jocko Doyle
64
1977
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
Joe Quinlan
How the West Was Won
General Stonecipher · 2 episodes
79
1976
Nickelodeon
H.H. Cobb
The Loneliest Runner
Arnold Curtis
The Quest
Tank Logan
The Quest
Tank Logan · 16 episodes
1975
The Wind and the Lion
Theodore Roosevelt
66
Archer
Lew Archer · 6 episodes
1974
The Yakuza
George Tanner
66
The Zoo Gang
Stephen "The Fox" Halliday · 6 episodes
1972
The Brian Keith Show
Dr. Sean Jamison · 48 episodes
The Bull of the West
Johnny Wade
Second Chance
Geoff Smith
1971
Something Big
Col. Morgan
41
Scandalous John
John McCanless
1970
The McKenzie Break
Captain Jack Connor
63
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Officer Michael M. Nace