Robert Keith
Born February 09, 1898 (Age: 128)
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Fowler, Indiana, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Duel of Champions
1961
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as Tullio King of Rome
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Age: 63
Posse from Hell
1961
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as Captain Jeremiah Brown
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Age: 63
Cimarron
1960
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as Sam Pegler
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Age: 62
They Came to Cordura
1959
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as Col. Rogers
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Age: 61
Tempest
1958
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as Capt. Miranov
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Age: 60
The Lineup
1958
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as Julian
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Age: 60
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
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as Col. Cousins
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Age: 58
Written on the Wind
1956
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as Jasper Hadley
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Age: 58
Ransom!
1956
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as Police Chief Jim Backett
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Age: 57
Guys and Dolls
1955
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as Lt. Brannigan
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Age: 57
Love Me or Leave Me
1955
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as Bernard V. Loomis
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Age: 57
Underwater!
1955
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as Father Cannon
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Age: 57
Young at Heart
1954
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as Gregory Tuttle
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Age: 56
Drum Beat
1954
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as Bill Satterwhite
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Age: 56
Atomic Attack
1954
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as Dr. Garson Lee
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Age: 56
The Wild One
1953
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as Sheriff Harry Bleeker
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Age: 55
Devil's Canyon
1953
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as Steve Morgan
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Age: 55
Small Town Girl
1953
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as Judge Gordon Kimbell
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Age: 55
Battle Circus
1953
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as Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters
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Age: 55
Woman on the Run
1950
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as Inspector Martin Ferris
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Age: 52
Branded
1950
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as T. Jefferson Leffingwell
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Age: 52
Edge of Doom
1950
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as Mandel
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Age: 52
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
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as Tim Harveigh
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Age: 52
My Foolish Heart
1950
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as Henry Winters
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Age: 51
Abraham Lincoln
1930
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as Union Courier (uncredited)
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Age: 32