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.
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Known For
The Parent Trap
(1961)
Mitch Evers
Young Guns
(1988)
Buckshot Roberts
The Second Civil War
(1997)
Maj. Gen. Charles Buford
The Rare Breed
(1966)
Alexander Bowen
Nevada Smith
(1966)
Jonas Cord
The Violent Men
(1955)
Cole Wilkison
The Deadly Companions
(1961)
Yellowleg
Meteor
(1979)
Dr. Dubov
The Wind and the Lion
(1975)
Theodore Roosevelt
The Yakuza
(1974)
George Tanner
The Hallelujah Trail
(1965)
Frank Wallingham
Hooper
(1978)
Jocko Doyle
Sharky's Machine
(1981)
Papa
Tight Spot
(1955)
Vince Striker
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
(1966)
Police Chief Link Mattocks
Nickelodeon
(1976)
H.H. Cobb
Full Filmography
Acting
Knute Rockne All American
(1940)
Student at Train Station (uncredited)
Boomerang!
(1947)
Man in Mob Behind Courthouse
Fourteen Hours
(1951)
Extra (uncredited)
Arrowhead
(1953)
Capt. Bill North
The Bamboo Prison
(1954)
Cpl. Brady
Alaska Seas
(1954)
Jim Kimmerly
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
(1954)
Mike Hammer
Jivaro
(1954)
Tony
The Violent Men
(1955)
Cole Wilkison
Tight Spot
(1955)
Vince Striker
5 Against the House
(1955)
Brick
Nightfall
(1956)
John
Storm Center
(1956)
Paul Duncan
Hell Canyon Outlaws
(1957)
Happy Waters
Chicago Confidential
(1957)
Jim Fremont
Run of the Arrow
(1957)
Captain Clark
Dino
(1957)
Larry Sheridan
Appointment with a Shadow
(1957)
Lt. Spencer
Fort Dobbs
(1958)
Clett
Violent Road
(1958)
Mitch Barton
Villa!!
(1958)
Bill Harmon
Sierra Baron
(1958)
Jack McCrackin
Desert Hell
(1958)
Capt. Robert Edwards
The Young Philadelphians
(1959)
Mike Flanagan
Ten Who Dared
(1960)
William Dunn
The Parent Trap
(1961)
Mitch Evers
The Deadly Companions
(1961)
Yellowleg
Moon Pilot
(1962)
Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
The Raiders
(1963)
McElroy
Savage Sam
(1963)
Uncle Beck Coates
Johnny Shiloh
(1963)
Sergeant Gabe Trotter
The Tenderfoot
(1964)
Mose Carson
A Tiger Walks
(1964)
Sheriff Pete Williams
The Pleasure Seekers
(1964)
Paul Barton
Bristle Face
(1964)
Lue Swank
Those Calloways
(1965)
Cam Calloway
The Hallelujah Trail
(1965)
Frank Wallingham
The Rare Breed
(1966)
Alexander Bowen
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
(1966)
Police Chief Link Mattocks
Way... Way Out
(1966)
Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
Nevada Smith
(1966)
Jonas Cord
Reflections in a Golden Eye
(1967)
Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
With Six You Get Eggroll
(1968)
Jake Iverson
Krakatoa, East of Java
(1968)
Connerly
Gaily, Gaily
(1969)
Francis Sullivan
The McKenzie Break
(1970)
Captain Jack Connor
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
(1970)
Officer Michael M. Nace
Scandalous John
(1971)
John McCanless
Something Big
(1971)
Col. Morgan
Second Chance
(1972)
Geoff Smith
The Bull of the West
(1972)
Johnny Wade
The Yakuza
(1974)
George Tanner
The Wind and the Lion
(1975)
Theodore Roosevelt
The Lion Roars Again
(1975)
Self
Nickelodeon
(1976)
H.H. Cobb
Joe Panther
(1976)
Capt. Harper
The Loneliest Runner
(1976)
Arnold Curtis
The Quest
(1976)
Tank Logan
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
(1977)
Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
(1977)
Joe Quinlan
Hooper
(1978)
Jocko Doyle
Meteor
(1979)
Dr. Dubov
The Seekers
(1979)
Elijah Weatherby
The Mountain Men
(1980)
Henry Frapp
Power
(1980)
Charles Kandell
The Silent Lovers
(1980)
Mauritz Stiller
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
(1981)
Self
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
(1981)
Police Chief Baxter
Sharky's Machine
(1981)
Papa
Cry for the Strangers
(1982)
Chief Whalen
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
(1986)
General Newmeyer
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
(1987)
Colonel Davy Crockett
Death Before Dishonor
(1987)
Col. Halloran
Young Guns
(1988)
Buckshot Roberts
After the Rain
(1988)
Byron Monroe
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
(1989)
Frank Wellman Sr.
Lady in a Corner
(1989)
David Henderson
Welcome Home
(1989)
Harry Robins
Wind Dancer
(1993)
Truman Richards
Lightning
(1995)
Tappan
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
(1995)
Pete Morgan
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
(1996)
Cardinal
Walking Thunder
(1997)
Narrator
The Second Civil War
(1997)
Maj. Gen. Charles Buford
Follow Your Heart
(1999)
Roddy Thompson
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
(2004)
Self (archive footage)