Robert Keith

Acting

Born:February 9, 1898
Died:December 22, 1966(aged 68)
Birthplace:Fowler, Indiana, USA
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Biography

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.

Filmography (33 movies)

Somebody Loves Me movie poster
8.5
8.5

Somebody Loves Me

1952

as Sam Doyle

Ransom! movie poster
7.2
7.2

Ransom!

1956

as Police Chief Jim Backett

Fourteen Hours movie poster
7.2
7.2

Fourteen Hours

1951

as Paul E. Cosick

The Lineup movie poster
7.1
7.1

The Lineup

1958

as Julian

Boomerang! movie poster
7.0
7.0

Boomerang!

1947

as 'Mac' McCreery

Written on the Wind movie poster
6.9
6.9

Written on the Wind

1956

as Jasper Hadley

Woman on the Run movie poster
6.7
6.7

Woman on the Run

1950

as Inspector Martin Ferris

They Came to Cordura movie poster
6.7
6.7

They Came to Cordura

1959

as Col. Rogers

Love Me or Leave Me movie poster
6.7
6.7

Love Me or Leave Me

1955

as Bernard V. Loomis

Men in War movie poster
6.6
6.6

Men in War

1957

as The Colonel

The Wild One movie poster
6.6
6.6

The Wild One

1953

as Sheriff Harry Bleeker

Guys and Dolls movie poster
6.5
6.5

Guys and Dolls

1955

as Lt. Brannigan

My Foolish Heart movie poster
6.4
6.4

My Foolish Heart

1950

as Henry Winters

My Man Godfrey movie poster
6.4
6.4

My Man Godfrey

1957

as Alexander Bullock

The Reformer and the Redhead movie poster
6.3
6.3

The Reformer and the Redhead

1950

as Tim Harveigh

Posse from Hell movie poster
6.2
6.2

Posse from Hell

1961

as Captain Jeremiah Brown

Between Heaven and Hell movie poster
6.0
6.0

Between Heaven and Hell

1956

as Col. Cousins

Cimarron movie poster
6.0
6.0

Cimarron

1960

as Sam Pegler

Atomic Attack movie poster
6.0
6.0

Atomic Attack

1954

as Dr. Garson Lee

Battle Circus movie poster
6.0
6.0

Battle Circus

1953

as Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters

Drum Beat movie poster
6.0
6.0

Drum Beat

1954

as Bill Satterwhite

Tempest movie poster
6.0
6.0

Tempest

1958

as Capt. Miranov

Young at Heart movie poster
6.0
6.0

Young at Heart

1954

as Gregory Tuttle

Edge of Doom movie poster
5.9
5.9

Edge of Doom

1950

as Mandel

Branded movie poster
5.9
5.9

Branded

1950

as T. Jefferson Leffingwell

Small Town Girl movie poster
5.4
5.4

Small Town Girl

1953

as Judge Gordon Kimbell

Underwater! movie poster
5.4
5.4

Underwater!

1955

as Father Cannon

Duel of Champions movie poster
5.3
5.3

Duel of Champions

1961

as Tullio King of Rome

Here Comes the Groom movie poster
5.2
5.2

Here Comes the Groom

1951

as George Degnan

I Want You movie poster
4.7
4.7

I Want You

1951

as Thomas Greer

The Shadow Laughs movie poster
4.6
4.6

The Shadow Laughs

1933

as George Hackett

Devil's Canyon movie poster
4.6
4.6

Devil's Canyon

1953

as Steve Morgan

Just Across the Street movie poster
2.0
2.0

Just Across the Street

1952

as Walter Medford

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