Robert Keith
Born February 09, 1898 (Age: 128)
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Fowler, Indiana, USA
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"). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Keith (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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").
Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Keith (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Duel of Champions
1961
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as Tullio King of Rome
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Age: 63
Cimarron
1960
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as Sam Pegler
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Age: 62
They Came to Cordura
1959
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as Col. Rogers
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Age: 61
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
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as Col. Cousins
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Age: 58
Written on the Wind
1956
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as Jasper Hadley
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Age: 58
Guys and Dolls
1955
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as Lt. Brannigan
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Age: 57
Battle Circus
1953
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as Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters
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Age: 55
Abraham Lincoln
1930
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as Union Courier (uncredited)
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Age: 32