Brian Keith Net Worth
Brian Keith Net Worth is
$1.3 Million
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Brian Keith (November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997) was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his six decade-long career gained recognition for his work in movies such as the 1961 Disney family film The Parent Trap, the 1966 comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, and the 1975 adventure saga The Wind and the Lion, in which he portrayed Theodore Roosevelt.On television, two of his best known roles were that of a bachelor-uncle-turned-reluctant-parent Bill Davis in the 1960s sitcom Family Affair, and a tough judge in the 1980s drama Hardcastle and McCormick. He also starred in the The Brian Keith Show that aired on NBC from 1972 to 1974 where he portrayed a pediatrician who operated a free clinic on Oahu, as well as in the CBS comedy series Heartland. | Full Name | Brian Keith |
| Date Of Birth | November 14, 1921, Bayonne, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | June 24, 1997, Malibu, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Bayonne, New Jersey, USA |
| Height | 6' 1" (1.85 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Director, Soundtrack |
| Education | East Rockaway High School |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Victoria Young (m. 1970–1997), Judy Landon (m. 1954–1969), Frances Helm (m. 1948–1954) |
| Children | Daisy Keith, Michael Keith, Rory Keith, Y. Robert Keith, Betty Keith, Barbra Keith, Mimi Keith |
| Parents | Helena Shipman, Robert Keith |
| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Movies | The Parent Trap, The Wind and the Lion, Reflections in a Golden Eye, Nevada Smith, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, The Rare Breed, The Mountain Men, With Six You Get Eggroll, The Deadly Companions, The Young Philadelphians, Sharky's Machine, Young Guns, Tight Spot, Run of the Arrow... |
| TV Shows | Family Affair, The Brian Keith Show, Hardcastle and McCormick, The Westerner, Crusader, The Zoo Gang, Walter & Emily, The Chisholms, Tales of Tomorrow, Centennial, Archer, Heartland, World War III, The Pursuit of Happiness (1987), Hands of Murder, Pursuit of Happiness |
| Star Sign | Scorpio |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | His curly hair. |
| 2 | His gruff voice |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [In 1979, about Meteor (1979)]: Well, I can walk 20 miles and it won't bother me, but to stand still for 15 minutes is absolute torment! I remember that one day we were standing there and I was griping and Natalie Wood leaned over and said, 'There'll come a day when we'll look back to the good old days when we were just standing here looking at the screen' . . . and that came pretty soon, because we had an explosion. In the picture, pieces of the meteor fly off and one of them hits New York and devastates the city. |
| 2 | [In 1977]: Russians put different emphasis in their sentences. When we may stress the last word in a sentence, they may emphasize a word in the middle of it. |
| 3 | [When told he was to speak only Russian during filming]: Terrific, they gave me six whole days to learn the Russian language. |
| 4 | [Who at one point was cast as a general]: They originally talked to me about that, and I came to Hollywood to do a TV special. We were just about finishing that when they called me about this thing, so I went up to talk with the director. Ronald Neame. We sat around and told stories I went back to finish the special, and he called me and asked if I wanted to play the Russian. I said, 'What for?' Well, he decided while we were telling the stories that I had an ear for it, so I said, 'Sure, when?' He said, 'Monday,' It was now Friday! |
| 5 | She told me: 'How can you love me looking like this? It would be better if I were gone. No matter what I do I'm going to die, and the sooner the better as far as I'm concerned.' |
| 6 | [Of his last days]: Forgive me, but I don't want to live anymore. The pain is too bad. There's no point in trying to prolong this agony. |
