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Robert Keith

Robert Keith

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

Born

Feb 09, 1898

Fowler, Indiana, USA

Died

Dec 22, 1966

Known For

Acting

Movies

34 acting

1 crew

Popularity

0.6

Known For

The Wild One
The Wild One
1953 as Sheriff Harry Bleeker
★ 6.6
Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls
1955 as Lt. Brannigan
★ 6.5
Cimarron
Cimarron
1960 as Sam Pegler
★ 6.0
Written on the Wind
Written on the Wind
1956 as Jasper Hadley
★ 6.9
Young at Heart
Young at Heart
1954 as Gregory Tuttle
★ 6.0
Woman on the Run
Woman on the Run
1950 as Inspector Martin Ferris
★ 6.8
Men in War
Men in War
1957 as The Colonel
★ 6.6
Fourteen Hours
Fourteen Hours
1951 as Paul E. Cosick
★ 7.3
Ransom!
Ransom!
1956 as Police Chief Jim Backett
★ 7.2
Boomerang!
Boomerang!
1947 as 'Mac' McCreery
★ 7.0
The Lineup
The Lineup
1958 as Julian
★ 7.1
Love Me or Leave Me
Love Me or Leave Me
1955 as Bernard V. Loomis
★ 6.8
Devil's Canyon
Devil's Canyon
1953 as Steve Morgan
★ 4.6
They Came to Cordura
They Came to Cordura
1959 as Col. Rogers
★ 6.5
Between Heaven and Hell
Between Heaven and Hell
1956 as Col. Cousins
★ 6.1
Drum Beat
Drum Beat
1954 as Bill Satterwhite
★ 6.0
My Man Godfrey
My Man Godfrey
1957 as Alexander Bullock
★ 6.4
Branded
Branded
1950 as T. Jefferson Leffingwell
★ 6.1
Edge of Doom
Edge of Doom
1950 as Mandel
★ 5.9
Posse from Hell
Posse from Hell
1961 as Captain Jeremiah Brown
★ 6.2
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
1930 as Union Courier (uncredited)
★ 5.4
Here Comes the Groom
Here Comes the Groom
1951 as George Degnan
★ 5.2
Underwater!
Underwater!
1955 as Father Cannon
★ 5.4
Tempest
Tempest
1958 as Capt. Miranov
★ 6.0
Duel of Champions
Duel of Champions
1961 as Tullio King of Rome
★ 5.3
My Foolish Heart
My Foolish Heart
1950 as Henry Winters
★ 6.4
Battle Circus
Battle Circus
1953 as Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters
★ 5.8
Small Town Girl
Small Town Girl
1953 as Judge Gordon Kimbell
★ 5.4
I Want You
I Want You
1951 as Thomas Greer
★ 4.7
Somebody Loves Me
Somebody Loves Me
1952 as Sam Doyle
★ 8.5
Atomic Attack
Atomic Attack
1954 as Dr. Garson Lee
★ 6.0
Just Across the Street
Just Across the Street
1952 as Walter Medford
★ 2.0
The Shadow Laughs
The Shadow Laughs
1933 as George Hackett
★ 4.3
The Reformer and the Redhead
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950 as Tim Harveigh
★ 7.0