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Robert Keith

Robert Keith

Acting

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for Guys and Dolls
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Guys and Dolls

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Guys and Dolls
Lt. Brannigan
Poster for The Lineup
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The Lineup

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The Lineup
Julian
Poster for Here Comes the Groom
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Here Comes the Groom

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Here Comes the Groom
George Degnan
Poster for Woman on the Run
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Woman on the Run

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Woman on the Run
Inspector Martin Ferris
Poster for The Wild One
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The Wild One

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The Wild One
Sheriff Harry Bleeker
Poster for Love Me or Leave Me
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Love Me or Leave Me

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Love Me or Leave Me
Bernard V. Loomis
Poster for Edge of Doom
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Edge of Doom

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Edge of Doom
Mandel
Poster for Young at Heart
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Young at Heart

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Young at Heart
Gregory Tuttle
Poster for Men in War
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Men in War

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Men in War
The Colonel
Poster for The Reformer and the Redhead
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The Reformer and the Redhead

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The Reformer and the Redhead
Tim Harveigh

Production

Poster for The Unexpected Father
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The Unexpected Father

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The Unexpected Father
Additional Dialogue

Gallery

Robert Keith portrait
Robert Keith portrait
Robert Keith portrait