Brian Keith

Brian Keith

Birthday: 1921-11-14

Place of Birth: Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Biography: Brian Keith (November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997) was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his four decade-long career gained recognition for his work in movies such as the 1961 Disney family film The Parent Trap, the 1966 comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, and the 1975 adventure saga The Wind and the Lion, in which he portrayed Theodore Roosevelt. On television, two of his best known roles were that of a widowed uncle turned bachelor: Bill Davis, in the 1960s sitcom Family Affair, and a tough judge in the 1980s drama Hardcastle and McCormick.

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Reflections in a Golden Eye
Reflections in a Golden Eye

Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post....

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Nevada Smith
Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by thr...

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Picture Windows: Lightning
Picture Windows: Lightning

Part of the anthology series "Picture Windows," Joe Dante’s "Lightning" is a Gold Rush tale marking ...

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The Hallelujah Trail
The Hallelujah Trail

A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance...

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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander...

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Young Guns
Young Guns

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher w...

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Nightfall
Nightfall

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery...

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Meteor
Meteor

After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards...

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Run of the Arrow
Run of the Arrow

When the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife a...

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The Yakuza
The Yakuza

When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and Georg...

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Sharky's Machine
Sharky's Machine

Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous consp...

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Those Calloways
Those Calloways

Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams o...

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The Wind and the Lion
The Wind and the Lion

At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers, and the at...

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The Young Philadelphians
The Young Philadelphians

Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climb...

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The Violent Men
The Violent Men

A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but th...

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Arrowhead
Arrowhead

Director Charles Marquis Warren's 1953 western stars Charlton Heston and Jack Palance. Chief of Scou...

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Appointment with a Shadow
Appointment with a Shadow

George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itse...

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Death Before Dishonor
Death Before Dishonor

Gunnery Sergeant Burns reports for duty to an American Embassy in the Middle East. However due to th...

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5 Against the House
5 Against the House

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino....

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Storm Center
Storm Center

Politicians go after a small-town librarian when she refuses to ban a book. She's quickly labeled a ...

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Hooper
Hooper

Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stress...

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The McKenzie Break
The McKenzie Break

A German U-Boat commander plans a daring escape from a PoW camp in Scotland....

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The Rare Breed
The Rare Breed

When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry ou...

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Chicago Confidential
Chicago Confidential

In the Windy City, the mob infiltrates a powerful union....

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Moon Pilot
Moon Pilot

An Air Force captain inadvertently volunteers to make the first manned flight around the moon. He im...

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A Tiger Walks
A Tiger Walks

A tiger escapes from a circus truck as it passes by a small town, and hides itself in the surroundin...

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With Six You Get Eggroll
With Six You Get Eggroll

Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teenage daughter, begin da...

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The Deadly Companions
The Deadly Companions

Ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son, tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral p...

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Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a ...

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Savage Sam
Savage Sam

Travis, Arliss, and Lisbeth are captured by Apaches while Old Yeller's son, Sam, tracks their trail....

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The Parent Trap
The Parent Trap

Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later a...

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The Tenderfoot
The Tenderfoot

Based on author James H. Tevis' Arizona in the 50s. Natural dangers and hostile Indians create prob...

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Welcome Home
Welcome Home

Jake died in Vietnam; his family mourned him, then moved on. When he reappears, quite alive, the que...

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The Mountain Men
The Mountain Men

The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days ...

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Tight Spot
Tight Spot

A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangste...

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Way... Way Out
Way... Way Out

A platonically wed American couple run a lunar weather station near an unwed Soviet couple....

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Scandalous John
Scandalous John

A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way ...

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Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon

In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an ille...

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Violent Road
Violent Road

Following the crash and explosion of a test rocket, which killed several people, six men volunteer t...

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Fort Dobbs
Fort Dobbs

Eluding a sheriff's posse, an escaped man saves a farming family from a Comanche attack and escorts ...

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Jivaro
Jivaro

At Rio Galdez's remote Brazilian trading post live assorted outcast Americans and Europeans, includi...

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Cry for the Strangers
Cry for the Strangers

The little coastal town of Clark's Harbor seems like the perfect place for psychiatrist Brad Russell...

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The Bull of the West
The Bull of the West

Two episodes of the TV series "The Virginian" edited together: "Duel at Shiloh" (2 Jan. 1963) and "N...

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Alaska Seas
Alaska Seas

A crooked salmon fisherman tries to steal his best friend's fiancée and put him out of business....

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Gaily, Gaily
Gaily, Gaily

After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago ...

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The B.R.A.T. Patrol
The B.R.A.T. Patrol

A group of military brats uncovers a plot to steal base equipment....

