Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1898-02-09
- Day of Death1966-12-22 (68 years)
- Place of BirthFowler, Indiana, USA
- Also Known AsRolland Keith Richey
Robert Keith
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1963
The Fugitive
As: Dr. John Kimble
- 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
As: Doc
- 1961
Duel of Champions
As: Tullio King of Rome
- 1961
Posse from Hell
As: Captain Jeremiah Brown
- 1960
Cimarron
As: Sam Pegler
- 1959
The Twilight Zone
As: Jason Foster
- 1959
They Came to Cordura
As: Col. Rogers
- 1958
Tempest
As: Capt. Miranov
- 1958
The Lineup
As: Julian
1957My Man Godfrey
As: Alexander Bullock
1957Men in War
As: The Colonel
1956Between Heaven and Hell
As: Col. Cousins
- 1956
Written on the Wind
As: Jasper Hadley
1956Ransom!
As: Police Chief Jim Backett
- 1955
Guys and Dolls
As: Lt. Brannigan
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Arthur 'The Professor' Duffy
1955Love Me or Leave Me
As: Bernard V. Loomis
1955Underwater!
As: Father Cannon
1954Young at Heart
As: Gregory Tuttle
1954Drum Beat
As: Bill Satterwhite
1954Atomic Attack
As: Dr. Garson Lee
- 1953
The Wild One
As: Sheriff Harry Bleeker
1953Devil's Canyon
As: Steve Morgan
1953Small Town Girl
As: Judge Gordon Kimbell
1953Battle Circus
As: Le Lieutenant-Colonel Hillary Whalters
1952Somebody Loves Me
As: Sam Doyle
1952Just Across the Street
As: Walter Medford
1951I Want You
As: Thomas Greer
1951Here Comes the Groom
As: George Degnan
1951Fourteen Hours
As: Paul E. Cosick
- 1950
Woman on the Run
As: Inspector Martin Ferris
1950Branded
As: T. Jefferson Leffingwell
1950Edge of Doom
As: Mandel
1950The Reformer and the Redhead
As: Tim Harveigh
1950My Foolish Heart
As: Henry Winters
1948Studio One
As: Brutus
1947Boomerang!
As: 'Mac' McCreery
1933The Shadow Laughs
As: George Hackett
1930Abraham Lincoln
As: Union Courier (uncredited)