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Brian Keith

  • Born Nov. 14, 1921
  • Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
  • Died June 24, 1997, aged 75

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 …

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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.

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Uncle Ben (voice)

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Buckshot Roberts

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Mullibok

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Del Forman

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Caleb McCallum

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Mitch Evers

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Dave Rainey / Arnold Shawn / Herbert Morrison / Vernon Wedge

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George Tanner

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Jonas Cord

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Leonard Pound

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Dr. Dubov

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Jocko Doyle

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Lt. Col. Morris Langdon

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Jim Martinson

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Police Chief Link Mattocks

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Papa

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John

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Frank Wallingham

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Mac McNamara

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Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)

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Jim Mallory

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Duckman's Father (voice)

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Alexander Bowen

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Yellowleg

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Henry Frapp

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Edward Welles

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H.H. Cobb

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Cole Wilkison

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Captain Clark

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General Buford

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Mike Flanagan

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Extra (uncredited)

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Tod Macauley

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Milton Hardcastle

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Bill Davis

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Jake Iverson

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Brick

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Connerly

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Sheriff Axel Dumire

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Arthur Minnow

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Police Chief Baxter

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Shadrach O'Reilly / Sergeant Gabe Trotter / Lue Swank / Gen. Newmeyer

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Vince Striker

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General Stonecipher

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Johnny Wade

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Captain Jack Connor

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Cam Calloway

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Uncle Beck Coates

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Student at Train Station (uncredited)

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Capt. Bill North

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Sgt. Patrick Cohan

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President William McKinley

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Col. Morgan

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Paul Duncan

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Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman

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Clett

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Jim Fremont

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Col. Halloran

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Alfred Freely

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Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby

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'Noble Hart' / Self

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Sheriff Pete Williams

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Secretary General Gorny

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Colonel Davy Crockett

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Lt. Spencer

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Tony

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General Newmeyer

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Paul Barton

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Sam Pryce

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Johnny / Lt. Jim Connor / Idaho / Kip Caley

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Frank Wellman Sr.

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Dave Blassingame

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Dave Blassingame

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Jack McCrackin

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William Dunn

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The Westerner

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McElroy

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Francis Sullivan

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John McCanless

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Cpl. Brady

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Johnny Wade

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Arnold Curtis

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Prosecuting Attorney

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Harry

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Mitch Barton

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Chief Whalen

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Cardinal

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Roddy Thompson

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Happy / Choya / David Sutton

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Pete Morgan

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Narrator

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Harry Robins

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Jim Kimmerly

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Officer Michael M. Nace

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Andrew Blake

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Larry Sheridan

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Tank Logan

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Truman Richards

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Norman Hope

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B.L. McCutcheon

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Andy Bastian

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David Henderson

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Dr. Sean Jamison

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Dan Crawford / Mano

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Stephen "The Fox" Halliday

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Lew Archer

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Matt Anders

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Joe Quinlan

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Capt. Harper

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Geoff Smith

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Mauritz Stiller

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Sgt. Gabe Trotter

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Tappan

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Thomas Hart Benton

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Dan / Denis Burke

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Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney

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Tank Logan

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Lue Swank

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Capt. Robert Edwards

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Happy Waters

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Charles Kandell

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Henry Bergh

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Byron Monroe

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Elijah Weatherby

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Bill Harmon

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Walter Collins

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Mike Hammer

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Mose Carson

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Mose Carson

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Self (archive footage)

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