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The Loneliest Runner
The Loneliest Runner

A young boy who still wets the bed finds escapism from his abusive mother and his own embarrassment ...

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Dino
Dino

A juvenile delinquent on parole receives support from a social worker and a girl from a slum....

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Something Big
Something Big

Joe Baker has a dream. He wants to do 'something big.' When he needs a Gatling gun to accomplish thi...

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The Bamboo Prison
The Bamboo Prison

A communist POW sides with his North Korean guards against his fellow prisoners....

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The Raiders
The Raiders

Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad....

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Ten Who Dared
Ten Who Dared

The John Wesley Powell expedition of 1869 explores the dangerous Colorado River, withstands internal...

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Follow Your Heart
Follow Your Heart

When an eight year old girl loses her mother to cancer, her mother's last wish is for her to fall in...

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Second Chance
Second Chance

A rich stockbroker buys a Nevada ghost town as a community for people who need a second chance in li...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson

Ken Malansky, a law student of Perry Mason's, is accused of murdering a fellow student. Perry is rel...

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Sierra Baron
Sierra Baron

Director James B. Clark's western, set in 1848 California, is about a brother and sister battling a ...

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Krakatoa, East of Java
Krakatoa, East of Java

A team of maritime salvage workers are about to embark on a recovery dive. However the 1883 Krakatoa...

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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

War is brewing between the soldiers at an otherwise quiet army base and the civilians of a nearby So...

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The Second Civil War
The Second Civil War

When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governo...

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The Pleasure Seekers
The Pleasure Seekers

A trio of gorgeous American tourists hope to find love while vacationing in Spain. Secretary Maggie ...

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The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

Against orders and with no help of relief Texas patriots led by William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy ...

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After the Rain
After the Rain

A father disowns his daughter, Annie, because of her choice to marry a neighboring woodsman. The mar...

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The Silent Lovers
The Silent Lovers

The story of the ill-fated romance between Greta Garbo and John Gilbert....

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The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

General Custer is on trial for the deaths of his men at the Battle of Little Bighorn....

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Hell Canyon Outlaws
Hell Canyon Outlaws

In this western, a sheriff attempts to exact his revenge against the desperadoes who cost him his jo...

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In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan

Based on a true case, this tells the story of two parents in New Jersey whose daughter has lapsed in...

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Power
Power

Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a...

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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!

In this half-hour unsold pilot, private eye Mike Hammer embarks on a righteous quest for vengeance o...

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Fourteen Hours
Fourteen Hours

A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to...

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Walking Thunder
Walking Thunder

In the 1850's, a young boy and his family on their way West become stranded in the Rockies. With the...

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The Quest
The Quest

Eight years ago, Cheyenne Indians attacked the Baudine Family wagon and captured Morgan, whom they r...

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Joe Panther
Joe Panther

A young Seminole indian boy comes of age outside the Florida Everglades by trying to enter the estab...

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Knute Rockne All American
Knute Rockne All American

The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne....

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Lady in a Corner
Lady in a Corner

Grace Guthrie tries to stave off the hostile take over of her publishing empire. While fighting off ...

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Wind Dancer
Wind Dancer

When a young girl is injured by a riding accident, she overcomes her injury with the help of her fam...

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Johnny Shiloh
Johnny Shiloh

Johnny Shiloh is a 1963 made for TV film that originally aired in two parts on the Wonderful World o...

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Desert Hell
Desert Hell

This melodrama tells the tale of a great battle between the French Foreign Legion and the rebellious...

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Boomerang!
Boomerang!

When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the c...

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Bristle Face
Bristle Face

In the rolling, wooded hills of Tennessee in the 1920s, a 14-year-old orphan, Jace, comes to town wi...

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The Seekers
The Seekers

This follow-up to "The Bastard" and "The Rebels" continues the account of Philip Kent's life and car...

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The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.

Lieutenant Rick Hunter's girlfriend is murdered, and the main suspect is her ex-husband. But Hunter ...

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Villa!!
Villa!!

Biographical south-of-the-border cowboy western adventure thriller of Mexican revolutionary leader P...

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All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds is honored by more than 100 of his fellow celebrities and co-workers....

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Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story

The firebrand reporter, feminist and philanthropist Dorothy Day co-founds The Catholic Worker with P...

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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist...

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The Lion Roars Again
The Lion Roars Again

A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in ...

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Rapids Ahead/Bear Country
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country

The first half is a salute to John Wesley Powell, the first man to explore the Colorado River. Walt ...

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National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

America's three top leisure-time activities come roaring to life in National Lampoon's Favorite Dead...

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The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw

Hawkes, Jones and Cassidy are on their way to the biggest poker game in history. But a few folks wan...

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All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

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