Howard Keel

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1919-04-13

Place of Birth

Gillespie, Illinois, U.S.

Howard Keel

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.

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Acting History

2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical as Self (archive)
2006
Legends as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
Legends as Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer as Self
2003
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot as Self
1997
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' as Himself - Host
1995
Inside the Dream Factory as Self
1994
That's Entertainment! III as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1994
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is as Capt. Quentin "Jack" Jackson
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger as D. L. Dade
1991
Good Sports
1987
Creepy Classics as Bill Masen - (archive footage)
1985
That's Dancing! as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
1984
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Larry Thorson
1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
1982
Night of 100 Stars as Self
1978
Dallas as Clayton Farlow
1977
The Love Boat as Duncan Harlow
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1976
The Quest
1974
That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1971
Great Performances as Self
1968
Here's Lucy as Stanley Livingston
1968
Arizona Bushwhackers as Lee Travis
1967
The War Wagon as Levi Walking Bear
1967
Red Tomahawk as Capt. Tom York
1966
Waco as 'Waco'
1965
Run for Your Life as Hardie Rankin
1964
Kiss Me, Kate as Fred Graham
1963
The Day of the Triffids as Bill Masen
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1961
Armored Command as Col. Devlin
1959
The Big Fisherman as Simon Peter
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
1958
Floods of Fear as Donovan
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Will Gorman
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1955
Kismet as The Poet
1955
Jupiter's Darling as Hannibal
1954
Deep in My Heart as Performer in My Maryland
1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as Brother Adam Pontipee
1954
Rose Marie as Capt. Mike Malone
1953
Kiss Me Kate as Fred Graham, "Petruchio"
1953
Calamity Jane as Wild Bill Hickok
1953
Ride, Vaquero! as King Cameron
1953
Fast Company as Rick Grayton
1953
The Oscars as Self
1952
The Hoaxters as Narrator (voice)
1952
Desperate Search as Vince Heldon
1952
Lovely to Look At as Tony Naylor
1951
Callaway Went Thataway as Stretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway
1951
Across the Wide Missouri as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Texas Carnival as Slim Shelby
1951
Show Boat as Gaylord Ravenal
1951
Three Guys Named Mike as Mike Jamison
1950
Pagan Love Song as Hazard Endicott
1950
Annie Get Your Gun as Frank Butler
1948
The Small Voice as Boke
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter