Robert Keith
Known for

Acting

Credits

42

Gender

Man

Birthday

Feb 9, 1898

Day of death

Dec 22, 1966 (68)

Place of birth

Fowler, Indiana, USA

Also known as
Rolland Keith Richey

Robert Keith

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
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
1963The FugitiveDr. John Kimble
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourDoc
1961Posse from HellCaptain Jeremiah Brown
1961Duel of ChampionsTullio King of Rome
1960CimarronSam Pegler
1959The Twilight ZoneJason Foster
1959They Came to CorduraCol. Rogers
1958The LineupJulian
1958TempestCapt. Miranov
1957Men in WarThe Colonel
1957My Man GodfreyAlexander Bullock
1956Written on the WindJasper Hadley
1956Ransom!Police Chief Jim Backett
1956Between Heaven and HellCol. Cousins
1955Guys and DollsLt. Brannigan
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsArthur 'The Professor' Duffy
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
1953Battle CircusLe Lieutenant-Colonel Hillary Whalters
1953Devil's CanyonSteve Morgan
1953Small Town GirlJudge Gordon Kimbell
1952Somebody Loves MeSam Doyle
1952Just Across the StreetWalter Medford
1951Fourteen HoursPaul E. Cosick
1951Here Comes the GroomGeorge Degnan
1951I Want YouThomas Greer
1950Woman on the RunInspector Martin Ferris
1950BrandedT. Jefferson Leffingwell
1950Edge of DoomMandel
1950My Foolish HeartHenry Winters
1950The Reformer and the RedheadTim Harveigh
1948Studio OneBrutus
1948Studio One
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
1947Boomerang!'Mac' McCreery
1933The Shadow LaughsGeorge Hackett
1930Abraham LincolnUnion Courier (uncredited)
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
1932The Unexpected FatherAdditional Dialogue