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American actor (1921–1997)

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Robert Alba Keith^[1] (November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997), known professionally as Brian Keith, was an American single, television, and stage actor who in his six-decade career gained recognition for his work squash up films such as the Filmmaker family film The Parent Trap (1961); Johnny Shiloh (1963); honourableness comedy The Russians Are In close proximity to, the Russians Are Coming (1966); and the adventure saga The Wind and the Lion (1975), in which he portrayed Helmsman Theodore Roosevelt.

On television, fold up of his best-known roles were those of bachelor-uncle-turned-reluctant-parent Bill Actress in the 1960s sitcom Family Affair, and a tough hidden judge in the lighthearted Decade crime drama Hardcastle and McCormick. He also starred in The Brian Keith Show, which immediately on NBC from 1972 abide by 1974, where he portrayed deft pediatrician who operated a on your own clinic on Oahu, and thrill the CBS comedy series Heartland.

Early life

Robert Alba Keith was born in Bayonne, New Tshirt, on November 14, 1921, handle actor Robert Keith and situation actress Helena Shipman, a indwelling of Aberdeen, Washington. Some store also list his full honour as Brian Robert Keith.^[2] Good taste was Roman Catholic.^[3] In 1941 he graduated from East Rockaway High School in East Rockaway, New York.

He joined honesty United States Marine Corps condemn 1942 completing his service increase by two 1945. He served during Field War II as a radioman/tail gunner in the rear cockpit of a two-man Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber in orderly U.S. Marine squadron. He was awarded a Combat Aircrew Garb, Air Medal, Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Ribbon with three battle stars innermost World War II Victory Medal.^[4]

Career

Theatre

Keith made his Broadway debut now 1948 in the ensemble be proper of Mister Roberts, which starred jurisdiction father as "Doc".

He was a guard in Darkness argue Noon (1951) by Sidney Kingsley, and was in Out Westernmost of Eighth (1951), which abstruse only a short run.

Television and films

Keith made his skin debut at age 3 sound Pied Piper Malone.^[5] He began to guest star on shows such as Hands of Mystery, Shadow of the Cloak, snowball an adaptation of Twenty Troop Leagues Under the Seas hard cash Tales of Tomorrow.

He was in Police Story, Suspense, Eye Witness, The United States Develop Hour, Robert Montgomery Presents, unthinkable The Motorola Television Hour.^[6] Keith's feature film debut was set up a Western for Paramount, Arrowhead (1953). He stayed at go off studio for Alaska Seas (1954), replacing Van Heflin, and Jivaro (1954).^[7]

Keith guest starred on Campbell Summer Soundstage, The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse, Lux Video Theatre, and The Mask and also played Microphone Hammer in a television opening directed by Blake Edwards, nevertheless the series was not girl up.

He went to River for The Bamboo Prison (1954), The Violent Men (1955), Tight Spot (1955), and 5 Anti the House (1955), the set on two directed by Phil Karlson.^[8] He was meant to found Joan Crawford in Queen Bee, but did not appear hurt the final film.^[9]

He guest asterisked on The Elgin Hour, Mystery Is My Business, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre, The Box Brothers, The Ford Urgency Theatre, Climax!, Wire Service bid Studio 57.

In 1955, Keith starred in his own additional room, Crusader, as fictional journalist Inactive Anders. He continued to come out in films for Columbia, specified as Storm Center (1956) co-starring with Bette Davis and Nightfall (1956) with Aldo Ray.

In June 1956, he announced fiasco had formed his own bystander, Michael Productions, and had optioned a story by Robert Blees called Cairo.^[10]

Film stardom

Keith was alternative billed in Dino (1957) right Sal Mineo, and Run be frightened of the Arrow (1957) with Hack Steiger.

He was top billed in Chicago Confidential (1957), however returned to supporting parts house Appointment with a Shadow (1957) Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957), person in charge Fort Dobbs (1958). He proclaimed he would make Alien Virus for his Michael Productions, nevertheless it was not made.^[11] Keith was top billed in any low-budget action movies: Violent Road (1958), Desert Hell (1958), Sierra Baron (1958), and Villa!! (1958).

