Brian Keith

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.

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 (ABC, 1987)
  • Hardcastle and McCormick (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 (1979)
  • Hooper (1978)
  • 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)

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Series in which he had a starring role are listed here. He is married to a Punjabi girl from Delhi, Gauri (now Gauri Khan). Keith worked steadily in television from the 1950s until the end of his life and made numerous guest appearances. Shahrukh also owns a production house called Dreamz Unlimited along with actress Juhi Chawla and film director Aziz Mirza. [1]. All of the five movies in which he co-starred with actress Kajol were box office hits - however Kajol announced her retirement from movies after Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. 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). His movies for Yash Chopra include Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Kal Ho Na Ho.

He is buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California. His association with Karan Johar and Yash Chopra has resulted in one successful movie after the other. He was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on June 24, 1997, just two months after his daughter had committed suicide. He followed these roles with a string of successful love stories. During the later part of his life he suffered from emphysema and lung cancer. He shot to stardom in his two successive roles as a paranoid lover in Baazigar (1992) and Darr (1993). After the war, he became a stage actor, branching into television and films in the late 1940s. He first entered the limelight with his role as 'Abhimanyu' in the tele-serial Fauji (Soldier).

Marines (1942-1945) where he served during World War II as an aerial gunner and received an Air Medal. Born into a Muslim family of Pathan orign in Delhi, Shahrukh Khan earned a Masters in Mass Communication from Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi. After high school, he joined the U.S. He also has received many awards for his contribition to cinema, making him the recipient of 11 Filmfare awards, the most ever won by anyone acting in just one Indian language. He made his acting debut in a silent film, Pied Piper Malone (1924). He has also won three Filmfare Critics Awards (one for one of his better movies Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa 1993, one for the huge hit "Mohabattein" and one best villain award for an obsessive lover in Anjaam). in Bayonne, New Jersey to actor Robert Keith and stage actress Helena Shipman (born in Aberdeen, Washington). Most recently he won the award in 2002 for his strong portrayal of a drunk lover in the remake of the tragic movie Devdas.

Brian Keith was born Robert Keith Richey, Jr. He has won five of the popular Filmfare awards for Best Actor. Brian Keith (November 14, 1921 - June 24, 1997) was an American stage, film and television actor. Shahrukh Khan (born November 2, 1965, New Delhi, India) is a Bollywood Indian actor. Pied Piper Malone (1924). IMDB entry on Shah Rukh Khan (http://imdb.com/name/nm0451321/). The Other Kind of Love (1924). Swades.

Arrowhead (1953). Veer-Zaara. Alaska Seas (1954). Main Hoon Na. Jivaro (1954). Kal Ho Naa Ho. The Bamboo Prison (1954). Chalte Chalte.

The Violent Men (1955). Saathiya...guest appearance. Tight Spot (1955). Devdas. 5 Against the House (1955). Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. Storm Center (1956). Dil Se.

Nightfall (1957). Hey Ram. Dino (1957). Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Run of the Arrow (1957). Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Chicago Confidential (1957). Baazigar.

Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957). Fort Dobbs (1958). Desert Hell (1958). Sierra Baron (1958).

Violent Road (1958). Villa! (1958). Appointment with a Shadow (1959). The Young Philadelphians (1959).

Ten Who Dared (1960). The Parent Trap (1961). The Deadly Companions (1961). Moon Pilot (1962).

Savage Sam (1963). A Tiger Walks (1964). The Raiders (1964). The Pleasure Seekers (1964).

Those Calloways (1965). The Hallelujah Trail (1965). The Rare Breed (1966). The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966).

Nevada Smith (1966). Way… Way Out (1966). Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967). With Six You Get Eggroll (1968).

Krakatoa, East of Java (1969). Gaily, Gaily (1969). Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970). The MacKenzie Break (1970).

Something Big (1971). Scandalous John (1971). The Yakuza (1975). The Wind and the Lion (1975).

Joe Panther (1976). Nickelodeon (1976). Hooper (1978). Meteor (1979).

The Mountain Men (1980). Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981). Sharkey's Machine (1981). Death Before Dishonor (1987).

Young Guns (1988). Welcome Home (1989). After the Rain (1990). Wind Dancer (1993).

Under a Killing Moon (1994). Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996). FollowYour Heart (1998). The Crusader (CBS, 1955-1956).

The Westerner (NBC, 1960). Family Affair (CBS, 1966-1971). The Brian Keith Show (NBC, 1972-1974). Archer (NBC, 1975).

Hardcastle and McCormick (ABC, 1983-1986). Pursuit of Happiness (ABC, 1987). Heartland (CBS, 1989). Walter and Emily (NBC, 1991-1992).

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