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.
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) | Self (archive footage) | 6 |
| 2 | The Second Civil War (1997) | General Buford | 5 |
| 3 | Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996) | Cardinal | - |
| 4 | National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins (1995) | 'Noble Hart' / Self | 5 |
| 5 | Welcome Home (1989) | Harry Robins | - |
| 6 | Young Guns (1988) | Buckshot Roberts | 7 |
| 7 | The B.R.A.T. Patrol (1986) | General Newmeyer | - |
| 8 | World War III (1982) | Soviet Premier | 8 |
| 9 | Sharky's Machine (1981) | Papa | 6 |
| 10 | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981) | Police Chief Baxter | - |
| 11 | Meteor (1979) | Dr. Dubov | 5.5 |
| 12 | Hooper (1978) | Jocko Doyle | 5 |
| 13 | The Wind and the Lion (1975) | Theodore Roosevelt | 8 |
| 14 | The Yakuza (1974) | George Tanner | 7 |
| 15 | The McKenzie Break (1970) | Captain Jack Connor | - |
| 16 | Nevada Smith (1966) | Jonas Cord | - |
| 17 | The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966) | Police Chief Link Mattocks | 5.5 |
| 18 | The Hallelujah Trail (1965) | Frank Wallingham | 6 |
| 19 | The Parent Trap (1961) | Mitch Evers | 4 |
| 20 | The Deadly Companions (1961) | Yellowleg | - |
| 21 | The Young Philadelphians (1959) | Mike Flanagan | - |
| 22 | Chicago Confidential (1957) | Jim Fremont | 6 |
| 23 | Appointment with a Shadow (1957) | Lt. Spencer | 5 |
| 24 | Run of the Arrow (1957) | Captain Clark | 4 |
| 25 | Nightfall (1956) | John | 5 |
| 26 | 5 Against the House (1955) | Brick | 7 |
| 27 | Tight Spot (1955) | Vince Striker | 7 |
| 28 | The Violent Men (1955) | Cole Wilkison | 7 |
| 29 | Fourteen Hours (1951) | Extra (uncredited) | 5 |
| 30 | Boomerang! (1947) | Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited) | 2 |
| 31 | Knute Rockne All American (1940) | Student at Train Station (uncredited) | 3 |
