Brian Keith

Brian Keith

11/14/1921 – 6/24/1997Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

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.

Filmography (145 titles)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade8.0Movie

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Self (archive footage) · 2004

Follow Your Heart5.4Movie

Follow Your Heart

Roddy Thompson · 1999

The Second Civil War6.1Movie

The Second Civil War

General Buford · 1997

Rough Riders6.2Show

Rough Riders

President William McKinley · 1997

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story5.4Movie

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story

Cardinal · 1996

Pacific Blue5.4Show

Pacific Blue

Mac McNamara · 1996

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins5.1Movie

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

'Noble Hart' / Self · 1995

Picture Windows: Lightning2.0Movie

Picture Windows: Lightning

Tappan · 1995

The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.6.6Movie

The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.

Pete Morgan · 1995

Walking Thunder6.5Movie

Walking Thunder

Narrator · 1995

Cybill5.9Show

Cybill

Arthur Minnow · 1995

Spider-Man8.3Show

Spider-Man

Uncle Ben (voice) · 1994

Touched by an Angel7.2Show

Touched by an Angel

Leonard Pound · 1994

Duckman7.2Show

Duckman

Duckman's Father (voice) · 1994

Burke's Law6.8Show

Burke's Law

Norman Hope · 1994

Walker, Texas Ranger7.0Show

Walker, Texas Ranger

Del Forman · 1993

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine7.9Show

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Mullibok · 1993

Wind Dancer7.0Movie

Wind Dancer

Truman Richards · 1993

Walter & Emily8.0Show

Walter & Emily

Walter Collins · 1991

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw4.8Movie

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw

The Westerner · 1991

The Commish7.1Show

The Commish

1991

Lady in a Corner4.5Movie

Lady in a Corner

David Henderson · 1989

Welcome Home6.6Movie

Welcome Home

Harry Robins · 1989

Heartland6.8Show

Heartland

B.L. McCutcheon · 1989

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson7.0Movie

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson

Frank Wellman Sr. · 1989

After the Rain10.0Movie

After the Rain

Byron Monroe · 1988

Young Guns6.7Movie

Young Guns

Buckshot Roberts · 1988

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory6.1Movie

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

Colonel Davy Crockett · 1987

6.0Show

Pursuit of Happiness

1987

Death Before Dishonor4.8Movie

Death Before Dishonor

Col. Halloran · 1987