Robert Keith

Robert Keith was born on Feb 10, 1890 in USA. Robert Keith's big-screen debut came with The Other Kind of Love directed by Duke Worne in 1924, strarring George Benton. Robert Keith is known for The Lineup directed by Don Siegel, Eli Wallach stars as Dancer and Robert Keith as Julian. The upcoming new movie Robert Keith plays is Duel of Champions which will be released on Oct 19, 1961.

Robert Keith was an American character actor who appeared in a number of prominent films and was the father of actor Brian Keith. A native of Indiana, Keith joined a stock company as a teenager and developed skills as a writer and actor. He appeared in dozens of plays around the country and on Broadway.He came to the attention of Hollywood as a writer after his play "The Tightwad" appeared in New York in 1927. He was contracted to write dialog for pictures and managed to act in several as well. He returned to Broadway as a playwright in 1932 and continued to act on the stage in a number of legendary theatre productions including "Yellow Jack", "The Children's Hour" and "Mr. Roberts" (as Doc).In the late 1940s he returned to film work full-time and became a familiar and respected performer in films of the period. His son Brian, by his second wife, Helena Shipman, appeared with him in several silent films as a child, long before becoming a star in his own right. Robert Keith died in 1966.