| 7 | [In 1997]: I was willing to deal with the emphysema, but now I don't think there's much point trying to live on. |
| 8 | [While starring in the movie Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)]: I don't want to play the same guy all the time. I've got three or four scripts at home in which I play somebody's father or uncle, but it's the same old junk. I like to play characters. |
| 9 | [on revisiting The Westerner (1960) for the first time in 1975]: It was fifteen years since I had seen it. I watched every one. We always remember things as being better than they were, and only four or five of these were really good. But those four or five were as good as anything anybody has ever done. |
| 10 | [When he used to work in carnivals]: Gypsies believe you have to go out and meet life; take what comes. You aren't supposed to know what lies ahead, and those who want to know are cheating. They're called marks, the suckers, and you tell them anything. |
| 11 | [on the cancelation of Family Affair (1966)]: We were getting bored, five years is a longtime. I didn't want to do it in the first place. My agent argued with me. He said, 'Do the pilot, it'll never sell. Grab the money and run.' Ten days later, it was sold. |
| 12 | The main thing is to live, if possible, where you feel comfortable. |
| 13 | [In 1972]: I have to admit that I didn't mind it. We all got along well, and the kids were unspoiled. But towards the end, I was getting tired of it. |
| 14 | [In 1968]: You have the responsibility to conduct yourself in the best way you know how to do. |
| 15 | [In 1969]: I hope to get some time off this spring for a vacation. |
| 16 | [Who said about starring in his own movies]: I've made I don't know how many pictures. Forty, I guess. I've seen only about a half dozen of them. We made Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) in Rome, last spring. I really enjoyed working with Liz (Elizabeth Taylor) and Brando (Marlon Brando) and that great director, John Huston. But the kind of picture I enjoy seeing is something like The Parent Trap (1961). That was a charming thing, with Hayley Mills playing my twin daughters. I saw that four times. I even took my wife's parents to see it. I like it so much, I forgot I was in it, as a matter of fact. |
| 17 | [In 1966]: I like the kids. Aren't you going to ask about them? Yours or the ones in the show? |
| 18 | I played a real nothing named Wally. |
| 19 | [In 1971]: If I were producing the picture, I would have hired somebody like Gig Young. You know, the millionaire type with the clothes and a membership in the country club. There was no similarity between this clean-cut character and the guy with the tobacco hanging out of his mouth that I played in Ten Who Dared (1960). I guess Walt Disney figured I could do more than one thing, and I like that. It's tough playing the same guy over and over. Since then, everything I've done at Disney has been different. |
| 20 | [As he was describing what Family Affair (1966) was about]: It's the same setup as The Parent Trap (1961), that I did for Disney. The clothes, the apartment, servants, all that jazz. |
| 21 | [In 1991]: A car is a car, it won't make you handsome or prettier or younger. And if it improves your standing with the neighbors, then you live among snobs. |
| 22 | I never gave a hoot, I just took what came along. |
| 23 | [on accepting the role as Hardcastle]: You learn to read a pilot script. A pilot isn't designed to be good, but only to spell out to the network what it is that's going to make people tune in. Everything has to be either stark drama or screamingly funny with everybody dropping their pants all the time. You read most pilots and tell yourself, 'no, no, no, that's not life!' So you go with the character and ignore the hardware. |
| 24 | The only attraction is the time. I work just 70 days a year on the show. I can still make two, three movies a year if I want to. If it were Bonanza (1959), walking around the Ponderosa, tied up nearly all year, no-o-o chance. That's a fate worse than death. |
