BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Full Name: Robert Keith Richey Jr.
Description: Actor, USA
Known For: TV series “Hardcastle and McCormick” – 1983 – 1986
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 14th November 1921
Location Born: Bayonne, New Jersey, United States of America
Date Died: 24th June 1977
Location Died: Los Angeles, New Jersey, United States of America
Cause Of Death: Self inflicked gunshot wound
Memorial: He is buried next to Daisy at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
CONTACT DETAILS
Web Site:
YOUTUBE VIDEO
BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Brian Kieth
An American stage, film and television actor.
Brian Keith was born to actor Robert Keith and stage actress Helena Shipman, a native of Aberdeen, Washington.
Keith’s stepmother was Peg Entwistle, the failed actress who committed suicide by jumping from the “H” in the famous Hollywood sign.
Actor of many films but mainly known for his role as the father
of Buffy and Jody in the TV series “A FAMILY AFFAIR” played Uncle Bill.
Keith became a stage actor, branching out into films and then television. A strong and capable actor, Keith spent many years playing second leads and gruff sidekicks.
He is also remembered for his role as the father of twins in the 1961 film The Parent Trap, costarring Hayley Mills and Maureen O’Hara.
His performance as Theodore Roosevelt in The Wind and the Lion (1975).
Keith went on to star in such television series as The Brian Keith Show, Heartland, and Hardcastle and McCormick.
On June 26, 2008, the Hollywood Walk of Fame installed a star in Brian Keith’s honor on the world famous sidewalk in California.
Keith was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound 1997, two months after his daughter Daisy had committed suicide.
Died at is home in 1977. Age 75.
Film include.
Pied Piper Malone (1924)
The Other Kind of Love (1924)
Arrowhead (1953)
Alaska Seas (1954)
Jivaro (1954)
The Bamboo Prison (1954)
The Violent Men (1955)
Tight Spot (1955)
5 Against the House (1955)
Storm Center (1956)
Nightfall (1957)
Dino (1957)
Run of the Arrow (1957)
Chicago Confidential (1957)
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)
The Raiders (1964)
The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
Those Calloways (1965)
A Tiger Walks (1964)
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 McKenzie Break (1970)
Something Big (1971)
Scandalous John (1971)
The Yakuza (1975)
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Joe Panther (1976)
Nickelodeon (1976)
Hooper (1978)
Centennial (1978)
Meteor (1979)
The Mountain Men (1980)
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
Sharky’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)
The Second Civil War (1997)
Rough Riders (1997)