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Brian Keith

Brian Keith (November 14, 1921 - June 24, 1997) was an American stage, film and television actor.

Biographical Information

Brian Keith was born Robert Keith Richey, Jr. in Bayonne, New Jersey to actor Robert Keith and stage actress Helena Shipman (born in Aberdeen, Washington). He made his acting debut in a silent film, Pied Piper Malone (1924). After high school, he joined the U.S. Marines (1942-1945) where he served during World War II as an aerial gunner and received an Air Medal. After the war, he became a stage actor, branching into television and films in the late 1940s. During the later part of his life he suffered from emphysema and lung cancer. He was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on June 24, 1997, just two months after his daughter had committed suicide. He is buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California.

Career

Keith was a strong and capable actor who spent many years playing second leads and gruff sidekicks, He may be best known for his role as "Uncle Bill" on the television series Family Affair (1966-1971). [1]

On the Stage (Partial List)

  • Da (199?)
  • Darkness at Noon (1951)
  • Mister Roberts (1948)
  • Heyday (1946)

On Television

Keith worked steadily in television from the 1950s until the end of his life and made numerous guest appearances. Series in which he had a starring role are listed here.

  • Walter and Emily (NBC, 1991-1992)
  • Heartland (CBS, 1989)
  • Pursuit of Happiness (ABC, 1987)
  • Hardcastle and McCormick (ABC, 1983-1986)
  • Archer (NBC, 1975)
  • The Brian Keith Show (NBC, 1972-1974)
  • Family Affair (CBS, 1966-1971)
  • The Westerner (NBC, 1960)
  • The Crusader (CBS, 1955-1956)

In Film

  • FollowYour Heart (1998)
  • Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996)
  • Under a Killing Moon (1994)
  • Wind Dancer (1993)
  • After the Rain (1990)
  • Welcome Home (1989)
  • Young Guns (1988)
  • Death Before Dishonor (1987)
  • Sharkey's Machine (1981)
  • Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
  • The Mountain Men (1980)
  • Meteor (1979)
  • Hooper (1978)
  • Nickelodeon (1976)
  • Joe Panther (1976)
  • The Wind and the Lion (1975)
  • The Yakuza (1975)
  • Scandalous John (1971)
  • Something Big (1971)
  • The MacKenzie Break (1970)
  • Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970)
  • Gaily, Gaily (1969)
  • Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)
  • With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
  • Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
  • Way… Way Out (1966)
  • Nevada Smith (1966)
  • The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
  • The Rare Breed (1966)
  • The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
  • Those Calloways (1965)
  • The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
  • The Raiders (1964)
  • A Tiger Walks (1964)
  • Savage Sam (1963)
  • Moon Pilot (1962)
  • The Deadly Companions (1961)
  • The Parent Trap (1961)
  • Ten Who Dared (1960)
  • The Young Philadelphians (1959)
  • Appointment with a Shadow (1959)
  • Villa! (1958)
  • Violent Road (1958)
  • Sierra Baron (1958)
  • Desert Hell (1958)
  • Fort Dobbs (1958)
  • Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957)
  • Chicago Confidential (1957)
  • Run of the Arrow (1957)
  • Dino (1957)
  • Nightfall (1957)
  • Storm Center (1956)
  • 5 Against the House (1955)
  • Tight Spot (1955)
  • The Violent Men (1955)
  • The Bamboo Prison (1954)
  • Jivaro (1954)
  • Alaska Seas (1954)
  • Arrowhead (1953)
  • The Other Kind of Love (1924)
  • Pied Piper Malone (1924)

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Series in which he had a starring role are listed here. Lukas has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6841 Hollywood Blvd. Keith worked steadily in television from the 1950s until the end of his life and made numerous guest appearances. The remainder of his career moved from Hollywood to the stage to television. He died in Tangier, Morocco. [1]. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role. Keith was a strong and capable actor who spent many years playing second leads and gruff sidekicks, He may be best known for his role as "Uncle Bill" on the television series Family Affair (1966-1971). He was very busy in the 1930s, but his major role came in 1943's Watch on the Rhine, when he played a man blackmailed to work for the Nazis (he had played the same role on Broadway).

He is buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California. Born Lukács Pál in Budapest, he arrived in Hollywood in 1927 after a successful stage career in Hungary and Austria. He was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on June 24, 1997, just two months after his daughter had committed suicide. Paul Lukas (May 26, 1887 - August 15, 1971) was a Hungarian actor. During the later part of his life he suffered from emphysema and lung cancer. After the war, he became a stage actor, branching into television and films in the late 1940s.

Marines (1942-1945) where he served during World War II as an aerial gunner and received an Air Medal. After high school, he joined the U.S. He made his acting debut in a silent film, Pied Piper Malone (1924). in Bayonne, New Jersey to actor Robert Keith and stage actress Helena Shipman (born in Aberdeen, Washington).

Brian Keith was born Robert Keith Richey, Jr. Brian Keith (November 14, 1921 - June 24, 1997) was an American stage, film and television actor. Pied Piper Malone (1924). The Other Kind of Love (1924).

Arrowhead (1953). Alaska Seas (1954). Jivaro (1954). The Bamboo Prison (1954).

The Violent Men (1955). Tight Spot (1955). 5 Against the House (1955). Storm Center (1956).

Nightfall (1957). Dino (1957). Run of the Arrow (1957). Chicago Confidential (1957).

Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957). Fort Dobbs (1958). Desert Hell (1958). Sierra Baron (1958).

Violent Road (1958). Villa! (1958). Appointment with a Shadow (1959). The Young Philadelphians (1959).

Ten Who Dared (1960). The Parent Trap (1961). The Deadly Companions (1961). Moon Pilot (1962).

Savage Sam (1963). A Tiger Walks (1964). The Raiders (1964). The Pleasure Seekers (1964).

Those Calloways (1965). The Hallelujah Trail (1965). The Rare Breed (1966). The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966).

Nevada Smith (1966). Way… Way Out (1966). Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967). With Six You Get Eggroll (1968).

Krakatoa, East of Java (1969). Gaily, Gaily (1969). Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970). The MacKenzie Break (1970).

Something Big (1971). Scandalous John (1971). The Yakuza (1975). The Wind and the Lion (1975).

Joe Panther (1976). Nickelodeon (1976). Hooper (1978). Meteor (1979).

The Mountain Men (1980). Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981). Sharkey's Machine (1981). Death Before Dishonor (1987).

Young Guns (1988). Welcome Home (1989). After the Rain (1990). Wind Dancer (1993).

Under a Killing Moon (1994). Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996). FollowYour Heart (1998). The Crusader (CBS, 1955-1956).

The Westerner (NBC, 1960). Family Affair (CBS, 1966-1971). The Brian Keith Show (NBC, 1972-1974). Archer (NBC, 1975).

Hardcastle and McCormick (ABC, 1983-1986). Pursuit of Happiness (ABC, 1987). Heartland (CBS, 1989). Walter and Emily (NBC, 1991-1992).

Heyday (1946). Mister Roberts (1948). Darkness at Noon (1951). Da (199?).