
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"). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Keith (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
- 1955MGM ParadeSelf1 ep.
- 1948Studio OneBrutus3 ep.
- 1948The Philco Television Playhouse1 ep.
Guest appearances
- 1964The Twilight ZoneJason Foster1 ep.
- 1964The Alfred Hitchcock HourDoc1 ep.
- 1964The FugitiveDr. John Kimble1 ep.
- 1962Alfred Hitchcock PresentsArthur 'The Professor' Duffy1 ep.
- 1956MGM ParadeSelf1 ep.
- 1949Studio OneBrutus3 ep.
- 1952The Philco Television Playhouse1 ep.
Also known as: Rolland Keith Richey