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").
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Filmography
Cast Credits
The Fugitive
Character: Dr. John Kimble
TV • 1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character: Doc
TV • 1962
Duel of Champions
Character: Tullio King of Rome
MOVIE • 1961
Posse from Hell
Character: Captain Jeremiah Brown
MOVIE • 1961
Cimarron
Character: Sam Pegler
MOVIE • 1960
The Twilight Zone
Character: Jason Foster
TV • 1959
They Came to Cordura
Character: Col. Rogers
MOVIE • 1959
Tempest
Character: Capt. Miranov
MOVIE • 1958
The Lineup
Character: Julian
MOVIE • 1958
My Man Godfrey
Character: Alexander Bullock
MOVIE • 1957
Men in War
Character: The Colonel
MOVIE • 1957
Between Heaven and Hell
Character: Col. Cousins
MOVIE • 1956
Written on the Wind
Character: Jasper Hadley
MOVIE • 1956
Ransom!
Character: Police Chief Jim Backett
MOVIE • 1956
Guys and Dolls
Character: Lt. Brannigan
MOVIE • 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Arthur 'The Professor' Duffy
TV • 1955
Love Me or Leave Me
Character: Bernard V. Loomis
MOVIE • 1955
Underwater!
Character: Father Cannon
MOVIE • 1955
Young at Heart
Character: Gregory Tuttle
MOVIE • 1954
Drum Beat
Character: Bill Satterwhite
MOVIE • 1954
Crew
