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Howard Keel

Howard Keel

Known for
Acting
Born
April 13, 1919, Gillespie, Illinois, U.S.
Died
November 7, 2004
Movies
44

Howard Keel (born Harold Clifford Keel; April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004) was an American actor and singer. He starred in many film musicals of the 1950s. He is best known to modern audiences for his starring role in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991, as Clayton Farlow, opposite Barbara Bel Geddes's character, but to an earlier generation, he was known as the star of some of the most famous MGM film musicals ever made, with a rich baritone singing voice.

Best-Known Movies

Filmography

2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the MusicalSelf (archive)
2006Frankie Laine: An American DreamerSelf
2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn HotSelf
1997Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'Himself - Host
1995Inside the Dream FactorySelf
1994That's Entertainment! IIISelf - Host
1994Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart IsCapt. Quentin "Jack" Jackson
1987Creepy ClassicsBill Masen - (archive footage)
1985That's Dancing!From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
1984Royal Variety Performance 1984
1983James Bond: The First 21 YearsSelf
1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)
1974That's Entertainment!(archive footage) (uncredited)
1972Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)
1968Arizona BushwhackersLee Travis
1967The War WagonLevi Walking Bear
1967Red TomahawkCapt. Tom York
1966Waco'Waco'
1964Kiss Me, KateFred Graham
1963The Day of the TriffidsBill Masen
1961Armored CommandCol. Devlin
1959The Big FishermanSimon Peter
1958Floods of FearDonovan
1955KismetThe Poet
1955Jupiter's DarlingHannibal
1954Deep in My HeartPerformer (segment "My Maryland")
1954Seven Brides for Seven BrothersBrother Adam Pontipee
1954Rose MarieCapt. Mike Malone
1953Kiss Me KateFred Graham, "Petruchio"
1953Calamity JaneWild Bill Hickok
1953Ride, Vaquero!King Cameron
1953Fast CompanyRick Grayton
1952The HoaxtersNarrator (voice)
1952Desperate SearchVince Heldon
1952Lovely to Look AtTony Naylor
1951Callaway Went ThatawayStretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway
1951Across the Wide MissouriNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951Texas CarnivalSlim Shelby
1951Show BoatGaylord Ravenal
1951Three Guys Named MikeMike Jamison
1950Pagan Love SongHazard Endicott
1950Annie Get Your GunFrank Butler
1948The Small VoiceBoke

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