Brian Keith
Known for
For decades now, Brian Keith has been an American actor recognizable to viewers well beyond any single title. He has worked in drama more often than in any other register. 104 credits across 86 years is a rate most careers never reach. 'Young Guns' is the title most people reach for first, with Buckshot Roberts at the center of it. Viewers may also know him from 'The Parent Trap'. 1940 is the year the filmography opens.
Brian Keith
60 Movies
44 Series
For decades now, Brian Keith has been an American actor recognizable to viewers well beyond any single title. He has worked in drama more often than in any other register. 104 credits across 86 years is a rate most careers never reach. 'Young Guns' is the title most people reach for first, with Buckshot Roberts at the center of it. Viewers may also know him from 'The Parent Trap'. 1940 is the year the filmography opens.
Movies
Plays Buckshot Roberts
Young Guns
1988
Plays Mitch Evers
The Parent Trap
1961
Plays Jocko Doyle
Hooper
1978
Plays George Tanner
The Yakuza
1974
Plays Alexander Bowen
The Rare Breed
1966
Plays Police Chief Link Mattocks
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966
Plays Henry Frapp
The Mountain Men
1980
Plays Papa
Sharky's Machine
1981
Plays Uncle Beck Coates
Savage Sam
1963
Plays Dr. Dubov
Meteor
1979
Plays Theodore Roosevelt
The Wind and the Lion
1975
Plays Byron Monroe
The Passage
1988
Plays Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967
Plays Connerly
Krakatoa, East of Java
1969
Plays Jonas Cord
Nevada Smith
1966
Plays John
Nightfall
1956
Plays Jake Iverson
With Six You Get Eggroll
1968
Plays Capt. Bill North
Arrowhead
1953
Plays Brick
5 Against the House
1955
Plays Cole Wilkison
The Violent Men
1955
Plays Mike Flanagan
The Young Philadelphians
1959
Plays Frank Wallingham
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
Plays McElroy
The Raiders
1963
Plays Lt. Spencer
Appointment with a Shadow
1957
Plays Larry Sheridan
Dino
1957
Plays Police Chief Baxter
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
Plays Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
Moon Pilot
1962
Plays General Newmeyer
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
1986
Plays Tony
Jivaro
1954
Plays Captain Jack Connor
The McKenzie Break
1970
Plays Cam Calloway
Those Calloways
1964
Plays Sheriff Pete Williams
A Tiger Walks
1964
Plays Captain Clark
Run of the Arrow
1957
Plays Officer Michael M. Nace
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970
Plays Col. Morgan
Something Big
1971
Plays William Dunn
Ten Who Dared
1960
Plays Vince Striker
Tight Spot
1955
Plays Yellowleg
The Deadly Companions
1961
Plays Cardinal
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
1996
Plays Clett
Fort Dobbs
1958
Plays Paul Duncan
Storm Center
1956
Plays Paul Barton
The Pleasure Seekers
1964
Plays Cpl. Brady
The Bamboo Prison
1954
Plays Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
Way... Way Out
1966
Plays Jim Kimmerly
Alaska Seas
1954
Plays Roddy Thompson
Follow Your Heart
1999
Plays John McCanless
Scandalous John
1971
Plays Col. Halloran
Death Before Dishonor
1987
Plays Harry Robins
Welcome Home
1989
Plays Francis Sullivan
Gaily, Gaily
1969
TV Shows
Plays Bill Davis
Family Affair
1966
Plays Milton Hardcastle
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Director
Plays Dr. Sean Jamison
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Plays Tank Logan
The Quest
1976
Plays Dave Blassingame
The Westerner
1960
Plays Walter Collins
Walter & Emily
1991
Plays Sheriff Axel Dumire
Centennial
1978
Plays B.L. McCutcheon
Heartland
1989
Plays Stephen "The Fox" Halliday
The Zoo Gang
1974
Plays Lew Archer
Archer
1975
Plays Johnny
Suspense
1949
Plays Shadrach O'Reilly
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Plays Dave Rainey
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Plays Mose Carson
The Tenderfoot
1964
Plays Dan
Studio 57
1954
Plays Happy
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Plays President William McKinley
Rough Riders
1997
Plays Charles Kandell
Power
1980
Plays Elijah Weatherby
The Seekers
1979
Plays Secretary General Gorny
World War III
1982
Plays General Stonecipher
How the West Was Won
1977
Plays Dan Crawford
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Plays Uncle Ben (voice)
Spider-Man
1994
Plays Andrew Blake
The Chisholms
1979
Plays Arthur Minnow
Cybill
1995
Plays Henry Bergh
The Great Adventure
1963
Plays Duckman's Father (voice)
Duckman
1994
Plays Andy Bastian
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Plays Leonard Pound
Touched by an Angel
1994
Plays Del Forman
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Latest Trailers
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Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Full Filmography
Follow Your Heart
Roddy Thompson
1999
Film
Rough Riders
President William McKinley · 2 episodes
1997–
TV
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Cardinal
1996
Film
Pacific Blue
Mac McNamara · 1 episode
1996–
TV
Cybill
Arthur Minnow · 1 episode
1995–
TV
Spider-Man
Uncle Ben (voice) · 2 episodes
1994–
TV
Touched by an Angel
Leonard Pound · 1 episode
1994–
TV
Duckman
Duckman's Father (voice) · 1 episode
1994–
TV
Burke's Law
Norman Hope · 1 episode
1994–
TV
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Brian Keith still alive?
Brian Keith passed away on June 24, 1997 at age 75.
What are the most famous roles of Brian Keith?
Brian Keith is best known for roles in Young Guns, The Parent Trap, The Yakuza.
How many movies has Brian Keith been in?
Over a 57-year career (since 1940), Brian Keith has appeared in 60 movies and 43 TV shows.
What was Brian Keith's first movie?
The career of Brian Keith began with Knute Rockne All American (1940).
What is Brian Keith's most recent movie or series?
Brian Keith's most recent release is Follow Your Heart, which premiered on January 26, 1999.
What TV shows has Brian Keith appeared in?
On television, Brian Keith has appeared in Spider-Man, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Walker, Texas Ranger, Murder, She Wrote.
Brian Keith
1921-11-14 · Bayonne, 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.