Brian Keith (November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997) was an American film, television and stage actor who in his six-decade-long career gained recognition for his work in movies such as the Disney family film The Parent Trap (1961), the comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), and the adventure saga The Wind and the Lion (1975), in which he portrayed President Theodore Roosevelt.
On television two of his best-known roles were those of bachelor-uncle-turned-reluctant-parent Bill Davis in the 1960s sitcom Family Affair, and tough retired judge Milton C. Hardcastle in the 1980s lighthearted crime drama Hardcastle and McCormick. He also starred in The Brian Keith Show, which aired on NBC from 1972 to 1974, where he portrayed a pediatrician who operated a free clinic on Oahu, and in the short-lived CBS sitcom Heartland in 1989.
Brian Keith on TV Tropes:
- Knute Rockne, All American (1940): Student at Train Station (uncredited)
- Portrait of Jennie (1948): Ice-Skating Extra (uncredited)
- The Parent Trap (1961): Mitch Evers
- The Hallelujah Trail (1965): Frank Wallingham
- Nevada Smith (1966): Jonas Cord
- The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966): Police Chief Link Mattocks
- With Six You Get Eggroll (1968): Jake Iverson
- The Bull of the West (1972): Johnny Wade
- The Yakuza (1974): George Tanner
- The Wind and the Lion (1975): President Theodore Roosevelt
- Nickelodeon (1976): Bailiff
- Hooper (1978): Jocko Doyle
- Meteor (1979): Dr. Dubov
- Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981): Police Chief
- Sharky's Machine (1981): Papa
- Young Guns (1988): Buckshot Roberts
- The Rough Riders (1997): President William McKinley (final film role)
- The Westerner (1960): Dave Blassingame
- Family Affair (1966–71): Uncle Bill Davis
- Centennial (1978–79): Sheriff Axel Dumire
- Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–86): Judge Milton C. Hardcastle
- Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1995): Uncle Ben (voice)
- Under A Killing Moon (1994): The Colonel
