Nook NotesPick a film
W

Actor

William Keene

Born August 4, 1915 in Franklin, Pennsylvania, USADied May 23, 19926 films

William Joseph Keene was an American radio and television actor who appeared on several popular television shows more than one separate occasion as a different character. He appeared in shows more than once as a different character such as The Andy Griffith Show, Perry Mason and Mayberry R.F.D.. In 1958, he played the banker Mr. Botkin in the Gunsmoke episode "Kitty Caught" (Season 3, Episode 19). In 1961 he appeared on the television show Twilight Zone in the episodes "The Midnight Sun" and "The Prime Mover", and in an episode of The Asphalt Jungle. He also appeared in "Lamb to the Slaughter", a classic 1958 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Among his five appearances on Perry Mason, the last two were as Judge Seymour in the show's final season.

Read more

He died in Los Angeles on May 23, 1992. He was buried in Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery.

Start here

The best way into William Keene's work
Heavy Traffic posterFirst watchHeavy Traffic19736.5as (voice)A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him.View film

Filmography

6 films as actor
  1. 1977HeroworkJudge
  2. 1973Heavy Traffic(voice)
  3. 1968SpeedwayTaxpayer (uncredited)
  4. 1964Honeymoon HotelMr. Johnson
  5. 1960Tarzan and the TrappersLapin
  6. 1960Too Soon to LoveThe Doctor