Brian Keith (November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997) was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his four decade-long career gained recognition for his work in movies such as the 1961 Disney family film The Parent Trap, the 1966 comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, and the 1975 adventure saga The Wind and the Lion, in which he portrayed Theodore Roosevelt.
On television, two of his best known roles were that of a widowed uncle turned bachelor: Bill Davis, in the 1960s sitcom Family Affair, and a tough judge in the 1980s drama Hardcastle and McCormick.
as Self (archive footage)
as Roddy Thompson
as General Buford
as President William McKinley(2 eps)
as Cardinal
as Mac McNamara(1 ep)
as 'Noble Hart' / Self
as Tappan
as Pete Morgan
as Narrator
as Arthur Minnow(1 ep)
as Uncle Ben (voice)(2 eps)
as Leonard Pound(1 ep)
as Duckman's Father (voice)(1 ep)
as Norman Hope(1 ep)
as Del Forman(1 ep)
as Mullibok(1 ep)
as Truman Richards
as Walter Collins(13 eps)
as The Westerner
as David Henderson
as Harry Robins
as B.L. McCutcheon(10 eps)
as Frank Wellman Sr.
as Byron Monroe
as Buckshot Roberts
as Colonel Davy Crockett
as Col. Halloran
as Self (uncredited)
as General Newmeyer
as Caleb McCallum(1 ep)
as Milton Hardcastle(67 eps)
as Chief Whalen
as Secretary General Gorny(2 eps)
as Papa
as Police Chief Baxter
as Henry Frapp
as Mauritz Stiller
as Charles Kandell(2 eps)
as Dr. Dubov
as Elijah Weatherby(2 eps)
as Andrew Blake(1 ep)
as Sheriff Axel Dumire(12 eps)
as Jocko Doyle
as Allan Jacobson - Defense Attorney
as Joe Quinlan
as General Stonecipher(2 eps)
as H.H. Cobb
as Arnold Curtis
as Capt. Harper
as Tank Logan
as Tank Logan(16 eps)
as Theodore Roosevelt
as Lew Archer(6 eps)
as Self
as George Tanner
as Stephen "The Fox" Halliday(6 eps)
as Dr. Sean Jamison(48 eps)
as Johnny Wade
as Geoff Smith
as Col. Morgan
as John McCanless
as Captain Jack Connor
as Officer Michael M. Nace
as Francis Sullivan
as Connerly
as Self(1 ep)
as Jake Iverson
as Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
as Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby
as Bill Davis(138 eps)
as Jonas Cord
as Police Chief Link Mattocks
as Mose Carson
as Alexander Bowen
as Sgt. Gabe Trotter
as Frank Wallingham
as Paul Barton
as Cam Calloway
as Thomas Hart Benton(1 ep)
as Mose Carson(3 eps)
as Sheriff Pete Williams
as Lue Swank
as McElroy
as Andy Bastian(1 ep)
as Henry Bergh(1 ep)
as Edward Welles(1 ep)
as Uncle Beck Coates
as Self(1 ep)
as Jim Mallory(1 ep)
as Johnny Wade(1 ep)
as Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
as Alfred Freely(1 ep)
as Yellowleg
as Mitch Evers
as William Dunn
as Dave Blassingame(13 eps)
as Jim Martinson(1 ep)
as Mike Flanagan
as Tod Macauley(1 ep)
as Sgt. Patrick Cohan(1 ep)
as Bill Harmon
as Jack McCrackin
as Capt. Robert Edwards
as Mitch Barton
as Clett
as Happy Waters
as Captain Clark
as Lt. Spencer
as Jim Fremont
as Larry Sheridan
as John
as Dave Blassingame(1 ep)
as Paul Duncan
as Matt Anders(53 eps)
as Dave Rainey(1 ep)
as Arnold Shawn(1 ep)
as Herbert Morrison(1 ep)
as Vernon Wedge(1 ep)
as Brick
as Vince Striker
as Cole Wilkison
as Mike Hammer
as Shadrach O'Reilly(1 ep)
as Sergeant Gabe Trotter(2 eps)
as Lue Swank(2 eps)
as Gen. Newmeyer(1 ep)
as Sam Pryce(1 ep)
as Dan(1 ep)
as Denis Burke(1 ep)
as Cpl. Brady
as Tony
as Jim Kimmerly
as Joe Kelly(1 ep)
as Capt. Bill North
as Dan Crawford(1 ep)
as Mano(1 ep)
as Prosecuting Attorney(1 ep)
as Extra (uncredited)
as Happy(1 ep)
as Choya(1 ep)
as David Sutton(1 ep)
as Harry(1 ep)
as Johnny(1 ep)
as Lt. Jim Connor(1 ep)
as Idaho(1 ep)
as Kip Caley(1 ep)
as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (uncredited)
as Student at Train Station (uncredited)