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Robert Keith

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedFeb 9, 1898 (Died at 68)
Zodiac Sign♒Aquarius
Place of BirthFowler, Indiana, USA
Career Span1930 – 1966
Known Credits42 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 1

Robert Keith

Also known as:Rolland Keith Richey
Total Works

42

35 movies • 7 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

The Twilight Zone
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959•series
as Jason Foster
The Wild One
6.5
The Wild One
1953•movie
as Sheriff Harry Bleeker
Written on the Wind
7.0
as Jasper Hadley
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8
as Arthur 'The Professor' Duffy

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 42 titles featuring Robert Keith

The Twilight Zone
8.5
1 eps
The Twilight Zone
1959•series

as Jason Foster

The Wild One
6.5
The Wild One
1953•movie

as Sheriff Harry Bleeker

Written on the Wind
7.0

as Jasper Hadley

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8
1 eps

as Arthur 'The Professor' Duffy

Guys and Dolls
6.6
Guys and Dolls
1955•movie

as Lt. Brannigan

Woman on the Run
6.8
Woman on the Run
1950•movie

as Inspector Martin Ferris

The Lineup
7.1
The Lineup
1958•movie

as Julian

Boomerang!
7.0
Boomerang!
1947•movie

as 'Mac' McCreery

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.9
1 eps

as Doc

Cimarron
6.2
Cimarron
1960•movie

as Sam Pegler

Men in War
6.6
Men in War
1957•movie

as The Colonel

The Fugitive
7.3
1 eps
The Fugitive
1963•series

as Dr. John Kimble

Love Me or Leave Me
6.9

as Bernard V. Loomis

Fourteen Hours
7.3
Fourteen Hours
1951•movie

as Paul E. Cosick

Young at Heart
6.1
Young at Heart
1954•movie

as Gregory Tuttle

Abraham Lincoln
5.5
Abraham Lincoln
1930•movie

as Union Courier (uncredited)

They Came to Cordura
6.6

as Col. Rogers

Between Heaven and Hell
6.2

as Col. Cousins

Ransom!
7.2
Ransom!
1956•movie

as Police Chief Jim Backett

Drum Beat
6.1
Drum Beat
1954•movie

as Bill Satterwhite

Posse from Hell
6.2
Posse from Hell
1961•movie

as Captain Jeremiah Brown

Branded
6.2
Branded
1950•movie

as T. Jefferson Leffingwell

Underwater!
5.5
Underwater!
1955•movie

as Father Cannon

My Man Godfrey
6.5
My Man Godfrey
1957•movie

as Alexander Bullock

Edge of Doom
6.1
Edge of Doom
1950•movie

as Lieutenant Mandel

My Foolish Heart
6.6
My Foolish Heart
1950•movie

as Henry Winters

Battle Circus
6.0
Battle Circus
1953•movie

as Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters

Here Comes the Groom
5.4

as George Degnan

Small Town Girl
5.6
Small Town Girl
1953•movie

as Judge Gordon Kimbell

Devil's Canyon
5.2
Devil's Canyon
1953•movie

as Steve Morgan

Studio One
5.4
2 eps
Studio One
1948•series

as Brutus

I Want You
5.2
I Want You
1951•movie

as Thomas Greer

Tempest
6.5
Tempest
1958•movie

as Capt. Miranov

The Philco Television Playhouse
6.6
1 eps
Duel of Champions
5.6
Duel of Champions
1961•movie

as Tullio King of Rome

The Reformer and the Redhead
7.6

as Tim Harveigh

The Shadow Laughs
5.5
The Shadow Laughs
1933•movie

as George Hackett

Somebody Loves Me
8.8
Somebody Loves Me
1952•movie

as Sam Doyle

Atomic Attack
7.5
Atomic Attack
1954•movie

as Dr. Garson Lee

Just Across the Street
4.5

as Walter Medford

MGM Parade
7.5
1 eps
MGM Parade
1955•series

as Self

The Unexpected Father
7.0

Role: Additional Dialogue