Brian Keith

Actor

1921-11-14 – 1997-06-24 · Bayonne, 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.

• Young Guns (1988) — Buckshot Roberts
• The Parent Trap (1961) — Mitch Evers
• The Yakuza (1974) — George Tanner
• The Wind and the Lion (1975) — Theodore Roosevelt
• Nevada Smith (1966) — Jonas Cord
• Meteor (1979) — Dr. Dubov
• Hooper (1978) — Jocko Doyle
• Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) — Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
• The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966) — Police Chief Link Mattocks
• Sharky's Machine (1981) — Papa
• Nightfall (1956) — John
• The Hallelujah Trail (1965) — Frank Wallingham
• Boomerang! (1947) — Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)
• The Rare Breed (1966) — Alexander Bowen
• The Deadly Companions (1961) — Yellowleg
• The Mountain Men (1980) — Henry Frapp
• The Violent Men (1955) — Cole Wilkison
• Run of the Arrow (1957) — Captain Clark
• The Young Philadelphians (1959) — Mike Flanagan
• Nickelodeon (1976) — H.H. Cobb
• The Second Civil War (1997) — General Buford
• Fourteen Hours (1951) — Extra (uncredited)
• With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) — Jake Iverson
• 5 Against the House (1955) — Brick