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name: "Noah Keen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/noah-keen"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 October 1927"
died: "24 March 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T16:48:39.383133+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Noah Keen

Actor. Born 10 October 1927 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Died 24 March 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 October 1927, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 24 March 2019
- **Also known as:** Noah Keene
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Keen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13420678, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444607/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106121

## Biography

Noah Keen was an American actor who appeared in numerous film and television productions over six decades. He is credited as the Teacher in *Battle for the Planet of the Apes* (1973) and played Otto in an episode of *The Sopranos* (2006). Other screen credits include roles in *A Face in the Crowd* (1957), *Tom Sawyer* (1973), *Gable and Lombard* (1976) and *Disorganized Crime* (1989), as well as guest appearances on series such as *The Twilight Zone*, *Mission: Impossible*, *The Six Million Dollar Man* and *Charlie's Angels*.

Keen was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. After graduating from the University of Cincinnati he worked at NBC before pursuing acting. He made his screen debut in the late 1950s and appeared in over one hundred television series. He also directed the short film *Helen Keller and Her Teacher* (1970) and wrote the short *Patriotism* (1972).

He served as a bombardier in the United States Army Air Force during the Second World War and received a Purple Heart. Keen died on 24 March 2019 in Harlem, New York City.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikiwand.com, legacy.com, findagrave.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Battle for the Planet of the Apes* (1973), Fi1m 36, as Teacher — [page](https://film.one/film/battle-for-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)

## Complete filmography (65)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, as Otto — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Disorganized Crime* (1989), as Farmer
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, Actor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *She's Dressed to Kill* (1979), Actor
- *Vega$* (1978), series, Actor
- *Deadman's Curve* (1978), as Jim Arlett
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Psychiatrist
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, Actor
- *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as Sgt. Dirkson, Dr. Post, Bank President
- *Gable and Lombard* (1976), as A. Broderick
- *The Turning Point of Jim Malloy* (1975), as Mr. Evans
- *Black Starlet* (1974), as Phil
- *Movin' On* (1974), series, Actor
- *Murder in the First Person Singular* (1974), as Halloran
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, as Gen. Tanhill, Dr. Hendrick, Joe Canton
- *Battle for the Planet of the Apes* (1973), as Teacher — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/battle-for-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor
- *Tom Sawyer* (1973), as Juiz Thatcher
- *When You Grow Up* (1973), as Man in Blue Jacket (uncredited)
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Waltons* (1972), series, Actor
- *Heat of Anger* (1972), as Judge Randall Berkley
- *Women in Chains* (1972), as Warden Grant
- *Patriotism* (1972), Writer
- *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor
- *The Ski Bum* (1971), as Marty
- *The Partridge Family* (1970), series, as Mr. Brown
- *Sole Survivor* (1970), as Maj. Gen. Schurm
- *Anatomy of a Crime* (1969), as Lt. Kernig
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Dr. Bernard
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, Actor
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Bob Miley
- *Cocoon* (1968), as Dr. Bernard
- *The Outsider* (1968), series, Actor
- *Mannix* (1967), series, Actor
- *The High Chaparral* (1967), series, as Travers
- *Judd, for the Defense* (1967), series, Actor
- *The Caper of the Golden Bulls* (1967), as The Irishman
- *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor
- *The Invaders* (1967), series, as Psychiatrist, Paul Meyers
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Captain Rudolf Olni, Gen. Androv, Dr. McConnell — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Tarzan* (1966), series, Actor
- *A Big Hand for the Little Lady* (1966), as Sparrow
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Victor Quinlan, Examiner, Customs Inspector, Nicholas Allen, SRA Arnold Kaplan
- *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), series, as Professor Korr
- *The Big Valley* (1965), series, as Doctor, Jim Scanlon, Jim Stanley
- *Gidget* (1965), series, Actor
- *Profiles in Courage* (1964), series, as Throckmorton
- *Mr. Novak* (1963), series, as Dr. Manzoni
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Dr. Becker — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Arrest and Trial* (1963), series, as Bone
- *Stoney Burke* (1962), series, Actor
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Samuel Cole, Judge Benson, Arnold Page
- *Sam Benedict* (1962), series, Actor
- *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Dr. Leland Laughlin
- *Cain's Hundred* (1961), series, as Sidney Shallet, John Bernard
- *The Crimebusters* (1961), as Sidney Shallett
- *Girl of the Night* (1960), as Al
- *Surfside 6* (1960), series, Actor
- *Checkmate* (1960), series, as Paul Delorio
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Bengston, Mr. Vance — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Deputy D.A. Smith
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Harlow Phipps, Dr. Stephen Grant
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor
- *A Face in the Crowd* (1957), as TV Director (uncredited)

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