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Robert Keith

Robert Keith

Known for: Acting

Born 09/02/1898
Died 1966-12-22
Place of birth Fowler, Indiana, USA

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.

Filmography

The Fugitive Series ★ 7,3

The Fugitive

Dr. John Kimble

1963

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Series ★ 7,8

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Doc

1962

The Philco Television Playhouse Series ★ 6,6

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

The Twilight Zone Series ★ 8,5

The Twilight Zone

Jason Foster

1959

Studio One Series ★ 5,4

Studio One

Brutus

1948

Studio One Series ★ 5,4

Studio One

1948

Alfred Hitchcock Presents Series ★ 7,8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Arthur 'The Professor' Duffy

1955

MGM Parade Series ★ 9,0

MGM Parade

Self

1955

Cimarron Film ★ 6,1

Cimarron

Sam Pegler

1960

The Wild One Film ★ 6,6

The Wild One

Sheriff Harry Bleeker

1953

Guys and Dolls Film ★ 6,5

Guys and Dolls

Lt. Brannigan

1955

My Man Godfrey Film ★ 6,5

My Man Godfrey

Alexander Bullock

1957

Written on the Wind Film ★ 7,0

Written on the Wind

Jasper Hadley

1956

Boomerang! Film ★ 7,1

Boomerang!

'Mac' McCreery

1947

Devil's Canyon Film ★ 5,0

Devil's Canyon

Steve Morgan

1953

Drum Beat Film ★ 6,1

Drum Beat

Bill Satterwhite

1954

Men in War Film ★ 6,7

Men in War

The Colonel

1957

Abraham Lincoln Film ★ 5,5

Abraham Lincoln

Union Courier (uncredited)

1930

Between Heaven and Hell Film ★ 6,2

Between Heaven and Hell

Col. Cousins

1956

Posse from Hell Film ★ 6,2

Posse from Hell

Captain Jeremiah Brown

1961

They Came to Cordura Film ★ 6,6

They Came to Cordura

Col. Rogers

1959

Battle Circus Film ★ 6,0

Battle Circus

Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters

1953

Branded Film ★ 6,2

Branded

T. Jefferson Leffingwell

1950

Woman on the Run Film ★ 6,8

Woman on the Run

Inspector Martin Ferris

1950

Love Me or Leave Me Film ★ 6,9

Love Me or Leave Me

Bernard V. Loomis

1955

Fourteen Hours Film ★ 7,3

Fourteen Hours

Paul E. Cosick

1951

Ransom! Film ★ 7,2

Ransom!

Police Chief Jim Backett

1956

Young at Heart Film ★ 6,0

Young at Heart

Gregory Tuttle

1954

Tempest Film ★ 6,5

Tempest

Capt. Miranov

1958

Underwater! Film ★ 5,5

Underwater!

Father Cannon

1955

Here Comes the Groom Film ★ 5,4

Here Comes the Groom

George Degnan

1951

Small Town Girl Film ★ 5,6

Small Town Girl

Judge Gordon Kimbell

1953

Just Across the Street Film ★ 4,5

Just Across the Street

Walter Medford

1952

Atomic Attack Film ★ 7,5

Atomic Attack

Dr. Garson Lee

1954

My Foolish Heart Film ★ 6,6

My Foolish Heart

Henry Winters

1950

Duel of Champions Film ★ 5,6

Duel of Champions

Tullio King of Rome

1961

The Lineup Film ★ 7,1

The Lineup

Julian

1958

The Reformer and the Redhead Film ★ 7,6

The Reformer and the Redhead

Tim Harveigh

1950

I Want You Film ★ 5,3

I Want You

Thomas Greer

1951

Edge of Doom Film ★ 6,1

Edge of Doom

Mandel

1950

The Shadow Laughs Film ★ 5,5

The Shadow Laughs

George Hackett

1933

Somebody Loves Me Film ★ 8,8

Somebody Loves Me

Sam Doyle

1952