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Robert Keith

Robert Keith

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

Born

Feb 09, 1898

Fowler, Indiana, USA

Died

Dec 22, 1966

Known For

Acting

Movies

34 acting

1 crew

Popularity

0.6

Known For

Written on the Wind
Written on the Wind
1956 • as Jasper Hadley
★ 7.0
Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls
1955 • as Lt. Brannigan
★ 6.6
The Wild One
The Wild One
1953 • as Sheriff Harry Bleeker
★ 6.5
Cimarron
Cimarron
1960 • as Sam Pegler
★ 6.3
Love Me or Leave Me
Love Me or Leave Me
1955 • as Bernard V. Loomis
★ 6.8
Woman on the Run
Woman on the Run
1950 • as Inspector Martin Ferris
★ 6.8
Fourteen Hours
Fourteen Hours
1951 • as Paul E. Cosick
★ 7.2
They Came to Cordura
They Came to Cordura
1959 • as Col. Rogers
★ 6.6
Between Heaven and Hell
Between Heaven and Hell
1956 • as Col. Cousins
★ 6.2
Here Comes the Groom
Here Comes the Groom
1951 • as George Degnan
★ 5.4
Underwater!
Underwater!
1955 • as Father Cannon
★ 5.5
Boomerang!
Boomerang!
1947 • as 'Mac' McCreery
★ 7.0
Drum Beat
Drum Beat
1954 • as Bill Satterwhite
★ 6.1
Young at Heart
Young at Heart
1954 • as Gregory Tuttle
★ 6.1
Men in War
Men in War
1957 • as The Colonel
★ 6.6
Small Town Girl
Small Town Girl
1953 • as Judge Gordon Kimbell
★ 5.6
Devil's Canyon
Devil's Canyon
1953 • as Steve Morgan
★ 5.2
Edge of Doom
Edge of Doom
1950 • as Lieutenant Mandel
★ 6.1
The Lineup
The Lineup
1958 • as Julian
★ 7.1
Posse from Hell
Posse from Hell
1961 • as Captain Jeremiah Brown
★ 6.2
Ransom!
Ransom!
1956 • as Police Chief Jim Backett
★ 7.2
The Reformer and the Redhead
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950 • as Tim Harveigh
★ 7.6
Branded
Branded
1950 • as T. Jefferson Leffingwell
★ 6.2
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
1930 • as Union Courier (uncredited)
★ 5.6
My Foolish Heart
My Foolish Heart
1950 • as Henry Winters
★ 6.6
My Man Godfrey
My Man Godfrey
1957 • as Alexander Bullock
★ 6.5
Duel of Champions
Duel of Champions
1961 • as Tullio King of Rome
★ 5.6
Battle Circus
Battle Circus
1953 • as Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters
★ 6.0
Tempest
Tempest
1958 • as Capt. Miranov
★ 6.5
Just Across the Street
Just Across the Street
1952 • as Walter Medford
★ 4.5
I Want You
I Want You
1951 • as Thomas Greer
★ 5.2
Somebody Loves Me
Somebody Loves Me
1952 • as Sam Doyle
★ 8.8
Atomic Attack
Atomic Attack
1954 • as Dr. Garson Lee
★ 7.5
The Shadow Laughs
The Shadow Laughs
1933 • as George Hackett
★ 5.5