Robert Keith

Robert Keith

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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🎬 Movies Featuring Robert Keith

Duel of Champions

Duel of Champions (1961)

as Tullio King of Rome
Posse from Hell

Posse from Hell (1961)

as Captain Jeremiah Brown
Cimarron

Cimarron (1960)

as Sam Pegler
Tempest

Tempest (1958)

as Capt. Miranov
My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey (1957)

as Alexander Bullock
Men in War

Men in War (1957)

as The Colonel
Ransom!

Ransom! (1956)

as Police Chief Jim Backett
Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls (1955)

as Lt. Brannigan
Love Me or Leave Me

Love Me or Leave Me (1955)

as Bernard V. Loomis
Underwater!

Underwater! (1955)

as Father Cannon
Young at Heart

Young at Heart (1954)

as Gregory Tuttle
Drum Beat

Drum Beat (1954)

as Bill Satterwhite
Atomic Attack

Atomic Attack (1954)

as Dr. Garson Lee
The Wild One

The Wild One (1953)

as Sheriff Harry Bleeker
Small Town Girl

Small Town Girl (1953)

as Judge Gordon Kimbell
Battle Circus

Battle Circus (1953)

as Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters
I Want You

I Want You (1951)

as Thomas Greer
Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours (1951)

as Paul E. Cosick
Woman on the Run

Woman on the Run (1950)

as Inspector Martin Ferris
Branded

Branded (1950)

as T. Jefferson Leffingwell
Boomerang!

Boomerang! (1947)

as 'Mac' McCreery
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (1930)

as Union Courier (uncredited)