
Robert Keith
Robert Keith (February 10, 1898 โ 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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- 1963 ยทThe Fugitiveas Dr. John Kimble
- 1962 ยทThe Alfred Hitchcock Houras Doc
- 1961 ยทDuel of Championsas Tullio King of Rome
- 1961 ยทPosse from Hellas Captain Jeremiah Brown
- 1960 ยทCimarronas Sam Pegler
- 1959 ยทThe Twilight Zoneas Jason Foster
- 1959 ยทThey Came to Corduraas Col. Rogers
- 1958 ยทTempestas Capt. Miranov
- 1958 ยทThe Lineupas Julian
- 1957 ยทMy Man Godfreyas Alexander Bullock
- 1957 ยทMen in Waras The Colonel
- 1956 ยทBetween Heaven and Hellas Col. Cousins
- 1956 ยทWritten on the Windas Jasper Hadley
- 1956 ยทRansom!as Police Chief Jim Backett
- 1955 ยทGuys and Dollsas Lt. Brannigan
- 1955 ยทAlfred Hitchcock Presentsas Arthur 'The Professor' Duffy
- 1955 ยทLove Me or Leave Meas Bernard V. Loomis
- 1955 ยทUnderwater!as Father Cannon
- 1954 ยทYoung at Heartas Gregory Tuttle
- 1954 ยทDrum Beatas Bill Satterwhite
- 1954 ยทAtomic Attackas Dr. Garson Lee
- 1953 ยทThe Wild Oneas Sheriff Harry Bleeker
- 1953 ยทDevil's Canyonas Steve Morgan
- 1953 ยทSmall Town Girlas Judge Gordon Kimbell
- 1953 ยทBattle Circusas Le Lieutenant-Colonel Hillary Whalters
- 1952 ยทSomebody Loves Meas Sam Doyle
- 1952 ยทJust Across the Streetas Walter Medford
- 1951 ยทI Want Youas Thomas Greer
- 1951 ยทHere Comes the Groomas George Degnan
- 1951 ยทFourteen Hoursas Paul E. Cosick
- 1950 ยทWoman on the Runas Inspector Martin Ferris
- 1950 ยทBrandedas T. Jefferson Leffingwell
- 1950 ยทEdge of Doomas Mandel
- 1950 ยทThe Reformer and the Redheadas Tim Harveigh
- 1950 ยทMy Foolish Heartas Henry Winters
- 1948 ยทStudio Oneas Brutus
- 1948 ยทStudio Oneas
- 1948 ยทThe Philco Television Playhouseas
- 1947 ยทBoomerang!as 'Mac' McCreery
- 1933 ยทThe Shadow Laughsas George Hackett
- 1930 ยทAbraham Lincolnas Union Courier (uncredited)