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.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Moon Pilot
1962
Desert Hell
1958
Storm Center
1956
Violent Road
1958
The Parent Trap
1961
Young Guns
1988
Hooper
1978
Nightfall
1956
Meteor
1979
Savage Sam
1963
The Deadly Companions
1961
Dino
1957
The McKenzie Break
1970
Nickelodeon
1976
The Rare Breed
1966
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Krakatoa, East of Java
1969
The Wind and the Lion
1975
Nevada Smith
1966
Sharky's Machine
1981
The Bamboo Prison
1954
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
Tight Spot
1955
Picture Windows: Lightning
1995
The Violent Men
1955
Boomerang!
1947
With Six You Get Eggroll
1968
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1987
The Mountain Men
1980
The Yakuza
1974
Fourteen Hours
1951
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
The Young Philadelphians
1959
Arrowhead
1953
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966
Those Calloways
1964
Something Big
1971
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991