The last two were chance back-to-back in Mexico.^[12][13] He lodger starred on Studio One be bounded by Hollywood, Rawhide, Laramie, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and an episode remember Zane Grey Theater, which was written and directed by Sam Peckinpah and later led scan The Westerner.

The Westerner prep added to Disney

Keith supported Paul Newman prickly The Young Philadelphians (1959), take precedence had the lead in productions for Disney, the Video receiver show Elfego Baca: Move Wayout, Mustangers (1959) and the beam Ten Who Dared (1960). Of great magnitude 1960, he won acclaim sales rep his starring role in Sam Peckinpah's extremely hard-bitten, adult, pointer short-lived series The Westerner (1960).

The show aired for nonpareil 13 episodes. "Only four set sights on five of those were absurd good", said Keith later. "But those four or five were as good as anything one has ever done."^[14] Keith company starred in: The Untouchables, The Americans, Frontier Circus, Alcoa Premiere, Outlaws, Follow the Sun, last Alfred Hitchcock Presents again.

Keith made a second film used for Disney, playing the father eliminate twins in the film The Parent Trap (1961), costarring Hayley Mills and Maureen O'Hara, which was a huge hit. Faultfinding acclaim was given to The Deadly Companions (1961), a Love story with O'Hara, which marked Peckinpah's feature directorial debut. Keith plain-spoken two more films for Filmmaker, Moon Pilot (1962) and Savage Sam (1963).

He guest asterisked on Target: The Corruptors, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Virginian, Sam Benedict, Dr. Kildare, The Fugitive, Wagon Train, 77 Sundown Strip, Kraft Suspense Theatre, The Great Adventure, and Profiles trudge Courage. Keith did a Nonsense for Universal, The Raiders (1963), then returned to Disney sustenance Johnny Shiloh (1963), Bristle Face (1964), The Tenderfoot (1964), A Tiger Walks (1964), and Those Calloways (1965).

He went spoil Fox for The Pleasure Seekers (1964) and had support roles in The Hallelujah Trail (1965), The Rare Breed (1966) (again with O'Hara), and Nevada Smith (1966), co-starring with Steve McQueen as traveling gunsmith Jonas 1 Keith did the comedies The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966) for Frenchwoman Jewison, Way...

Way Out (1966) with Jerry Lewis, and With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) with Doris Day.

Family Affair

In 1966, Keith landed the duty of Uncle Bill Davis soupзon CBS's popular television situation wit comedy Family Affair. This role just him three Emmy Award nominations for Best Actor in marvellous Comedy Series.^[15] The show strenuous him a household name.

Fissure was in the vein detailed successful 1960s and 1970s sitcoms that dealt with widowhood and/or many single-parent issues, such by reason of The Andy Griffith Show, My Three Sons, The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, One Day mass a Time, Here's Lucy, Julia, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Brady Bunch, The Away Family, and Sanford and Son.

During its first season eliminate 1966, Family Affair was forceful immediate hit, ranking number 15 in the Nielsen ratings.^[16] Coarse the end of its 5th season, in 1971, Family Affair still had high ratings, nevertheless was cancelled after 138 episodes.

Kathy Garver, who co-starred gorilla Keith's teenaged niece, Cissy, foil Family Affair, indicated that Keith said: "I'm a cultural Irelander, don't you know, I'm grand cultural Irishman." Garver explained: "But he went through many manifestations and changes of character, all along the five years that awe shot.

At first, he was up and then his superfluous year, he was going trace a divorce, and then, character third year, he met big shot else, and he became many anecdotal and told stories consider it he loved kids, and forbidden was very outspoken about those that he did not affection. So, he was a also interesting character and it was Brian and Sebastian Cabot [who played Mr.

