64 films of BRIAN KEITH (1921 - 1997)
by milam_ogden | created - 13 Nov 2015 | updated - 16 Nov 2015 | PublicGod danced in the streets on this date in 1921 when Brian Keith was born in Bayonne, NJ. He is the son of actor Robert Keith, so subsequently, Brian appeared in his first film at the age of 3.
He served with the Marines in World War II as a machine gunner.
Over a career than spanned 75 years, Brian appeared 64 feature films and numerous television series.
Three-fourths of his films (77%) were released in the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Most prevalent genres included: dramas (40); westerns (18); comedy (16); romance (12); action (10) and family (10).
The IMDb ratings data is:
mode = 6.2 (8)
median = 6.3
mean = 6.1
Lowest IMDb rating = 4.0 Charlie Chan and the Curse of the
Queen Dragon (1981)
Highest IMDb rating = 7.8 Portrait of Jennie (1948)
Had a hit television series in the 60's titled Family Affair. His role was Uncle Bill Davis to a couple of kids.
I always enjoyed his performances, he had an intensity and serious nature to his acting.
Brian passed away on June 24th, 1997 in Malibu, CA.
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1. Pied Piper Malone (1924)
77 min | Comedy, Drama
Jack Malone, mate of the Langland, is accused of drunkenness by Crosby, a rival suitor of his sweetheart, Patty Thomas. He and the captain, who really was drunk, are both fired. He is ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Lois Wilson, Emma Dunn, Charles A. Stevenson
Votes: 30 | Gross: $0.20M
age 3 in his first appearance with his father actor Robert Keith
2. The Other Kind of Love (1924)
50 min | Drama
George Benton returns home from college after having forged a check, and his older brother, Adam, sacrifices his life savings to save George from jail. George soon weds Elsie, an orphan who... See full summary »
Director: Duke Worne | Stars: William Fairbanks, Dorothy Revier, Edith Yorke, Robert Keith
3. Knute Rockne All American (1940)
Approved | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Directors: Lloyd Bacon, William K. Howard | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, Donald Crisp
Votes: 2,155
4. Portrait of Jennie (1948)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In Depression-era New York, an impoverished painter has a chance encounter with an enigmatic, old-fashioned little girl in Central Park who inspires him and changes his destiny.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Lillian Gish
Votes: 7,607
highest IDMb movie at 7.8
5. Fourteen Hours (1951)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
An unhappy man threatens suicide by standing on the ledge of a high-rise building for 14 hours.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Debra Paget
Votes: 2,967
6. Arrowhead (1953)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Chief of Scouts Ed Bannon works for the US Army at Fort Clark, Texas and he dreams of aiding in bringing peace to the region, despite opposition from both the Army and the Apaches.
Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Katy Jurado, Brian Keith
Votes: 1,614
7. Alaska Seas (1954)
Approved | 78 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
The owner of a salmon cannery in Alaska hires a man who had formerly been his partner, and comes to regret it.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Robert Ryan, Jan Sterling, Brian Keith, Gene Barry
Votes: 214
8. Jivaro (1954)
Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Mystery, Romance
A gorgeous American arrives in Brazilian headhunter country seeking her scapegrace fiancé.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Fernando Lamas, Rhonda Fleming, Brian Keith, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 440
9. The Bamboo Prison (1954)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, War
Corporal Brady (Brian Keith) an American soldier captured during the Korean War, is taken to a POW camp. There he meets Sergeant Rand (Robert Francis) a prisoner who is cooperating with the... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Robert Francis, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith, Jerome Courtland
Votes: 270
10. The Violent Men (1955)
Approved | 96 min | Western
A bitter land dispute causes a Civil War veteran to take extreme action.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Dianne Foster
Votes: 3,339
a very good western
11. Tight Spot (1955)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A female inmate is whisked out of prison and into a police-guarded hotel until the district attorney can convince her to testify against the mob.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lucy Marlow
Votes: 2,537
12. 5 Against the House (1955)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Four vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno Casino and pull off the perfect crime.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith, Alvy Moore
Votes: 2,053
an adequate film noir movie
13. Storm Center (1956)
Approved | 85 min | Drama
During the 1950s, a small-town librarian is shunned by the locals after she refuses the City Council's request to remove a book on Communism from the library's shelves.
Director: Daniel Taradash | Stars: Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Kim Hunter, Paul Kelly
Votes: 1,648
14. Nightfall (1956)
78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Through a series of bizarre coincidences, an artist finds himself falsely accused of bank robbery and murder and is pursued by the authorities and the real killers.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Aldo Ray, Anne Bancroft, Brian Keith, Jocelyn Brando
Votes: 4,562
an above average film noir classic
15. Run of the Arrow (1957)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Western
When the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife and refuses to be an American but he must choose a side when the Sioux go to war against the U.S. Army.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Rod Steiger, Sara Montiel, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker
Votes: 2,420
an excellent western by Sam Fuller
16. Dino (1957)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, Drama
A juvenile delinquent (Sal Mineo) on parole receives support from a social worker (Brian Keith) and a girl (Susan Kohner) from a slum.
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Sal Mineo, Brian Keith, Susan Kohner, Frank Faylen
Votes: 200
17. Chicago Confidential (1957)
Passed | 75 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In Chicago, a crime syndicate tries to take over a labor union by killing its whistle blower treasurer and framing the honest union boss for the murder.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Brian Keith, Beverly Garland, Dick Foran, Douglas Kennedy
Votes: 554
an adequate film noir
18. Appointment with a Shadow (1957)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when he is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.
Director: Richard Carlson | Stars: George Nader, Joanna Moore, Brian Keith, Virginia Field
Votes: 390
19. Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957)
Approved | 72 min | Western
Efficient Sheriff Caleb Wells is fired by the short-sighted town council, thus clearing the way for a group of hoodlums to vandalize the peaceful and defenseless town.