| 25 | [on beating out 3 others actors for the role of Hardcastle]: I never heard of these guys. Of course, I can be talking to 40 Academy Award winners and never know the difference. People in Muncie, Indiana, probably know more about them than I do. But I figure what the hell, if they're smart enough to hire me, they must have something." |
| 26 | [Who became very antsy about the car that was needed in every script]: I don't pay any attention. The stunt people take care of all that. All I do is get in and out of the Coyote [the car Skid drove, which required anyone riding in it to enter and exit through the window], which is no mean trick. You can't get into the S.O.B. without bending yourself into a pretzel. Me, I'd rather drive a pickup. |
| 27 | [About leaving Family Affair (1966) to spend time in Hawaii, before casting as Hardcastle]: I get tired of sitting home and doing nothing. If I'm doing something eight months of the year, I don't mind loafing the other four. But, lately, I've been finding fewer and fewer movies I'd like to do. And when that happens, I get hard to live with. Then this thing came along. I read it. I liked it. This character Hardcastle: I figured I could live with him for five years if I had to. There was something going on there. You don't get a helluva lot of character in series TV. They're more likely to star the car. |
| 28 | [on his popularity, while playing the forty-five something "Uncle Bill Davis" on Family Affair (1966)]: This is the type of show I love, because it reminds me of what happiness I have with my wife and our children. |
| 29 | [on his handsomeness]: What for? I don't go to the Daisy or any of that. We don't give parties under a striped awning out over the lawn for two hundred people, four of whom we like. |
| 30 | [on trying to live a long life]: If I live to be a hundred -- and I hope I do -- I won't have time to read all the books I want to read, or talk to the people I want to know. Not party talk. That's a waste of time. Real talk. |
| 31 | New Year's Eve though it's a custom. We invite over friends who, like ourselves don't drink at all, or else very lightly. |
| 32 | In other words...you can't be a misogynist and expect women to appreciate you. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was cast as the Russian astrophysicist Dr. Dubov in Meteor (1979) and Soviet Premier Gorny in World War III (1982) because he spoke fluent Russian. |
| 2 | He was known to be a very private man. |
| 3 | Depression ran in his family. |
| 4 | Resided in Malibu, California, for over a quarter of a century, until his death in 1997. |
| 5 | Was a spokesperson for Camel Cigarettes in the 1950s. |
| 6 | Owned a 41 ft. yacht 'Maialoha' off Waikiki. |
| 7 | He was always producer Don Fedderson's first choice to play Uncle Bill Davis in Family Affair (1966). |
| 8 | His widow Victoria Young and son Bobby Keith are both artists. |
| 9 | His second wife Judy Landon was an actress and dancer. They were married for 15 years until their divorce in 1969. |
| 10 | His final film Rough Riders (1997) was dedicated to his memory. |
| 11 | Had a dog named Mush. |
| 12 | Began his career as a contract player for Paramount in 1953. |
| 13 | His mother, Helena Shipman, was originally from Aberdeen, Washington. |
| 14 | Met actor Michael Landon on an episode of Crusader (1955). The two became good friends from 1956 until Landon's death in 1991. |
| 15 | Used to live not too far from best friend Michael Landon. |
| 16 | His third wife, Victoria Young, is Hawaiian. |
| 17 | Met a young actor James Drury while making the movie, Ten Who Dared (1960); they became and remained friends until Keith's suicide in 1997. |
| 18 | His father Robert Keith was from Indiana. |
| 19 | His son, Robert, was named after him and Keith's grandfather. |
| 20 | Father of Michael, Mimi, Robert and Daisy, and adoptive father of Barbara, Betty and Rory. |
| 21 | In 1945, seeking a commission as an officer in the Merchant Marine after four years' service in the Marine Corps, Keith was rejected due his poor scores in algebra. |
