8.3
TV
Acting
Brian Keith
- Born
- Died
- (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
- Credits
- 145 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
8.3
TV
6.7
Movie
Young Guns
7.9
TV
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
7.0
TV
Walker, Texas Ranger
7.5
TV
Murder, She Wrote
7.0
Movie
The Parent Trap
7.8
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.1
Movie
The Yakuza
6.5
Movie
The Wind and the Lion
6.7
Movie
Nevada Smith
7.2
TV
Touched by an Angel
5.2
Movie
Meteor
6.3
Movie
Hooper
6.5
Movie
Reflections in a Golden Eye
6.5
Movie
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
8.0
TV
The Untouchables
6.2
Movie
Sharky's Machine
6.9
Movie
Nightfall
Acting credits 145
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Follow Your Heart Film | Roddy Thompson |
| 1997 | The Second Civil War Film | General Buford |
| 1997 | Rough Riders TV | President William McKinley (2 ep) |
| 1996 | Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story Film | Cardinal |
| 1996 | Pacific Blue TV | Mac McNamara (1 ep) |
| 1995 | National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins Film | 'Noble Hart' / Self |
| 1995 | Picture Windows: Lightning Film | Tappan |
| 1995 | The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. Film | Pete Morgan |
| 1995 | Walking Thunder Film | Narrator |
| 1995 | Cybill TV | Arthur Minnow (1 ep) |
| 1994 | Spider-Man TV | Uncle Ben (voice) (2 ep) |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel TV | Leonard Pound (1 ep) |
| 1994 | Duckman TV | Duckman's Father (voice) (1 ep) |
| 1994 | Burke's Law TV | Norman Hope (1 ep) |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger TV | Del Forman (1 ep) |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine TV | Mullibok (1 ep) |
| 1993 | Wind Dancer Film | Truman Richards |
| 1991 | Walter & Emily TV | Walter Collins (13 ep) |
| 1991 | The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw Film | The Westerner |
| 1991 | The Commish TV | (1 ep) |
| 1989 | Lady in a Corner Film | David Henderson |
| 1989 | Welcome Home Film | Harry Robins |
| 1989 | Heartland TV | B.L. McCutcheon (10 ep) |
| 1989 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson Film | Frank Wellman Sr. |
| 1988 | The Passage Film | Byron Monroe |
| 1988 | Young Guns Film | Buckshot Roberts |
| 1987 | The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory Film | Colonel Davy Crockett |
| 1987 | Pursuit of Happiness TV | (10 ep) |
| 1987 | Death Before Dishonor Film | Col. Halloran |
| 1986 | All Star Party for Clint Eastwood Film | Self (uncredited) |
| 1986 | The B.R.A.T. Patrol Film | General Newmeyer |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote TV | Caleb McCallum (1 ep) |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick TV | Milton Hardcastle (67 ep) |
| 1982 | Cry for the Strangers Film | Chief Whalen |
| 1982 | World War III TV | Secretary General Gorny (2 ep) |
| 1981 | Sharky's Machine Film | Papa |
| 1981 | All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds Film | Self |
| 1981 | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen Film | Police Chief Baxter |
| 1980 | The Mountain Men Film | Henry Frapp |
| 1980 | The Silent Lovers Film | Mauritz Stiller |
| 1980 | Power TV | Charles Kandell (2 ep) |
| 1979 | Meteor Film | Dr. Dubov |
| 1979 | The Seekers TV | Elijah Weatherby (2 ep) |
| 1979 | The Chisholms TV | Andrew Blake (1 ep) |
| 1978 | Centennial TV | Sheriff Axel Dumire (12 ep) |
| 1978 | Hooper Film | Jocko Doyle |
| 1977 | The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer Film | Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney |
| 1977 | In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan Film | Joe Quinlan |
| 1977 | How the West Was Won TV | General Stonecipher (2 ep) |
| 1976 | Nickelodeon Film | H.H. Cobb |
| 1976 | The Loneliest Runner Film | Arnold Curtis |
| 1976 | Joe Panther Film | Capt. Harper |
| 1976 | The Quest Film | Tank Logan |
| 1976 | The Quest TV | Tank Logan (16 ep) |
| 1975 | The Wind and the Lion Film | Theodore Roosevelt |
| 1975 | Archer TV | Lew Archer (6 ep) |
| 1975 | The Lion Roars Again Film | Self |
| 1974 | The Yakuza Film | George Tanner |
| 1974 | The Zoo Gang TV | Stephen "The Fox" Halliday (6 ep) |
Crew credits 1
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | The Brian Keith Show TV | Director (1 ep) |