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Brian Keith (November 14, 1921 - June 24, 1997)
was an American stage, film and television actor. 

==Biographical Information==

Brian Keith was born Robert Keith Richey, Jr. in
Bayonne, New Jersey to actor Robert Keith and
stage actress Helena Shipman (born in Aberdeen,
Washington). He made his acting debut in a silent
film, Pied Piper Malone (1924). After high school,
he joined the U.S. Marines (1942-1945) where he
served during World War II as an aerial gunner and
received an Air Medal. After the war, he became a
stage actor, branching into television and films
in the late 1940s. During the later part of his
life he suffered from emphysema and lung cancer.
He was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot
wound on June 24, 1997, just two months after his
daughter had committed suicide. He is buried at
Westwood Village Memorial Park, Los Angeles,
California|Los Angeles, California.

==Career==

Keith was a strong and capable actor who spent
many years playing second leads and gruff
sidekicks, He may be best known for his role as
"Uncle Bill" on the television series Family
Affair (1966-1971). 1

===On the Stage (Partial List)===

*Da (199?)
*Darkness at Noon (1951)
*Mister Roberts (1948)
*Heyday (1946)

===On Television===

Keith worked steadily in television from the 1950s
until the end of his life and made numerous guest
appearances. Series in which he had a starring
role are listed here. 

*Walter and Emily (NBC, 1991-1992)
*Heartland (CBS, 1989)
*Pursuit of Happiness (American Broadcasting
Company|ABC, 1987)
*Hardcastle and McCormick (American Broadcasting
Company|ABC, 1983-1986)
*Archer (NBC, 1975)
*The Brian Keith Show (NBC, 1972-1974)
*Family Affair (CBS, 1966-1971)
*The Westerner (NBC, 1960)
*The Crusader (CBS, 1955-1956)

===In Film===

*FollowYour Heart (1998) 
*Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996)
*Under a Killing Moon (1994)
*Wind Dancer (1993)
*After the Rain (1990)
*Welcome Home (1989)
*Young Guns (1988)
*Death Before Dishonor (1987)
*Sharkey's Machine (1981)
*Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
(1981)
*The Mountain Men (1980)
*Meteor (movie)|Meteor (1979)
*Centennial (miniseries)|Centennial  (1978)
*Hooper (movie)|Hooper (1978)
*Nickelodeon (movie)|Nickelodeon (1976)
*Joe Panther (1976)
*The Wind and the Lion (1975)
*The Yakuza (1975)
*Scandalous John (1971)
*Something Big (1971)
*The MacKenzie Break (1970)
*Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970)
*Gaily, Gaily (1969)
*Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)
*With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
*Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
*Way… Way Out (1966)
*Nevada Smith (1966)
*The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
(1966)
*The Rare Breed (1966)
*The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
*Those Calloways (1965)
*The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
*The Raiders (1964)
*A Tiger Walks (1964)
*Savage Sam (1963)
*Moon Pilot (1962)
*The Deadly Companions (1961)
*The Parent Trap (1961)
*Ten Who Dared (1960)
*The Young Philadelphians (1959)
*Appointment with a Shadow (1959)
*Villa! (1958)
*Violent Road (1958)
*Sierra Baron (1958)
*Desert Hell (1958)
*Fort Dobbs (1958)
*Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957)
*Chicago Confidential (1957)
*Run of the Arrow (1957)
*Dino (1957)
*Nightfall (1957)
*Storm Center (1956)
*5 Against the House (1955)
*Tight Spot (1955)
*The Violent Men (1955)
*The Bamboo Prison (1954)
*Jivaro (1954)
*Alaska Seas (1954)
*Arrowhead (1953)
*The Other Kind of Love (1924)
*Pied Piper Malone (1924)

==External links==

*
http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/detail/celeb/13614
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* http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001417/ IMDB
Filmography

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