Howard Keel
Known for: Acting
Howard Keel (born Harold Clifford Keel; April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004) was an American actor and singer. He starred in many film musicals of the 1950s. He is best known to modern audiences for his starring role in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991, as Clayton Farlow, opposite Barbara Bel Geddes's character, but to an earlier generation, he was known as the star of some of the most famous MGM film musicals ever made, with a rich baritone singing voice.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
The Love Boat
Duncan Harlow
1977
Series
Dallas
Clayton Farlow
1978
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Larry Thorson
1984
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Walker, Texas Ranger
D. L. Dade
1993
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Will Gorman
1956
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Run for Your Life
Hardie Rankin
1965
Series
Here's Lucy
Stanley Livingston
1968
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
MGM Parade
Self
1955
Series
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959
Series
Legends
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
Series
Legends
Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
Series
The Quest
Shanghai Pierce
1976
Series
Good Sports
Sonny Gordon
1991
Film
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Brother Adam Pontipee
1954
Film
The War Wagon
Levi Walking Bear
1967
Film
Calamity Jane
Wild Bill Hickok
1953
Film
The Day of the Triffids
Bill Masen
1963
Film
Annie Get Your Gun
Frank Butler
1950
Film
Show Boat
Gaylord Ravenal
1951
Film
Deep in My Heart
Performer (segment "My Maryland")
1954
Film
That's Entertainment! III
Self - Host
1994
Film
Across the Wide Missouri
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Film
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Film
Kiss Me Kate
Fred Graham, "Petruchio"
1953
Film
That's Dancing!
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
1985
Film
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
1983
Film
Ride, Vaquero!
King Cameron
1953
Film
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
Film
Kismet
The Poet
1955
Film
Waco
'Waco'
1966
Film
Jupiter's Darling
Hannibal
1955
Film
Three Guys Named Mike
Mike Jamison
1951
Film
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
2009
Film
Lovely to Look At
Tony Naylor
1952
Film
Inside the Dream Factory
Self
1995
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
Self
2003
Film
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
Film
The Big Fisherman
Simon Peter
1959
Film
Arizona Bushwhackers
Lee Travis
1968
Film
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
Capt. Quentin "Jack" Jackson
1994
Film
Rose Marie
Capt. Mike Malone
1954
Film
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
Himself - Host
1997
Film
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
Self
2006
The Hoaxters
Narrator (voice)
1952
Film
Kiss Me, Kate
Fred Graham
1964
Film
Red Tomahawk
Capt. Tom York
1967
Film
Texas Carnival
Slim Shelby
1951
Film
Floods of Fear
Donovan
1958
Film
Armored Command
Col. Devlin
1961
Film
Callaway Went Thataway
Stretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway
1951
Film
The Small Voice
Boke
1948
Film
Creepy Classics
Bill Masen - (archive footage)
1987
Film
Fast Company
Rick Grayton
1953
Film
Pagan Love Song
Hazard Endicott
1950
Film
Desperate Search
Vince Heldon
1952