| 22 | Spent seven years on the New York stage in summer stock and live television before moving to California to find work films. |
| 23 | Owned a 200-acre ranch in Redlands, California. |
| 24 | Appeared on the front cover of TV Guide three times. |
| 25 | Was raised as a Roman Catholic. |
| 26 | With the success of Family Affair (1966), Keith was able to star in another sitcom The Brian Keith Show (1972). |
| 27 | He was disgusted in his role on Crusader (1955), because he thought the character was too much a souped-up action hero, not enough a regular guy. |
| 28 | Commuted from Los Angeles to Hawaii to film The Brian Keith Show (1972), every week for 2 seasons. |
| 29 | Had boasted of telling CBS executives 'to go fly a kite' when they suggested toning down the content of his series The Westerner (1960) to make it more appealing to children. |
| 30 | An Old West buff. |
| 31 | Acting mentor and friends of Kathy Garver and Daniel Hugh Kelly. |
| 32 | Guest starred on the first episode of Murder, She Wrote (1984). |
| 33 | Never retired from acting. |
| 34 | Brian Keith died on June 24, 1997. His last work appeared after his death: voice-over work in the final episode of Spider-Man (1994), and an on-screen appearance in Follow Your Heart (1999). |
| 35 | Changed his first name from Robert to Brian Keith, prior to becoming an actor. |
| 36 | His daughter Daisy Keith co-starred with him on his final show Heartland (1989). |
| 37 | Keith's stepmother Peg Entwistle also committed suicide, jumping from the "H" of the famous Hollywood Sign in 1932. |
| 38 | Best remembered by the public for his starring role as Uncle Bill Davis on Family Affair (1966). |
| 39 | Attended Michael Landon's funeral in 1991. |
| 40 | Was raised in the same area as Telly Savalas. |
| 41 | Before he found success as an actor, Keith worked in carnivals. |
| 42 | Made a comeback with a successful TV series when he was 62. |
| 43 | Was also good friends of John Mills's entire family. |
| 44 | Stepson of Dorothy Tierney. |
| 45 | Had a son, Michael, who died in 1963. |
| 46 | Had enjoyed playing his role on Hardcastle and McCormick (1983). |
| 47 | His ambition to follow his father into acting was delayed by World War II. |
| 48 | Of British descent. |
| 49 | His parents were divorced when he was 4. |
| 50 | Stepson of stage and screen actress Peg Entwistle. |
| 51 | Suffered an eye injury on the set of Hardcastle and McCormick (1983). [1985]. |
| 52 | His parents, Robert Keith and Helen Shipman, were married in 1919. |
| 53 | Had four biological children, and adopted three more. |
| 54 | Was a close friend of Charlton Heston. |
| 55 | The younger of two children. |
| 56 | Was an active Republican. |
| 57 | His third wife, Victoria Young, was almost 23 years his junior. |
| 58 | Remained friends with Daniel Hugh Kelly during and after Hardcastle and McCormick (1983). |
| 59 | His widow Victoria Young guest-starred with him on 2 episodes of Hardcastle and McCormick (1983). |
| 60 | His father Robert Keith and mother Helena Shipman were both actors. |
| 61 | Was a heavy smoker until 1986, quitting a decade before he was diagnosed with lung cancer. |
| 62 | His father, Robert Keith, died on December 22, 1966. |
| 63 | His future Family Affair (1966) co-star Kathy Garver had guest-starred with him twice: on an episode of his short-lived series, Crusader (1955) and, just before his death, on the Spider-Man (1994) cartoon series. |
| 64 | Was very disappointed when Family Affair (1966), was canceled at the end of its fifth season during CBS's shift to more adult-oriented sitcom fare. |
| 65 | Keith's hobbies included: golfing, swimming, spending time with family, cooking, sailing, horseback riding, reading and painting. |
| 66 | Remained good friends with Johnny Whitaker and Kathy Garver, during and after Family Affair (1966). |
| 67 | Was diagnosed with emphysema and lung cancer. He also had financial problems and was depressed by the suicide of his daughter, which eventually led to his own suicide. |
