Robert Keith
Rolland Keith Richey
About the person
Career:
Acting
Date of birth:1898-02-09
Place of birth:Fowler, Indiana, USA
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
Date of death1966-12-22
68Biography
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.
Filmography
Rating by year
- The FugitiveDr. John Kimble1963-09-177.362
- The Alfred Hitchcock HourDoc1962-09-207.880
- Duel of ChampionsTullio King of Rome1961-10-195.67
- Posse from HellCaptain Jeremiah Brown1961-03-016.230
- CimarronSam Pegler1960-12-016.177
- The Twilight ZoneJason Foster1959-10-028.51,038
- They Came to CorduraCol. Rogers1959-06-016.636
- TempestCapt. Miranov1958-12-016.58
- The LineupJulian1958-06-117.196
- My Man GodfreyAlexander Bullock1957-10-116.526
- Men in WarThe Colonel1957-05-036.768
- Between Heaven and HellCol. Cousins1956-10-116.236
- Written on the WindJasper Hadley1956-10-047.0270
- Ransom!Police Chief Jim Backett1956-01-247.235
- Guys and DollsLt. Brannigan1955-12-236.6256
- Alfred Hitchcock PresentsArthur 'The Professor' Duffy1955-10-027.8252
- Love Me or Leave MeBernard V. Loomis1955-05-266.955
- Underwater!Father Cannon1955-02-095.528
- Young at HeartGregory Tuttle1954-12-016.046
- Drum BeatBill Satterwhite1954-11-106.134
- The Wild OneSheriff Harry Bleeker1953-12-306.6334
- Devil's CanyonSteve Morgan1953-08-135.012
- Small Town GirlJudge Gordon Kimbell1953-04-105.613
- Battle CircusLieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters1953-03-066.018
- Somebody Loves MeSam Doyle1952-09-248.82
- Just Across the StreetWalter Medford1952-06-154.52
- I Want YouThomas Greer1951-12-225.38
- Here Comes the GroomGeorge Degnan1951-09-205.418
- Fourteen HoursPaul E. Cosick1951-04-017.352
- Woman on the RunInspector Martin Ferris1950-11-106.8112
- BrandedT. Jefferson Leffingwell1950-11-036.227
- Edge of DoomMandel1950-08-036.120
- The Reformer and the RedheadTim Harveigh1950-05-057.65
- My Foolish HeartHenry Winters1950-01-196.619
- Studio OneBrutus1948-11-075.413
- Studio One1948-11-075.413
- The Philco Television Playhouse1948-10-036.68
- Boomerang!'Mac' McCreery1947-02-287.086
- The Shadow LaughsGeorge Hackett1933-03-265.55
- Abraham LincolnUnion Courier (uncredited)1930-11-085.539