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Dale Robertson, Brian Keith, Rossana Rory, Dick Kallman
Votes: 66
20. Fort Dobbs (1958)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Western
Eluding a sheriff's posse, an escaped man saves a farming family from a Comanche attack and escorts it to the nearby Fort Dobbs.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Clint Walker, Virginia Mayo, Brian Keith, Richard Eyer
Votes: 894
above average western
21. Violent Road (1958)
Unrated | 86 min | Adventure, Drama
Truck drivers take cargo of explosives over bumpy mountain road.
Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Brian Keith, Dick Foran, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Merry Anders
Votes: 382
22. Desert Hell (1958)
82 min | Adventure, War
In the Saharan desert, a French Legionnaires' captain disobeys orders and leads his patrol to a suicide mission while he is in personal a conflict with his lieutenant.
Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Brian Keith, Barbara Hale, Richard Denning, Johnny Desmond
Votes: 26
23. Sierra Baron (1958)
Approved | 80 min | Western
Set in 1848 California. About a brother and sister battling a crooked businessman over property rights.
Director: James B. Clark | Stars: Brian Keith, Rick Jason, Rita Gam, Mala Powers
Votes: 192
24. Villa!! (1958)
Approved | 72 min | Adventure, Western
Tale of the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
Director: James B. Clark | Stars: Brian Keith, Cesar Romero, Margia Dean, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Votes: 42
25. The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Approved | 136 min | Drama
A promising lawyer tries to handle his social and professional problems while climbing the ranks in Philadelphia.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Alexis Smith, Brian Keith
Votes: 4,272
26. Ten Who Dared (1960)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Family, Western
Major John Wesley Powell leads an expedition through the Grand Canyon to chart the Colorado River.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Brian Keith, John Beal, James Drury, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 307
27. The Deadly Companions (1961)
Approved | 93 min | Adventure, Western
An ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran, Chill Wills
Votes: 2,801
an excellent western by Sam Peckinpah, his 1st film
28. The Parent Trap (1961)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.
Director: David Swift | Stars: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 23,969
29. Moon Pilot (1962)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Away on a short leave before an upcoming moon launch, a NASA astronaut disappears and is feared kidnapped when the security services learn about his friendship with a suspected foreign female spy.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Tom Tryon, Brian Keith, Edmond O'Brien, Dany Saval
Votes: 536
30. Savage Sam (1963)
Approved | 103 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Travis, Arliss, and Lisbeth are captured by Apaches while Old Yeller's son, Sam, tracks their trail.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Brian Keith, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Dewey Martin
Votes: 1,175 | Gross: $6.54M
31. The Raiders (1963)
Approved | 75 min | Western
Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Brian Keith, Robert Culp, Judi Meredith, Jim McMullan
Votes: 229
32. A Tiger Walks (1964)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Family
A tiger escapes from a circus truck as it passes by a small town, and hides itself in the surrounding woods. This throws the town into a panic and everyone wants the animal killed ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Pamela Franklin, Sabu
Votes: 403
33. The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Three American lovelies rooming together in Madrid all manage to get themselves into seemingly-unhappy relationships with fellows.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Ann-Margret, Anthony Franciosa, Carol Lynley, Gardner McKay
Votes: 774
34. Those Calloways (1965)
Approved | 131 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A strong-willed family in a small New England town struggles against tremendous odds to realize their dream of establishing a sanctuary for the great flocks of wild geese that migrate overhead.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Brandon De Wilde, Walter Brennan
Votes: 836
35. The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
Approved | 165 min | Comedy, Western
On its way to Denver, a cargo of whiskey destined for the miners, is sought after by the Temperance League, the U.S. Cavalry, the local Indians and the miners themselves.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin
Votes: 4,433 | Gross: $8.72M
36. The Rare Breed (1966)
Approved | 97 min | Western
An English woman and her daughter enlist the aid of a cowboy to try and get their hardy hornless bull to mate with the longhorns of Texas, but have to overcome greedy criminals and the natural elements.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Juliet Mills
Votes: 3,969
37. Nevada Smith (1966)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, Western
A half-American Indian and half-white teenager evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down his parents' murderers.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy
Votes: 9,104 | Gross: $14.17M
38. The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
Unrated | 126 min | Comedy, War
Without hostile intent, a Soviet submarine runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith
Votes: 10,051 | Gross: $21.69M
39. Way... Way Out (1966)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic world, the USA decides to send a married couple of astronauts to its moon base in order to prevent any improper contact with the Soviet female cosmonauts manning the USSR moon base.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Connie Stevens, Robert Morley, Dennis Weaver
Votes: 1,111
40. Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Julie Harris
Votes: 8,214 | Gross: $2.10M
41. With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
G | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Two widowed people fall in love and marry, unprepared for the hostile reactions of their children.
Director: Howard Morris | Stars: Doris Day, Brian Keith, Pat Carroll, Barbara Hershey
Votes: 3,039 | Gross: $10.10M
42. Krakatoa: East of Java (1968)
G | 131 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1883, ship captain Hanson plans a shipwreck salvage mission in The Dutch East Indies to retrieve a cargo of pearls but an unexpected volcano eruption and a state-ordered transport of convicts upset his plans.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith, Barbara Werle
Votes: 1,873 | Gross: $2.40M
43. Gaily, Gaily (1969)
R | 107 min | Comedy
To escape sinful impulses, Ben Harvey, a callow youth, leaves his small town for Chicago in 1910. A pickpocket promptly relieves him of his money, and he nearly starves before Queen Lil ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Beau Bridges, Melina Mercouri, Brian Keith, George Kennedy
Votes: 427
44. Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970)
GP | 113 min | Comedy, Drama