Robert Keith
Born
February 9, 1898 (age 68)
Died
December 22, 1966
Birthplace
Fowler, Indiana, USA

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'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").

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Movies

Duel of Champions
Duel of Champions
1961 ★ 5.3
Tullio King of Rome
Posse from Hell
Posse from Hell
1961 ★ 6.2
Captain Jeremiah Brown
Cimarron
Cimarron
1960 ★ 6.0
Sam Pegler
They Came to Cordura
They Came to Cordura
1959 ★ 6.6
Col. Rogers
Tempest
Tempest
1958 ★ 6.0
Capt. Miranov
The Lineup
The Lineup
1958 ★ 7.1
Julian
My Man Godfrey
My Man Godfrey
1957 ★ 6.4
Alexander Bullock
Men in War
Men in War
1957 ★ 6.6
The Colonel
Between Heaven and Hell
Between Heaven and Hell
1956 ★ 6.0
Col. Cousins
Written on the Wind
Written on the Wind
1956 ★ 6.9
Jasper Hadley
Ransom!
Ransom!
1956 ★ 7.2
Police Chief Jim Backett
Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls
1955 ★ 6.5
Lt. Brannigan
Love Me or Leave Me
Love Me or Leave Me
1955 ★ 6.7
Bernard V. Loomis
Underwater!
Underwater!
1955 ★ 5.4
Father Cannon
Young at Heart
Young at Heart
1954 ★ 6.0
Gregory Tuttle
Drum Beat
Drum Beat
1954 ★ 6.0
Bill Satterwhite
Atomic Attack
Atomic Attack
1954 ★ 6.0
Dr. Garson Lee
The Wild One
The Wild One
1953 ★ 6.6
Sheriff Harry Bleeker
Devil's Canyon
Devil's Canyon
1953 ★ 4.6
Steve Morgan
Small Town Girl
Small Town Girl
1953 ★ 5.4
Judge Gordon Kimbell
Battle Circus
Battle Circus
1953 ★ 5.9
Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters
Somebody Loves Me
Somebody Loves Me
1952 ★ 8.5
Sam Doyle
Just Across the Street
Just Across the Street
1952 ★ 2.0
Walter Medford
I Want You
I Want You
1951 ★ 4.7
Thomas Greer
Here Comes the Groom
Here Comes the Groom
1951 ★ 5.2
George Degnan
Fourteen Hours
Fourteen Hours
1951 ★ 7.2
Paul E. Cosick
Woman on the Run
Woman on the Run
1950 ★ 6.8
Inspector Martin Ferris
Branded
Branded
1950 ★ 5.9
T. Jefferson Leffingwell
Edge of Doom
Edge of Doom
1950 ★ 5.9
Mandel
The Reformer and the Redhead
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950 ★ 6.3
Tim Harveigh
My Foolish Heart
My Foolish Heart
1950 ★ 6.4
Henry Winters
Boomerang!
Boomerang!
1947 ★ 7.0
'Mac' McCreery
The Shadow Laughs
The Shadow Laughs
1933 ★ 4.6
George Hackett
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
1930 ★ 5.4
Union Courier (uncredited)

TV Series