Robert Keith

Robert Keith

1898-02-09 – 1966-12-22 (age 68) Fowler, Indiana, USA
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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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Known For

Fourteen Hours
Fourteen Hours

1951

as Paul E. Cosick

Written on the Wind
Written on the Wind

1956

as Jasper Hadley

Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls

1955

as Lt. Brannigan

The Wild One
The Wild One

1953

as Sheriff Harry Bleeker

Between Heaven and Hell
Between Heaven and Hell

1956

as Col. Cousins

My Man Godfrey
My Man Godfrey

1957

as Alexander Bullock

Love Me or Leave Me
Love Me or Leave Me

1955

as Bernard V. Loomis

Posse from Hell
Posse from Hell

1961

as Captain Jeremiah Brown

Underwater!
Underwater!

1955

as Father Cannon

My Foolish Heart
My Foolish Heart

1950

as Henry Winters

Men in War
Men in War

1957

as The Colonel

Cimarron
Cimarron

1960

as Sam Pegler

Woman on the Run
Woman on the Run

1950

as Inspector Martin Ferris

Drum Beat
Drum Beat

1954

as Bill Satterwhite

Ransom!
Ransom!

1956

as Police Chief Jim Backett

Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln

1930

as Union Courier (uncredited)

Small Town Girl
Small Town Girl

1953

as Judge Gordon Kimbell

The Lineup
The Lineup

1958

as Julian

Young at Heart
Young at Heart

1954

as Gregory Tuttle

They Came to Cordura
They Came to Cordura

1959

as Col. Rogers