| 68 | Beat out three other actors for the role of the title character in Hardcastle and McCormick (1983). |
| 69 | Was offered the role of Deke Thornton in The Wild Bunch (1969), but turned it down, because he was under contract working on Family Affair (1966). |
| 70 | Though he'd been acting since age three, Keith didn't appear in his first film until age 31. |
| 71 | His mother, Helena Shipman, died on October 26, 1983. |
| 72 | Was raised in Long Island, New York, by his grandmother. |
| 73 | Actors Kathy Garver and Johnny Whitaker were said to be huge fans of his when they were both growing up. They both co-starred alongside him on Family Affair (1966), and stayed with the show until its cancellation in 1971. |
| 74 | When future Family Affair (1966) co-star Johnny Whitaker appeared in the movie The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966), Keith was so impressed by Johnny's acting that he invited him to co-star in Keith's new sitcom. |
| 75 | Actor Daniel Hugh Kelly was said to be a huge fan of Keith's while he was growing up. His favorite movies of Keith's were The Rare Breed (1966) and Nevada Smith (1966). Years later, he would land a co-starring role opposite Keith in Hardcastle and McCormick (1983), and stayed on the show until its cancellation in 1986. |
| 76 | He served as a machine gunner in the United States Marine Corps in World War II, and received an Air Medal. |
| 77 | He graduated from East Rockaway High School in East Rockaway, New York, in 1939. |
| 78 | Was good friends with: Robert Fuller, James Drury, Doug McClure, Raymond Burr, Gene Barry, Ernest Borgnine, John Forsythe, Linda Evans, Maureen O'Hara, Sebastian Cabot, Adam West, Michael Landon, Carroll O'Connor, Larry Hagman, Wink Martindale, Dick Van Dyke, Martin Landau, Ben Johnson, James Best, Burt Reynolds, John Huston, John Mills, Geoffrey Lewis, Keye Luke, Alfred Hitchcock, Betty Lynn, Richard Bull, Nancy Walker, Jonathan Winters, Fred MacMurray, Richard Chamberlain, Anne Francis, Charlton Heston, Robert Conrad, Beverly Garland, Mickey Rooney and Sean Connery. |
| 79 | His third wife Victoria Young co-starred with him on The Brian Keith Show (1972), she played a nurse. |
| 80 | Before making his mark on screen, Keith acted in stock theater productions and on radio. |
| 81 | Was fluent in Russian. |
| 82 | He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. |
| 83 | Plays the role of a real president of the United States in both of John Milius's films featuring Theodore Roosevelt. In The Wind and the Lion (1975) he co-starred as Roosevelt, himself. In Rough Riders (1997), Keith had a bit part as Theodore Roosevelt's predecessor, William McKinley (duing the period when Roosevelt served as President McKinley's Assistant Secretary of the Navy). |
| 84 | At the time of his death, Keith was suffering from emphysema and terminal lung cancer, as well as mourning the recent gunshot suicide of his 27-year-old daughter, Daisy Keith, ten weeks earlier. He committed suicide after he returned from a stay at a hospital. |
| 85 | Buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California. |
| 86 | Father, with Victoria Young, of Bobby and Daisy Keith. |
| 87 | Son of Robert Keith and Helena Shipman. |
| 88 | His first son died in childhood. Daughter, Daisy Keith committed suicide 10 weeks before her father's suicide, aged 27. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Adventure | 1964 | TV Series | Henry Bergh |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Andy Bastian |
| A Tiger Walks | 1964 | Sheriff Pete Williams | |
| The Raiders | 1963 | John G. McElroy / Narrator | |
| 77 Sunset Strip | 1963 | TV Series | Sgt. Patrick Cohan |
| Wagon Train | 1963 | TV Series | First Sgt. Gault / Tom Tuesday |
| The Fugitive | 1963 | TV Series | Edward Welles |
| Savage Sam | 1963 | Uncle Beck Coates | |
| Dr. Kildare | 1963 | TV Series | Alfred Freely |
| Sam Benedict | 1963 | TV Series | Mitch Dawit |
| The Virginian | 1963 | TV Series | Johnny Wade |
| Johnny Shiloh | 1963 | TV Movie | Sergeant Gabe Trotter |
