
Person
Robert Keith
Acting · 1898–1966 · Fowler, Indiana, USA
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.
Known for

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Doc

The Fugitive
Dr. John Kimble

The Twilight Zone
Jason Foster

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Studio One
Brutus

MGM Parade
Self

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Arthur 'The Professor' Duffy

Fourteen Hours
Paul E. Cosick

Posse from Hell
Captain Jeremiah Brown

Guys and Dolls
Lt. Brannigan
Filmography
- 1963The FugitiveDr. John Kimble
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourDoc
- 1961Duel of ChampionsTullio King of Rome
- 1961Posse from HellCaptain Jeremiah Brown
- 1960CimarronSam Pegler
- 1959The Twilight ZoneJason Foster
- 1959They Came to CorduraCol. Rogers
- 1958TempestCapt. Miranov
- 1958The LineupJulian
- 1957My Man GodfreyAlexander Bullock
- 1957Men in WarThe Colonel
- 1956Between Heaven and HellCol. Cousins
- 1956Written on the WindJasper Hadley
- 1956Ransom!Police Chief Jim Backett
- 1955Guys and DollsLt. Brannigan
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsArthur 'The Professor' Duffy
- 1955MGM ParadeSelf
- 1955Love Me or Leave MeBernard V. Loomis
- 1955Underwater!Father Cannon
- 1954Young at HeartGregory Tuttle
- 1954Drum BeatBill Satterwhite
- 1954Atomic AttackDr. Garson Lee
- 1953The Wild OneSheriff Harry Bleeker
- 1953Devil's CanyonSteve Morgan
- 1953Small Town GirlJudge Gordon Kimbell
- 1953Battle CircusLieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters
- 1952Somebody Loves MeSam Doyle
- 1952Just Across the StreetWalter Medford
- 1951I Want YouThomas Greer
- 1951Here Comes the GroomGeorge Degnan
- 1951Fourteen HoursPaul E. Cosick
- 1950Woman on the RunInspector Martin Ferris
- 1950BrandedT. Jefferson Leffingwell
- 1950Edge of DoomMandel
- 1950The Reformer and the RedheadTim Harveigh
- 1950My Foolish HeartHenry Winters
- 1948Studio OneBrutus
- 1948The Philco Television Playhouse
- 1947Boomerang!'Mac' McCreery
- 1933The Shadow LaughsGeorge Hackett
- 1932The Unexpected FatherAdditional Dialogue
- 1930Abraham LincolnUnion Courier (uncredited)
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