Brian Keith
Acting
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.
Known for
2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
1999Follow Your Heart
Roddy Thompson
1997The Second Civil War
General Buford
1996Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Cardinal
1995Picture Windows: Lightning
Tappan
1995Walking Thunder
Narrator
1995The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
Pete Morgan
1995National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
'Noble Hart' / Self
1993Wind Dancer
Truman Richards
1991The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
The Westerner
1989Welcome Home
Harry Robins
1989Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
Frank Wellman Sr.
1989Lady in a Corner
David Henderson
1988Young Guns
Buckshot Roberts
1988After the Rain
Byron Monroe
1987Death Before Dishonor
Col. Halloran
1987The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Colonel Davy Crockett
1986The B.R.A.T. Patrol
General Newmeyer
1982Cry for the Strangers
Chief Whalen
1981Sharky's Machine
Papa
1981Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Police Chief Baxter
1980The Mountain Men
Henry Frapp
1980The Silent Lovers
Mauritz Stiller
1979Meteor
Dr. Dubov