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name: "Robert Keith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-keith-46711"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 February 1898"
died: "22 December 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T21:39:18.477114+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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# Robert Keith

Actor. Born 9 February 1898 in Fowler, Indiana, USA. Died 22 December 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 February 1898, Fowler, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 22 December 1966
- **Also known as:** Rolland Keith Richey
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Keith_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1385393, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445290/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46711

## Biography

Robert Keith (born Rolland Keith Richey) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in dozens of films, mainly as a character actor in the 1950s, and had an extensive career on Broadway and in stock theatre.

Born in Fowler, Indiana, he began performing in his teens. His film roles included Sheriff Harry Bleeker in *The Wild One* (1953), Lt. Brannigan in *Guys and Dolls* (1955), Jasper Hadley in *Written on the Wind* (1956) and Sam Pegler in *Cimarron* (1960). He also appeared in episodes of *Alfred Hitchcock Presents*, *The Twilight Zone* and *The Fugitive*. He was the father of actor Brian Keith.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cimarron* (1960), Fi1m 57, as Sam Pegler — [page](https://film.one/film/cimarron.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Dr. John Kimble — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Doc
- *Duel of Champions* (1961), as Tullio King of Rome
- *Posse from Hell* (1961), as Captain Jeremiah Brown
- *Cimarron* (1960), as Sam Pegler — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cimarron.md)
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Jason Foster — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *They Came to Cordura* (1959), as Col. Rogers
- *Tempest* (1958), as Capt. Miranov
- *The Lineup* (1958), as Julian
- *My Man Godfrey* (1957), as Alexander Bullock
- *Men in War* (1957), as The Colonel
- *Between Heaven and Hell* (1956), as Col. Cousins
- *Written on the Wind* (1956), as Jasper Hadley
- *Ransom!* (1956), as Police Chief Jim Backett
- *Guys and Dolls* (1955), as Lt. Brannigan
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Arthur 'The Professor' Duffy
- *Love Me or Leave Me* (1955), as Bernard V. Loomis
- *Underwater!* (1955), as Father Cannon
- *Young at Heart* (1954), as Gregory Tuttle
- *Drum Beat* (1954), as Bill Satterwhite
- *Atomic Attack* (1954), as Dr. Garson Lee
- *The Wild One* (1953), as Sheriff Harry Bleeker
- *Devil's Canyon* (1953), as Steve Morgan
- *Small Town Girl* (1953), as Judge Gordon Kimbell
- *Battle Circus* (1953), as Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters
- *Somebody Loves Me* (1952), as Sam Doyle
- *Just Across the Street* (1952), as Walter Medford
- *I Want You* (1951), as Thomas Greer
- *Here Comes the Groom* (1951), as George Degnan
- *Fourteen Hours* (1951), as Paul E. Cosick
- *Woman on the Run* (1950), as Inspector Martin Ferris
- *Branded* (1950), as T. Jefferson Leffingwell
- *Edge of Doom* (1950), as Lieutenant Mandel
- *The Reformer and the Redhead* (1950), as Tim Harveigh
- *My Foolish Heart* (1950), as Henry Winters
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Brutus
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, Actor
- *Boomerang!* (1947), as 'Mac' McCreery
- *The Shadow Laughs* (1933), as George Hackett
- *The Unexpected Father* (1932), Additional Dialogue
- *Abraham Lincoln* (1930), as Union Courier (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Robert Keith](https://film.one/media/person/1224938/gallery-062006ff8162.jpg) Robert Keith — Image via TMDB
- ![Robert Keith](https://film.one/media/person/1224938/gallery-d2ee159fe68a.jpg) Robert Keith — Image via TMDB

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