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Robert Keith

Acting
Known For

68 Years Old

Robert Keith (February 10, 1898 – December 22, 1966) was an American stage and film actor who appeared in several dozen films, mostly in the 1950s as a character actor. He is noted for his performance as the weak-willed father in Fourteen Hours (1951), as a tough cop in Guys and Dolls (1955), and his performance in the 1953 film The Wild One, starring Marlon Brando, in which he played the ineffectual sheriff and father of Brando's love interest. Keith also had a starring role in Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind. He had roles on television, including a role as Richard Kimble's father in The Fugitive and lead roles on episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Ten O'Clock Tiger") and The Twilight Zone ("The Masks"). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Keith (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Fowler, Indiana, USA on 9th February 1898

Died

22nd December 1966

All Credits

Studio One Image
Studio One
Studio One Image
Studio One
Brutus
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The Twilight Zone
Jason Foster
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Image
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Doc
The Philco Television Playhouse Image
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Fugitive Image
The Fugitive
Dr. John Kimble
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Image
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Arthur 'The Professor' Duffy
Guys and Dolls Image
Guys and Dolls
Lt. Brannigan
Underwater! Image
Underwater!
Father Cannon
The Wild One Image
The Wild One
Sheriff Harry Bleeker
Written on the Wind Image
Written on the Wind
Jasper Hadley
Cimarron Image
Cimarron
Sam Pegler
Branded Image
Branded
T. Jefferson Leffingwell
The Lineup Image
The Lineup
Julian
They Came to Cordura Image
They Came to Cordura
Col. Rogers
Boomerang! Image
Boomerang!
'Mac' McCreery
Abraham Lincoln Image
Abraham Lincoln
Union Courier (uncredited)
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Devil's Canyon
Steve Morgan
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Woman on the Run
Inspector Martin Ferris
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Men in War
The Colonel
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Love Me or Leave Me
Bernard V. Loomis
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Posse from Hell
Captain Jeremiah Brown
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Small Town Girl
Judge Gordon Kimbell
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My Man Godfrey
Alexander Bullock
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Drum Beat
Bill Satterwhite
Here Comes the Groom Image
Here Comes the Groom
George Degnan
Between Heaven and Hell Image
Between Heaven and Hell
Col. Cousins
Tempest Image
Tempest
Capt. Miranov
Battle Circus Image
Battle Circus
Le Lieutenant-Colonel Hillary Whalters
The Reformer and the Redhead Image
The Reformer and the Redhead
Tim Harveigh
Fourteen Hours Image
Fourteen Hours
Paul E. Cosick
Young at Heart Image
Young at Heart
Gregory Tuttle
Edge of Doom Image
Edge of Doom
Mandel
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Duel of Champions
Tullio King of Rome
Ransom! Image
Ransom!
Police Chief Jim Backett
My Foolish Heart Image
My Foolish Heart
Henry Winters
I Want You Image
I Want You
Thomas Greer
Somebody Loves Me Image
Somebody Loves Me
Sam Doyle
Atomic Attack Image
Atomic Attack
Dr. Garson Lee
Just Across the Street Image
Just Across the Street
Walter Medford
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The Shadow Laughs
George Hackett