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Howard Keel

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Howard Keel

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Apr 13, 1919 (107 years old)

Place of Birth

Gillespie, Illinois, U.S.

Biography

Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), known professionally as Howard Keel, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Keel, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the MusicalSelf (archive)
2006Frankie Laine: An American DreamerSelf
2006LegendsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006LegendsWild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited)
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 - Co-Host / Narrator
1994Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart IsCapt. Quentin "Jack" Jackson
1993Walker, Texas RangerD. L. Dade
1991Good Sports
1987Creepy ClassicsBill Masen - (archive footage)
1985That's Dancing!From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
1984Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984Murder, She WroteLarry Thorson
1983James Bond: The First 21 YearsSelf
1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
1978DallasClayton Farlow
1977The Love BoatDuncan Harlow
1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)
1976The Quest
1974That's Entertainment!(archive footage)
1972Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)
1971Great PerformancesSelf
1968Arizona BushwhackersLee Travis
1968Here's LucyStanley Livingston
1967The War WagonLevi Walking Bear
1967Red TomahawkCapt. Tom York
1966Waco'Waco'
1965Run for Your LifeHardie Rankin
1964Kiss Me, KateFred Graham
1963The Day of the TriffidsBill Masen
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1961Armored CommandCol. Devlin
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Host
1959The Big FishermanSimon Peter
1959The Bell Telephone HourSelf
1958Floods of FearDonovan
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreWill Gorman
1955KismetThe Poet
1955Jupiter's DarlingHannibal
1955MGM ParadeSelf
1954Seven Brides for Seven BrothersBrother Adam Pontipee
1954Rose MarieCapt. Mike Malone
1954Deep in My HeartPerformer in My Maryland
1953Kiss Me KateFred Graham, "Petruchio"
1953Calamity JaneWild Bill Hickok
1953Ride, Vaquero!King Cameron
1953Fast CompanyRick Grayton
1953The OscarsSelf
1952The HoaxtersNarrator (voice)
1952Lovely to Look atTony Naylor
1952Desperate SearchVince Heldon
1951Texas CarnivalSlim Shelby
1951Show BoatGaylord Ravenal
1951Callaway Went ThatawayStretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway
1951Three Guys Named MikeMike Jamison
1951Across the Wide MissouriNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
1950Annie Get Your GunFrank Butler
1950Pagan Love SongHazard Endicott
1948The Small VoiceBoke
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter