Dennis O'Keefe (March 29, 1908 – August 31, 1968) was an American actor. He was the son of Irish vaudevillians working in the United States. As a small child he joined his parents' act and later wrote skits for the stage.
O'Keefe started in films as an extra in the early 1930s. After a small but impressive role in Saratoga, Clark Gable recommended O'Keefe to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which signed him to a contract in 1937. His film roles were bigger after that, starting with The Bad Man of Brimstone and Burn 'Em Up O'Connor.
O'Keefe left MGM around 1940 but continued to work in mostly lower budget productions. In the 1950s he did some directing, wrote mystery stories and by the mid-1950s found work on television shows such as Justice, The Martha Raye Show, The Ford Show as well as his own series The Dennis O'Keefe Show.
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A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prenti...
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A successful ex-boxer opens a high-class speakeasy in what once was the childhood home of a formerly...
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An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfrien...
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Bold performer Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent financial nee...
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On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a...
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An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Ho...
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The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in...
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When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to...
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Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health....
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A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man....
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A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The t...
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After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identit...
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Join vocalists broadcasting from the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles....
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Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and ...
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When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she f...
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A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days befo...
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The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from m...
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An American woman seeking divorce from her wealthy, controlling husband falls for a romantic Parisia...
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An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to t...
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Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at...
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Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transat...
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In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees...
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J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bou...
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A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World Wa...
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A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason takes ...
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Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, accidentally m...
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During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assass...
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As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to esca...
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A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that t...
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Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspec...
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A smuggler (Dennis O'Keefe) buys a bride (Patricia Medina) in San Francisco to help him run guns in ...
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | Drums of Tahiti (1954) | Mike Macklin | - | - |
| 2 | Woman on the Run (1950) | Dan Legget | 7 | |
| 3 | Abandoned (1949) | Mark Sitko | 5 | |
| 4 | Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) | Daniel F. O'Hara | 4 | |
| 5 | Raw Deal (1948) | Joe Sullivan | 7 | |
| 6 | T-Men (1947) | Dennis O'Brien / Vannie Harrigan | 5 | |
| 7 | Doll Face (1945) | Michael Francis 'Mike' Hannegan | - | - |
| 8 | The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) | Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins | 5 | |
| 9 | Hangmen Also Die! (1943) | Jan Horak | 6.5 | |
| 10 | The Leopard Man (1943) | Jerry Manning | 8 | |
| 11 | Lady Scarface (1941) | Lieutenant Bill Mason | - | - |
| 12 | Topper Returns (1941) | Bob | 6.5 | |
| 13 | Arise, My Love (1940) | Shep | 5 | |
| 14 | History Is Made at Night (1937) | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 15 | Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 5.7 | |
| 16 | A Star Is Born (1937) | Burke's Party Guest (uncredited) | 6.3 | |
| 17 | Captains Courageous (1937) | Bit Role (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 18 | Swing High, Swing Low (1937) | Purser (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 19 | Easy Living (1937) | Office Manager (uncredited) | 6.5 | |
| 20 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) | Courtroom Reporter (uncredited) | 5.8 | |
| 21 | Libeled Lady (1936) | Barker at Charity Affair (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 22 | San Francisco (1936) | New Year's Celebrant (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 23 | Show Boat (1936) | - | 2 | |
| 24 | Three Smart Girls (1936) | Nightclub Extra | 3 | |
| 25 | Fury (1936) | Reporter (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 26 | A Feather in Her Hat (1935) | Theatergoer (uncredited) | 7 | |
| 27 | Top Hat (1935) | Elevator Passenger / Hotel Guest / Dancer (uncredited) | 5.7 | |
| 28 | A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935) | Dancer (uncredited) | - | - |
| 29 | A Lost Lady (1934) | Dance Extra (uncredited) | 1 | |
| 30 | Imitation of Life (1934) | Party Guest (uncredited) | 7.5 | |
| 31 | I'm No Angel (1933) | Courtroom Reporter (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 32 | Only Yesterday (1933) | New Year's Eve Reveler (Uncredited) | 4 | |
| 33 | Lady Killer (1933) | Casino Patron (uncredited) | 6.5 | |
| 34 | The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933) | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 35 | Bombshell (1933) | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 36 | The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) | Flier (uncredited) | - | - |
| 37 | Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) | Theatregoer (uncredited) | 8 | |
| 38 | 42nd Street (1933) | Chorus Boy (uncredited) | 5.5 | |
| 39 | Duck Soup (1933) | Bridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited) | 7.2 | |
| 40 | Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) | Wedding Usher (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 41 | Night After Night (1932) | Drunk Sleeping on a Table (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 42 | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) | Café Chateau Dancer (uncredited) | 9 | |
| 43 | Big City Blues (1932) | Dice Spectator (uncredited) | - | - |
| 44 | Blonde Venus (1932) | (uncredited) | 7 | |
| 45 | Scarface (1932) | Night Club Patron (uncredited) | 7.5 | |
| 46 | The Miracle Woman (1931) | Man in Audience (uncredited) | 9 | |
| 47 | Cimarron (1931) | (uncredited) | 4 |
