Robert Keith

Personal Info

Known ForActing
Born1898-02-09
BirthplaceFowler, Indiana, USA

Robert Keith

Acting

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").

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Notable Works

Prominent titles featuring Robert Keith

Filmography

Acting (34)

1961
Duel of Championsas Tullio King of Rome
5.6
1961
Posse from Hellas Captain Jeremiah Brown
6.2
1960
Cimarronas Sam Pegler
6.2
1959
They Came to Corduraas Col. Rogers
6.6
1958
Tempestas Capt. Miranov
6.5
1958
The Lineupas Julian
7.1
1957
My Man Godfreyas Alexander Bullock
6.5
1957
Men in Waras The Colonel
6.6
1956
6.2
1956
Written on the Windas Jasper Hadley
7.0
1956
Ransom!as Police Chief Jim Backett
7.2
1955
Guys and Dollsas Lt. Brannigan
6.6
1955
Love Me or Leave Meas Bernard V. Loomis
6.9
1955
Underwater!as Father Cannon
5.5
1954
Young at Heartas Gregory Tuttle
6.0
1954
Drum Beatas Bill Satterwhite
6.1
1954
Atomic Attackas Dr. Garson Lee
7.5
1953
The Wild Oneas Sheriff Harry Bleeker
6.5
1953
Devil's Canyonas Steve Morgan
5.2
1953
Small Town Girlas Judge Gordon Kimbell
5.6
1953
Battle Circusas Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters
6.0
1952
Somebody Loves Meas Sam Doyle
8.8
1952
Just Across the Streetas Walter Medford
4.5
1951
I Want Youas Thomas Greer
5.2
1951
Here Comes the Groomas George Degnan
5.4
1951
Fourteen Hoursas Paul E. Cosick
7.3
1950
Woman on the Runas Inspector Martin Ferris
6.8
1950
Brandedas T. Jefferson Leffingwell
6.2
1950
Edge of Doomas Lieutenant Mandel
6.1
1950
7.6
1950
My Foolish Heartas Henry Winters
6.6
1947
Boomerang!as 'Mac' McCreery
7.0
1933
The Shadow Laughsas George Hackett
5.5
1930
Abraham Lincolnas Union Courier (uncredited)
5.5

Production & Directing (1)

1932
The Unexpected FatherAdditional Dialogue
7.0