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.
Awards & recognition
- Air Medal
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography50+ titles
Spider-Man
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Murder, She Wrote
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Young Philadelphians
The Fugitive
Touched by an Angel
Rawhide
The Commish
The Yakuza
Boomerang!
Wind Dancer
Walker, Texas Ranger
How the West Was Won
The Parent Trap
The Westerner
Nightfall
Fort Dobbs
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Young Guns
Nevada Smith
Family Affair
Laramie
Lux Video Theatre
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
Walking Thunder
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Hardcastle and McCormick
The Wind and the Lion
Reflections in a Golden Eye
The Virginian
Tight Spot
Scandalous John
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming
Those Calloways
The Violent Men
Tales of Tomorrow
Hooper
With Six You Get Eggroll
Sharky's Machine
The Rare Breed
Knute Rockne All American
Rough Riders
Nickelodeon
The Hallelujah Trail
Run of the Arrow
Arrowhead
Ten Who Dared