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Robert Keith

Robert Keith

Acting · Fowler, Indiana, USA · Born February 9, 1898

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

The FugitiveTV

The Fugitive

1963

as Dr. John Kimble

The Alfred Hitchcock HourTV

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as Doc

Duel of ChampionsMovie

Duel of Champions

1961

as Tullio King of Rome

Posse from HellMovie

Posse from Hell

1961

as Captain Jeremiah Brown

CimarronMovie

Cimarron

1960

as Sam Pegler

The Twilight ZoneTV

The Twilight Zone

1959

as Jason Foster

They Came to CorduraMovie

They Came to Cordura

1959

as Col. Rogers

TempestMovie

Tempest

1958

as Capt. Miranov

The LineupMovie

The Lineup

1958

as Julian

My Man GodfreyMovie

My Man Godfrey

1957

as Alexander Bullock

Men in WarMovie

Men in War

1957

as The Colonel

Between Heaven and HellMovie

Between Heaven and Hell

1956

as Col. Cousins

Written on the WindMovie

Written on the Wind

1956

as Jasper Hadley

Ransom!Movie

Ransom!

1956

as Police Chief Jim Backett

Guys and DollsMovie

Guys and Dolls

1955

as Lt. Brannigan

Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTV

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Arthur 'The Professor' Duffy

MGM ParadeTV

MGM Parade

1955

as Self

Love Me or Leave MeMovie

Love Me or Leave Me

1955

as Bernard V. Loomis

Underwater!Movie

Underwater!

1955

as Father Cannon

Young at HeartMovie

Young at Heart

1954

as Gregory Tuttle

Drum BeatMovie

Drum Beat

1954

as Bill Satterwhite

Atomic AttackMovie

Atomic Attack

1954

as Dr. Garson Lee

The Wild OneMovie

The Wild One

1953

as Sheriff Harry Bleeker

Devil's CanyonMovie

Devil's Canyon

1953

as Steve Morgan

Small Town GirlMovie

Small Town Girl

1953

as Judge Gordon Kimbell

Battle CircusMovie

Battle Circus

1953

as Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters

Somebody Loves MeMovie

Somebody Loves Me

1952

as Sam Doyle

Just Across the StreetMovie

Just Across the Street

1952

as Walter Medford

I Want YouMovie

I Want You

1951

as Thomas Greer

Here Comes the GroomMovie

Here Comes the Groom

1951

as George Degnan

Fourteen HoursMovie

Fourteen Hours

1951

as Paul E. Cosick

Woman on the RunMovie

Woman on the Run

1950

as Inspector Martin Ferris

BrandedMovie

Branded

1950

as T. Jefferson Leffingwell

Edge of DoomMovie

Edge of Doom

1950

as Mandel

The Reformer and the RedheadMovie

The Reformer and the Redhead

1950

as Tim Harveigh

My Foolish HeartMovie

My Foolish Heart

1950

as Henry Winters

Studio OneTV

Studio One

1948

as Brutus

The Philco Television PlayhouseTV

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

Boomerang!Movie

Boomerang!

1947

as 'Mac' McCreery

The Shadow LaughsMovie

The Shadow Laughs

1933

as George Hackett

Abraham LincolnMovie

Abraham Lincoln

1930

as Union Courier (uncredited)