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Howard Keel

Acting

Born April 13, 1919 · Gillespie, Illinois, U.S.

Died November 7, 2004

Also known as هاوارد کیل

Biography

Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), known professionally as Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer. He starred in many film musicals of the 1950s. He is best known to modern audiences for his starring role in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991, as Clayton Farlow, opposite Barbara Bel Geddes's character, but to an earlier generation, he was known as the star of some of the most famous MGM film musicals ever made, with a rich baritone singing voice. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Keel, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography29 titles

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Larry Thorson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

That's Entertainment!

1974as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1954as Brother Adam Pontipee

That's Entertainment! III

1994as Self - Co-Host / Narrator

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993as D. L. Dade

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976as (archive footage)

That's Dancing!

1985as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

Calamity Jane

1953as Wild Bill Hickok

Dallas

1978as Clayton Farlow

The War Wagon

1967as Levi Walking Bear

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Here's Lucy

1968as Stanley Livingston

Deep in My Heart

1954as Performer in My Maryland

Annie Get Your Gun

1950as Frank Butler

Kiss Me Kate

1953as Fred Graham, "Petruchio"

The Love Boat

1977as Duncan Harlow

Show Boat

1951as Gaylord Ravenal

Great Performances

1971as Self

The Day of the Triffids

1963as Bill Masen

Ride, Vaquero!

1953as King Cameron

Across the Wide Missouri

1951as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Desperate Search

1952as Vince Heldon

Three Guys Named Mike

1951as Mike Jamison

Kismet

1955as The Poet

Texas Carnival

1951as Slim Shelby

Pagan Love Song

1950as Hazard Endicott

Rose Marie

1954as Capt. Mike Malone

Arizona Bushwhackers

1968as Lee Travis