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Robert Keith

Known for acting · Born 9 February 1898 · Died 22 December 1966 · aged 68 · Fowler, Indiana, USA

42 credits

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.

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Known for

The Wild One

1953

Woman on the Run

1950

The Lineup

1958

Written on the Wind

1956

Guys and Dolls

1955

Men in War

1957

Love Me or Leave Me

1955

Fourteen Hours

1951

Young at Heart

1954

Between Heaven and Hell

1956

Ransom!

1956

Drum Beat

1954

Acting (41)

1963The FugitiveDr. John KimbleSeries
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourDocSeries
1961Posse from HellCaptain Jeremiah BrownFilm
1961Duel of ChampionsTullio King of RomeFilm
1960CimarronSam PeglerFilm
1959The Twilight ZoneJason FosterSeries
1959They Came to CorduraCol. RogersFilm
1958The LineupJulianFilm
1958TempestCapt. MiranovFilm
1957Men in WarThe ColonelFilm
1957My Man GodfreyAlexander BullockFilm
1956Written on the WindJasper HadleyFilm
1956Between Heaven and HellCol. CousinsFilm
1956Ransom!Police Chief Jim BackettFilm
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsArthur 'The Professor' DuffySeries
1955Guys and DollsLt. BranniganFilm
1955Love Me or Leave MeBernard V. LoomisFilm
1955Underwater!Father CannonFilm
1955MGM ParadeSelfSeries
1954Young at HeartGregory TuttleFilm
1954Drum BeatBill SatterwhiteFilm
1954Atomic AttackDr. Garson LeeFilm
1953The Wild OneSheriff Harry BleekerFilm
1953Battle CircusLieutenant Colonel Hillary WhaltersFilm
1953Small Town GirlJudge Gordon KimbellFilm
1953Devil's CanyonSteve MorganFilm
1952Somebody Loves MeSam DoyleFilm
1952Just Across the StreetWalter MedfordFilm
1951Fourteen HoursPaul E. CosickFilm
1951Here Comes the GroomGeorge DegnanFilm
1951I Want YouThomas GreerFilm
1950Woman on the RunInspector Martin FerrisFilm
1950BrandedT. Jefferson LeffingwellFilm
1950Edge of DoomLieutenant MandelFilm
1950My Foolish HeartHenry WintersFilm
1950The Reformer and the RedheadTim HarveighFilm
1948Studio OneBrutus · 2 episodesSeries
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries
1947Boomerang!'Mac' McCreeryFilm
1933The Shadow LaughsGeorge HackettFilm
1930Abraham LincolnUnion Courier (uncredited)Film

Crew (1)

1932The Unexpected FatherAdditional DialogueFilm