Brian Keith
Known for ActingBorn 1921-11-14 — died 1997-06-24Bayonne, 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.
Known for
The Parent Trap
1961 · as Mitch Evers
Young Guns
1988 · as Buckshot Roberts
Hooper
1978 · as Jocko Doyle
Fourteen Hours
1951 · as Extra (uncredited)
Sharky's Machine
1981 · as Papa
Nevada Smith
1966 · as Jonas Cord
Nightfall
1956 · as John
The Wind and the Lion
1975 · as Theodore Roosevelt
The Rare Breed
1966 · as Alexander Bowen
Savage Sam
1963 · as Uncle Beck Coates
The Yakuza
1974 · as George Tanner
The Violent Men
1955 · as Cole Wilkison
The Mountain Men
1980 · as Henry Frapp
The Hallelujah Trail
1965 · as Frank Wallingham
Meteor
1979 · as Dr. Dubov
Those Calloways
1964 · as Cam Calloway
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966 · as Police Chief Link Mattocks
Lady in a Corner
1989 · as David Henderson