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.
Movies & TV Shows
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The Twilight Zone (1959) — Jason Foster
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The Wild One (1953) — Sheriff Harry Bleeker
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Written on the Wind (1956) — Jasper Hadley
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Guys and Dolls (1955) — Lt. Brannigan
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Arthur 'The Professor' Duffy
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Woman on the Run (1950) — Inspector Martin Ferris
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The Lineup (1958) — Julian
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Boomerang! (1947) — 'Mac' McCreery
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) — Doc
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Cimarron (1960) — Sam Pegler
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Men in War (1957) — The Colonel
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The Fugitive (1963) — Dr. John Kimble
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Love Me or Leave Me (1955) — Bernard V. Loomis
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Fourteen Hours (1951) — Paul E. Cosick
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Young at Heart (1954) — Gregory Tuttle
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Abraham Lincoln (1930) — Union Courier (uncredited)
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They Came to Cordura (1959) — Col. Rogers
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Between Heaven and Hell (1956) — Col. Cousins
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Ransom! (1956) — Police Chief Jim Backett
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Drum Beat (1954) — Bill Satterwhite
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Posse from Hell (1961) — Captain Jeremiah Brown
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Underwater! (1955) — Father Cannon
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Branded (1950) — T. Jefferson Leffingwell
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My Man Godfrey (1957) — Alexander Bullock
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Edge of Doom (1950) — Mandel
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My Foolish Heart (1950) — Henry Winters
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Here Comes the Groom (1951) — George Degnan
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Battle Circus (1953) — Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters
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Small Town Girl (1953) — Judge Gordon Kimbell
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Studio One (1948) — Brutus
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Devil's Canyon (1953) — Steve Morgan
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I Want You (1951) — Thomas Greer
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Tempest (1958) — Capt. Miranov
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The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
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Duel of Champions (1961) — Tullio King of Rome
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The Reformer and the Redhead (1950) — Tim Harveigh
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The Shadow Laughs (1933) — George Hackett
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Somebody Loves Me (1952) — Sam Doyle
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Atomic Attack (1954) — Dr. Garson Lee
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Just Across the Street (1952) — Walter Medford