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Robert Keith

Born February 9, 1898 in Fowler, Indiana, USADied December 22, 196634 films

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.

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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").

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Written on the Wind poster7.0Written on the Wind1956The Wild One poster6.5The Wild One1953Guys and Dolls poster6.6Guys and Dolls1955Woman on the Run poster6.8Woman on the Run1950Boomerang! poster7.0Boomerang!1947Fourteen Hours poster7.3Fourteen Hours1951Men in War poster6.6Men in War1957Love Me or Leave Me poster6.9Love Me or Leave Me1955

Filmography

34 films as actor
  1. 1961Duel of ChampionsTullio King of Rome
  2. 1961Posse from HellCaptain Jeremiah Brown
  3. 1960CimarronSam Pegler
  4. 1959They Came to CorduraCol. Rogers
  5. 1958TempestCapt. Miranov
  6. 1958The LineupJulian
  7. 1957My Man GodfreyAlexander Bullock
  8. 1957Men in WarThe Colonel
  9. 1956Between Heaven and HellCol. Cousins
  10. 1956Written on the WindJasper Hadley
  11. 1956Ransom!Police Chief Jim Backett
  12. 1955Guys and DollsLt. Brannigan
  13. 1955Love Me or Leave MeBernard V. Loomis
  14. 1955Underwater!Father Cannon
  15. 1954Young at HeartGregory Tuttle
  16. 1954Drum BeatBill Satterwhite
  17. 1954Atomic AttackDr. Garson Lee
  18. 1953The Wild OneSheriff Harry Bleeker
  19. 1953Devil's CanyonSteve Morgan
  20. 1953Small Town GirlJudge Gordon Kimbell
  21. 1953Battle CircusLieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters
  22. 1952Somebody Loves MeSam Doyle
  23. 1952Just Across the StreetWalter Medford
  24. 1951I Want YouThomas Greer
  25. 1951Here Comes the GroomGeorge Degnan
  26. 1951Fourteen HoursPaul E. Cosick
  27. 1950Woman on the RunInspector Martin Ferris
  28. 1950BrandedT. Jefferson Leffingwell
  29. 1950Edge of DoomLieutenant Mandel
  30. 1950The Reformer and the RedheadTim Harveigh
  31. 1950My Foolish HeartHenry Winters
  32. 1947Boomerang!'Mac' McCreery
  33. 1933The Shadow LaughsGeorge Hackett
  34. 1930Abraham LincolnUnion Courier (uncredited)