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Robert Keith

Robert Keith

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 09, 1898
Died Dec 22, 1966 (68)
Birthplace Fowler, Indiana, USA
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 h ... is 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.

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Posse from Hell

Posse from Hell

1961

as Captain Jeremiah Brown

Cimarron

Cimarron

1960

as Sam Pegler

They Came to Cordura

They Came to Cordura

1959

as Col. Rogers

The Lineup

The Lineup

1958

as Julian

Men in War

Men in War

1957

as The Colonel

My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

1957

as Alexander Bullock

Written on the Wind

Written on the Wind

1956

as Jasper Hadley

Ransom!

Ransom!

1956

as Police Chief Jim Backett

Between Heaven and Hell

Between Heaven and Hell

1956

as Col. Cousins

Love Me or Leave Me

Love Me or Leave Me

1955

as Bernard V. Loomis

Underwater!

Underwater!

1955

as Father Cannon

Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls

1955

as Lt. Brannigan

Drum Beat

Drum Beat

1954

as Bill Satterwhite

Young at Heart

Young at Heart

1954

as Gregory Tuttle

The Wild One

The Wild One

1953

as Sheriff Harry Bleeker

Battle Circus

Battle Circus

1953

as Le Lieutenant-Colonel Hillary Whalters

Small Town Girl

Small Town Girl

1953

as Judge Gordon Kimbell

Devil's Canyon

Devil's Canyon

1953

as Steve Morgan

Somebody Loves Me

Somebody Loves Me

1952

as Sam Doyle

Just Across the Street

Just Across the Street

1952

as Walter Medford

I Want You

I Want You

1951

as Thomas Greer

Here Comes the Groom

Here Comes the Groom

1951

as George Degnan

Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours

1951

as Paul E. Cosick

Woman on the Run

Woman on the Run

1950

as Inspector Martin Ferris

Branded

Branded

1950

as T. Jefferson Leffingwell

Edge of Doom

Edge of Doom

1950

as Mandel

The Reformer and the Redhead

The Reformer and the Redhead

1950

as Tim Harveigh

My Foolish Heart

My Foolish Heart

1950

as Henry Winters

Boomerang!

Boomerang!

1947

as 'Mac' McCreery

The Shadow Laughs

The Shadow Laughs

1933

as George Hackett

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

1930

as Union Courier (uncredited)

The Unexpected Father

The Unexpected Father

1932

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Studio One

as Brutus

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

The Twilight Zone

as Jason Foster

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Arthur 'The Professor' Duffy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

The Fugitive

as Dr. John Kimble

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Doc

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

The Philco Television Playhouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1948

Studio One

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

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