| The Fugitive | 1963 | TV Movie | Edward Welles |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1962 | TV Series | Jim Mallory |
| Target: The Corruptors | 1962 | TV Series | George Vaclavic |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1959-1962 | TV Series | Vernon Wedge / Herbert Morrison / Dave Rainey / ... |
| Moon Pilot | 1962 | Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman | |
| Follow the Sun | 1962 | TV Series | Earl Patton |
| Outlaws | 1961-1962 | TV Series | Sven Johannsen / Jim Whipple |
| Alcoa Premiere | 1961 | TV Series | Sergeant Dave Temple |
| Frontier Circus | 1961 | TV Series | Dan Osborne |
| The Parent Trap | 1961 | Mitch Evers | |
| The Deadly Companions | 1961 | Yellowleg | |
| The Americans | 1961 | TV Series | Owen |
| The Untouchables | 1961 | TV Series | Jim Martinson |
| The Westerner | 1960 | TV Series | Dave Blassingame |
| Ten Who Dared | 1960 | William 'Bill' Dunn | |
| Laramie | 1959 | TV Series | Whit Malone |
| Rawhide | 1959 | TV Series | Tod Macauley |
| The Young Philadelphians | 1959 | Mike Flanagan | |
| Zane Grey Theater | 1959 | TV Series | Dave Blassingame |
| Villa!! | 1958 | Bill Harmon | |
| Studio One in Hollywood | 1958 | TV Series | |
| Sierra Baron | 1958 | Jack McCracken | |
| Desert Hell | 1958 | Capt. Robert Edwards | |
| Violent Road | 1958 | Mitch Barton | |
| Fort Dobbs | 1958 | Clett | |
| Climax! | 1957 | TV Series | Sam Pryce |
| Hell Canyon Outlaws | 1957 | Happy Waters | |
| Wire Service | 1957 | TV Series | Mike Barnes |
| Appointment with a Shadow | 1957 | Lt. Spencer | |
| Chicago Confidential | 1957 | Dist. Atty. Jim Fremont | |
| Dino | 1957 | Larry Sheridan | |
| Run of the Arrow | 1957 | Capt. Clark | |
| The Ford Television Theatre | 1955-1957 | TV Series | Dan Crawford / Mano |
| The Box Brothers | 1957 | TV Series | Fred |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1953-1957 | TV Series | David Sutton / Choya / Intermission Guest / ... |
| Crusader | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Matt Anders |
| Nightfall | 1956 | John | |
| Storm Center | 1956 | Paul Duncan | |
| Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre | 1955 | TV Series | Jim |
| Studio 57 | 1954-1955 | TV Series | Dan / Denis Burke / Dr. Glenn Haver |
| Mystery Is My Business | 1955 | TV Series | Rails |
| The Elgin Hour | 1955 | TV Series | Corporal Snow |
| 5 Against the House | 1955 | Brick | |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | 1955 | TV Series | Clark Dodson / Joe Kelly |
| Tight Spot | 1955 | Vince Striker | |
| The Violent Men | 1955 | Cole Wilkison | |
| The Bamboo Prison | 1954 | Cpl. Brady | |
| The Mask | 1954 | TV Series | Blake |
| Campbell Summer Soundstage | 1954 | TV Series | |
| Jivaro | 1954 | Tony | |
| Alaska Seas | 1954 | Jim Kimmerly | |
| Mickey Spillane's 'Mike Hammer!' | 1954 | TV Movie | Mike Hammer |
| The Motorola Television Hour | 1953 | TV Series | |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | 1953 | TV Series | Harry |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1953 | TV Series | Bonnell |
| Arrowhead | 1953 | Capt. Bill North | |
| Eye Witness | 1953 | TV Series | |
| Suspense | 1952 | TV Series | Kip Caley / Idaho / Lt. Jim Connor / ... |
| Police Story | 1952 | TV Series | |
| Tales of Tomorrow | 1952 | TV Series | Peters / Jack |
| Shadow of the Cloak | 1951 | TV Series | |
| Fourteen Hours | 1951 | Extra (uncredited) | |
| Portrait of Jennie | 1948 | Ice-Skating Extra (uncredited) | |
| Knute Rockne All American | 1940 | Student at Train Station (uncredited) | |
| The Other Kind of Love | 1924 | Child (uncredited) | |
| Pied Piper Malone | 1924 | Little Boy | |
| Follow Your Heart | 1999 | Roddy Thompson | |
| Spider-Man | 1995-1998 | TV Series | Uncle Ben Parker |
| Walking Thunder | 1997 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man | 1997 | TV Series | Duckman's Father |
| The Second Civil War | 1997 | TV Movie | Maj. Gen. Charles Buford |
| Rough Riders | 1997 | TV Series | President William McKinley |
| Touched by an Angel | 1996 | TV Series | Leonard Pound |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | 1996 | TV Series | Del Forman |
| Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | 1996 | Cardinal | |
| Pacific Blue | 1996 | TV Series | Mac McNamara |
| Cybill | 1996 | TV Series | Arthur Minnow |
| Favorite Deadly Sins | 1995 | TV Movie | 'Noble Hart' / Himself |
| Picture Windows | 1995 | TV Series | Tappan |
| The Monroes | 1995 | TV Series | Henry |
| The Marshal | 1995 | TV Series | Chief Skoblow |
| The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. | 1995 | TV Movie | Pete Morgan |
| Under a Killing Moon | 1994 | Video Game | The Colonel |
| The Commish | 1994 | TV Series | Phil 'Iceman' Greene / Lou Parslow |
| Burke's Law | 1994 | TV Series | Norman Hope |
| Wind Dancer | 1993 | Truman Richards | |
| The Secrets of Lake Success | 1993 | TV Mini-Series | P. Stuart Atkins III |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | 1993 | TV Series | Mullibok |
| T.V. | 1992 | TV Movie | Detective |
| The Streets of Beverly Hills | 1992 | TV Movie | Charlie Street |
| Major Dad | 1992 | TV Series | Jake MacGillis |
| Walter & Emily | 1991-1992 | TV Series | Walter Collins |
| The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw | 1991 | TV Movie | The Westerner |
| Evening Shade | 1991 | TV Series | Brick Stiles |
| The Young Riders | 1990 | TV Series | Cyrus 'Hap' Happy |
| Lady in the Corner | 1989 | TV Movie | David Henderson |
| Welcome Home | 1989 | Harry Robins | |
| Heartland | 1989 | TV Series | B.L. McCutcheon |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson | 1989 | TV Movie | Frank Wellman Sr. |
| After the Rain | 1988 | ||
| Young Guns | 1988 | Buckshot Roberts | |
| Pursuit of Happiness | 1987-1988 | TV Series | Prof. Roland G. Duncan |
| Death Before Dishonor | 1987 | Col. Halloran | |
| The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory | 1987 | TV Movie | Col. Davy Crockett |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1959-1986 | TV Series | Mose Carson / Lue Swank / Sergeant Gabe Trotter / ... |
| Hardcastle and McCormick | 1983-1986 | TV Series | Judge Milton C. Hardcastle |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1984 | TV Series | Caleb McCallum |
| Cry for the Strangers | 1982 | TV Movie | Chief Whalen |
| World War III | 1982 | TV Movie | Secretary General Gorny |
| Sharky's Machine | 1981 | Papa | |
| Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | 1981 | Police Chief | |
| The Mountain Men | 1980 | Henry Frapp | |
| The Silent Lovers | 1980 | TV Movie | Mauritz Stiller |
| Power | 1980 | TV Movie | Charles Kandell |
| Meteor | 1979 | Dr. Dubov | |
| The Chisholms | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Andrew Blake |
| Centennial | 1978-1979 | TV Mini-Series | Sheriff Axel Dumire |
| The Seekers | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Elijah Weatherby |
| Hooper | 1978 | Jocko | |
| How the West Was Won | 1976-1978 | TV Series | General Stonecipher |
| The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer | 1977 | TV Movie | Defense Attorney |
| In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan | 1977 | TV Movie | Joe Quinlan |
| Nickelodeon | 1976 | H.H. Cobb | |
| The Loneliest Runner | 1976 | TV Movie | Arnold Curtis |
| Joe Panther | 1976 | Capt. Harper | |
| The Quest | 1976 | TV Movie | Tank Logan |
| The Wind and the Lion | 1975 | Theodore Roosevelt | |
| Archer | 1975 | TV Series | Lew Archer |
| The Yakuza | 1974 | George Tanner | |
| The Brian Keith Show | 1972-1974 | TV Series | Dr. Sean Jamison |
| Second Chance | 1972 | TV Movie | Geoff Smith |
| Something Big | 1971 | Col. Morgan | |
| Scandalous John | 1971 | John McCanless | |
| Family Affair | 1966-1971 | TV Series | Uncle Bill Davis |
| The McKenzie Break | 1970 | Capt. Jack Connor | |
| Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? | 1970 | Officer Michael M. Nace | |
| Gaily, Gaily | 1969 | Francis Sullivan | |
| Krakatoa: East of Java | 1968 | Connerly | |
| With Six You Get Eggroll | 1968 | Jake Iverson | |
| Insight | 1960-1968 | TV Series | Ken Stratton / Jerry / Lew / ... |
