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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Filmography
all 42
Movies 36
TV Shows 6
The Fugitive (1963)
Duel of Champions (1961)
Posse from Hell (1961)
Cimarron (1960)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
They Came to Cordura (1959)
Tempest (1958)
The Lineup (1958)
My Man Godfrey (1957)
Men in War (1957)
Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
Written on the Wind (1956)
Ransom! (1956)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
Underwater! (1955)
Young at Heart (1954)
Drum Beat (1954)
Atomic Attack (1954)
The Wild One (1953)
Devil's Canyon (1953)
Small Town Girl (1953)
Battle Circus (1953)
Somebody Loves Me (1952)
Just Across the Street (1952)
I Want You (1951)
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
Fourteen Hours (1951)
Woman on the Run (1950)
Branded (1950)
Edge of Doom (1950)
The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
My Foolish Heart (1950)
Studio One (1948)
Boomerang! (1947)
The Shadow Laughs (1933)
The Unexpected Father (1932)
White Shoulders (1931)
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1898-02-10
Deathday1966-12-22 (68 years old)
Birth PlaceFowler, United States
RelationshipsPeg Entwistle (1927 - 1929)
ChildrenBrian Keith
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsRolland Keith Richey
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