French] had much a different style of faking and that's another reason Crazed think that Family Affair was so popular and stayed importation it did. Both excellent mould, both coming from very varying methods and styles of characterization with Sebastian was more cause the collapse of the classical style and lighten up would take home his hand and he would dutifully flip through at every single word unthinkable have it to perfection, with then Brian would come arrangement and say, 'Oh what on the double we have today?

Let simulation see the scene, uh-huh, uh-huh, let's go!' So he was very improvisational, motion of ethics moment. And those two winter styles really worked out footing each of them very well."^[17]

During the series' run Keith developed in Reflections in a Glorious Eye (1967) with Marlon Brando, With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) with Doris Day, Krakatoa: East of Java (1968) encouragement Cinerama, and Gaily, Gaily (1969) for Norman Jewison.

He difficult leading roles in Suppose They Gave a War and Zero Came? (1970) for Cinerama present-day The McKenzie Break (1970).^[18] Delete 1970, Keith moved to Hawaii.^[14] Keith made Scandalous John (1971) for Disney, Something Big (1972) with Dean Martin and jumpedup Andrew McLaglen, and the Television movie Second Chance (1972).^[19]

The Brian Keith Show, The Zoo Gang, Archer

Keith went on to familiarity as pediatrician Dr.

Sean Choreographer in the NBC sitcom The Brian Keith Show (also name as The Little People). Honesty series was cancelled in 1974 after two seasons.

"The wellknown ended because it was damaging, not because of Hawaii," vocal Keith.^[14]

Keith also starred in justness role of Steven "The Fox" Halliday in the six-part entreat miniseries, The Zoo Gang (1974), about a group of preceding underground French Resistance fighters expend World War II. The deed also starred Sir John Grate, Lilli Palmer, and Barry Painter, and featured a theme unused Paul McCartney.^[14] Keith was bag billed in The Yakuza (1974) starring Robert Mitchum, and sediment The Wind and the Lion (1975) starring Sean Connery, Keith played President Theodore Roosevelt purport writer-director John Milius.

He marked in the TV series Archer (1975) as Lew Archer, restoration Peter Graves who'd starred central part the pilot, but it was cancelled after six episodes shaft has never been rerun vibrate the United States (Jerry Goldsmith's score for the first experience of the series was out in 2018 by Lalaland Records).^[14] Keith did some Westerns, The Quest (1976) pilot, and Joe Panther (1976), and the Boob tube movie The Loneliest Runner (1976).

He had a supporting function in Nickelodeon (1976) and plain-spoken the TV movies In greatness Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977) and The Court-Martial give an account of George Armstrong Custer (1977). Perform was in How the Western Was Won (1978), Hooper (1978) with Burt Reynolds, Centennial (1979), and The Chisholms (1979).

Etch 1992, he starred in excellence unsold, ABC half-hour pilot The Streets of Beverly Hills.

Keith spoke fluent Russian, which untie to his casting as smashing Russian in two roles: bit a Soviet scientist in significance film Meteor (1979) with Natalie Wood (who also spoke felicitous Russian and played his translator), and as the Soviet prime minister in the NBC miniseries World War III (1982) with Wobble Hudson.

He replaced Barnard Aviator on Broadway in Da suffer was on The Seekers (1979), Power (1980), The Silent Lovers (1980), The Mountain Men (1980) with Charlton Heston, and Charlie Chan and the Curse in this area the Dragon Queen (1981). Shambles the latter he joked, "I only did the picture as it had a long honour, and I seem to modify in those."^[6] He had keep up roles in Sharky's Machine (1981) with Burt Reynolds and Cry for the Strangers (1982).

Hardcastle and McCormick, Pursuit of Happiness, and Heartland

Keith once again shared to series television in 1983, with Hardcastle and McCormick, be bounded by the role of a weird retired judge named Milton Parable. Hardcastle. Daniel Hugh Kelly co-starred as ex-con Mark McCormick contain this ABC crime drama check on elements of comedy.

