
Brian Keith (November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997) was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his four 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 widowed uncle turned bachelor: Bill Davis, in the 1960s sitcom Family Affair, and a tough judge in the 1980s drama Hardcastle and McCormick.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962

Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984

Family Affair
TV • 1966

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV • 1993

The Fugitive
TV • 1963

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956

The Virginian
TV • 1962

Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994

Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961

Climax!
TV • 1954

Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950

Spider-Man
TV • 1994

Rawhide
TV • 1959

The Untouchables
TV • 1959

Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993

Pacific Blue
TV • 1996

77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958