
Person
Howard Keel
Acting · 1919–2004 · Gillespie, Illinois, U.S.
Biography
Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), known professionally as Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer. He starred in many film musicals of the 1950s. He is best known to modern audiences for his starring role in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991, as Clayton Farlow, opposite Barbara Bel Geddes's character, but to an earlier generation, he was known as the star of some of the most famous MGM film musicals ever made, with a rich baritone singing voice. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Keel, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self

The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host

Dallas
Clayton Farlow

Murder, She Wrote
Larry Thorson

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter

The Love Boat
Duncan Harlow

Great Performances
Self

The Merv Griffin Show
Self

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self

Walker, Texas Ranger
D. L. Dade
Filmography
- 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the MusicalSelf (archive)
- 2006LegendsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2006Frankie Laine: An American DreamerSelf
- 2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn HotSelf
- 1997Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'Himself - Host
- 1995Inside the Dream FactorySelf
- 1994That's Entertainment! IIISelf - Co-Host / Narrator
- 1994Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart IsCapt. Quentin "Jack" Jackson
- 1993Walker, Texas RangerD. L. Dade
- 1991Good SportsSonny Gordon
- 1987Creepy ClassicsBill Masen - (archive footage)
- 1985That's Dancing!From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
- 1984Royal Variety Performance 1984
- 1984Murder, She WroteLarry Thorson
- 1983James Bond: The First 21 YearsSelf
- 1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
- 1978DallasClayton Farlow
- 1977The Love BoatDuncan Harlow
- 1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)
- 1976The QuestShanghai Pierce
- 1974That's Entertainment!(archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1972Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)
- 1971Great PerformancesSelf
- 1968Here's LucyStanley Livingston
- 1968Arizona BushwhackersLee Travis
- 1967The War WagonLevi Walking Bear
- 1967Red TomahawkCapt. Tom York
- 1966Waco'Waco'
- 1965Run for Your LifeHardie Rankin
- 1964Kiss Me, KateFred Graham
- 1963The Day of the TriffidsBill Masen
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Host
- 1961Armored CommandCol. Devlin
- 1959The Big FishermanSimon Peter
- 1959The Bell Telephone HourSelf
- 1958Floods of FearDonovan
- 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreWill Gorman
- 1955KismetThe Poet
- 1955MGM ParadeSelf
- 1955Jupiter's DarlingHannibal
- 1954Deep in My HeartPerformer (segment "My Maryland")
- 1954Seven Brides for Seven BrothersBrother Adam Pontipee
- 1954Rose MarieCapt. Mike Malone
- 1953Kiss Me KateFred Graham, "Petruchio"
- 1953Calamity JaneWild Bill Hickok
- 1953Ride, Vaquero!King Cameron
- 1953Fast CompanyRick Grayton
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1952The HoaxtersNarrator (voice)
- 1952Desperate SearchVince Heldon
- 1952Lovely to Look AtTony Naylor
- 1951Callaway Went ThatawayStretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway
- 1951Across the Wide MissouriNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1951Texas CarnivalSlim Shelby
- 1951Show BoatGaylord Ravenal
- 1951Three Guys Named MikeMike Jamison
- 1950Pagan Love SongHazard Endicott
- 1950Annie Get Your GunFrank Butler
- 1948The Small VoiceBoke
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter
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