The alchemy of Keith and Kelly was a hit, and the additional room lasted three years until take the edge off cancellation in 1986.^[2] During excellence series run, Keith was temporary secretary Murder, She Wrote and The B.R.A.T. Patrol (1986). Keith asterisked in The Alamo: Thirteen Years to Glory (1987) (as Chemist Crockett), and Death Before Dishonor, then did another TV convoy Pursuit of Happiness (1987–88), which ran 10 episodes.

He was in After the Rain (1988), Young Guns (1988), and Perry Mason: The Case of excellence Lethal Lesson (1989). He marked in another short-lived series Heartland (1989). He had roles pledge Welcome Home (1989), and Lady in the Corner (1989).

Later career

Keith made a guest presence in the Evening Shade season-one episode "Chip Off The Pull the wool over somebody's eyes Brick" (1991), as the go-ahead father of Herman Stiles (played by actor Michael Jeter).

Sharp-tasting reprised his character from The Westerner in The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991) (which featured numerous turn from 1950s TV series presentation their original roles in slender cameos), had the lead elaborate Walter & Emily (1991), grand short-lived sitcom, and The Streets of Beverly Hills (1992), uncluttered pilot.

Brian Keith appeared alliance a two-part episode of Major Dad, season four "The People's Choice" as the Major's (Gerald McRaney) domineering father who pays a visit to the affinity. The episode aired on Sep 25, 1992. Keith performed nobleness role of Mullibok on prestige Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season-one episode entitled "Progress" (1993), in which an elderly agriculturist resists forcible relocation by Bajoran authorities.

Among his last undertaking were The Secrets of Cap Success; Wind Dancer; The Commish; Under a Killing Moon (1994); The Return of Hunter: All and sundry Walks in L.A. (1995); The Monroes; Favorite Deadly Sins (1995); Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Time Story (1996); Walker, Texas Ranger; Touched by an Angel; presentday The Second Civil War (1997).

Keith guest-starred in an experience of the TV series The Marshal titled "The Bounty Hunter" (1995) in which he touched then Wichita, Kansas, Police Fool Rick Stone under the fastening name of Chief Skoblow. Representation Wichita Police Department cooperated confront the Canadian TV production gathering by providing details of Foremost Stone's actual police dress securely for Keith to wear amid the episode.

Keith also damaged the voice of Ben Writer on Spider-Man: The Animated Series.

In his last film, Keith played President William McKinley strike home the film Rough Riders (1997). Director John Milius dedicated nobleness film to "Brian Keith, Limitation, Marine, Raconteur."^[20]

Personal life and death

Keith married three times.

He was married to Frances Helm outlandish 1948 to 1954, Judy Landon from 1954 to 1969 tell off Victoria Young-Keith from 1970 in the balance his death. He had vii children, one of whom difficult died by suicide six weeks prior to his death.^[21]

On June 24, 1997, at the slow down of 75, Keith died range a self-inflicted gunshot wound^[22] put down his home in Malibu, California.^[23] He suffered from emphysema arm lung cancer during the plaster part of his life, regardless of having quit smoking ten life-span earlier.

He reportedly also struggled with financial problems and freely permitted from depression throughout his furthest back days.^[24]

Keith's friend Maureen O'Hara sincere not believe Keith died reorganization a result of suicide. She stated that he had copperplate large gun collection and loosen up might have been cleaning decency gun, or looking at coerce, when it went off adventitiously.

She had just visited him and said he was bolster good spirits and would watchword a long way have committed suicide given reward Catholic beliefs.^[25]

Keith's private funeral was attended by Family Affair co-stars Kathy Garver and Johnny Whitaker, and Hardcastle and McCormick co-star Daniel Hugh Kelly.

His remains were interred next to those of his daughter Daisy consider Westwood Village Memorial Park God`s acre in Los Angeles.^[26]

Legacy

On June 26, 2008, Brian Keith received deft posthumous star on the Feel Walk of Fame.^[27]

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

• Heyday (1946)
• Mr.

  Roberts as First Mate (c. 1950 as Robert Keith, Jr.) N.B. Robert Keith, Sr. was the Doctor in it.

• Darkness be redolent of Noon (1951)
• Da (1978)

Video games

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