| Reflections in a Golden Eye | 1967 | Lt. Col. Morris Langdon | |
| Way... Way Out | 1966 | Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby | |
| The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming | 1966 | Police Chief Link Mattocks | |
| Nevada Smith | 1966 | Jonas Cord | |
| The Rare Breed | 1966 | Bowen | |
| The Hallelujah Trail | 1965 | Frank Wallingham | |
| Those Calloways | 1965 | Cam Calloway | |
| The Pleasure Seekers | 1964 | Paul Barton | |
| Profiles in Courage | 1964 | TV Series | Thomas Hart Benton |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brian Keith Show | 1973 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Crusader | 1956 | TV Series 2 episodes |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Young Philadelphians | 1959 | performer: "When Irish I eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rough Riders | 1997 | TV Series In Memory of Brian Keith - 2 episodes |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Battles of the Civil War | 1994 | TV Mini-Series documentary voice | |
| The Wild West | 1993 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Buffalo Bill Cody |
| The Pat Sajak Show | 1989 | TV Series | Himself |
| All-Star Party for Joan Collins | 1987 | TV Special | Himself |
| All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood | 1986 | TV Special | Himself |
| All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | 1985 | TV Special | Himself |
| The ABC All-Star Spectacular | 1985 | TV Movie | Himself - Actor |
| All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds | 1984 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Dinah! | 1975-1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Lion Roars Again | 1975 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1973 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Match Game | 1969 | TV Series | Himself - Team Captain |
| The Jonathan Winters Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| You Don't Say | 1967 | TV Series | Himself |
| Password All-Stars | 1966 | TV Series | Himself - Celebrity Contestant |
| The Linkletter Show | 1965 | TV Series | Himself |
| Here's Hollywood | 1960 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla Effect | 2014 | Video Game | The Colonel |
| Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 70th Annual Academy Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Himself (Memorial Tribute) |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1966-1976 | TV Series | Cam Calloway Uncle Beck Coates Sheriff Pete Williams ... |
| The Bull of the West | 1972 | TV Movie | Johnny Wade |
| Studio 57 | 1957 | TV Series | Jim |
| Strange Stories | 1956 | TV Series | Joe Kelly |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Television | Awarded posthumously on June 26, 2008 at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1991 | Golden Boot | Golden Boot Awards |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Stinker Award | The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | Worst Supporting Actor | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981) |
| 1969 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series | Family Affair (1966) |
| 1968 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series | Family Affair (1966) |
| 1967 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series | Family Affair (1966) |
| 1962 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Top Male Comedy Performance | The Parent Trap (1961) |
3rd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Best Action Performance | The McKenzie Break (1970) |
| 1969 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Gaily, Gaily (1969) |
| 1968 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Supporting Actor | Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) |
Known for movies
Family Affair (1966-1971)
as Uncle Bill Davis
Hardcastle and McCormick (1983-1986)
as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle
Crusader (1955-1956)
as Matt Anders
The Parent Trap (1961)
as Mitch Evers