
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.
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.
Known for
Cast credits
The Wild One1953 · Sheriff Harry Bleeker3.3
Guys and Dolls1955 · Lt. Brannigan3.3
Written on the Wind1956 · Jasper Hadley3.5
The Lineup1958 · Julian3.6
Boomerang!1947 · 'Mac' McCreery3.5
Woman on the Run1950 · Inspector Martin Ferris3.4
Fourteen Hours1951 · Paul E. Cosick3.6
Cimarron1960 · Sam Pegler3.1
Men in War1957 · The Colonel3.3
Love Me or Leave Me1955 · Bernard V. Loomis3.5
Ransom!1956 · Police Chief Jim Backett3.6
They Came to Cordura1959 · Col. Rogers3.3
Drum Beat1954 · Bill Satterwhite3.0
Between Heaven and Hell1956 · Col. Cousins3.1
Young at Heart1954 · Gregory Tuttle3.0
Posse from Hell1961 · Captain Jeremiah Brown3.1
My Man Godfrey1957 · Alexander Bullock3.3
Abraham Lincoln1930 · Union Courier (uncredited)2.8