
Keenan Wynn
Biography
Francis Xavier Aloysius James Jeremiah Keenan Wynn (July 27, 1916 – October 14, 1986) was an American character actor. His expressive face was his stock-in-trade; and though he rarely carried the lead role, he had prominent billing in most of his film and television roles.
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Acting History
2023
Looking Back Before You Leap as Sanger Rainsford (voice)
2016Naples '44 as Self
2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer as Self (archive footage)
1990Tales from the Darkside as Duncan Williams
1986Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star as Grandpa
1986The Last Precinct as Butch
1986The Last Precinct as Butch
1986Black Moon Rising as Iron John
1985Mirrors as Reverend Dahlstrom
1985Code of Vengeance as Willis
1985The Goonies as Chester Copperpot (uncredited)
1985Prime Risk as Dr. Lasser
1984Tales from the Darkside as Duncan Williams
1984Highway to Heaven
1984Call to Glory as Carl Sarnac
1984Call to Glory as Carl Sarnac
1983Imps* as Charlie
1983Manimal
1983Hardcastle and McCormick as Henry Willard
1983Wavelength as Dan
1983The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair as Piers Castillian
1982Hysterical as Old Fisherman
1982Best Friends as Tom Babson
1982The Last Unicorn as Captain Cully / Harpy (voice)
1982St. Elsewhere as Charlie Heller
1982The Capture of Grizzly Adams as Bert Woolman
1982A Piano for Mrs. Cimino as Barney Fellman
1981The Fall Guy
1981Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission as Stump Harris
1981The Greatest American Hero as Ira Hagert
1980Mom, the Wolfman and Me as Grandpa Bergman
1980Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980Just Tell Me What You Want as Seymour Berger
1979Jamaican Gold as Meat Cleaver Stewart
1979The Glove as Bill Schwartz
1979The Littlest Hobo
1979Sunburn as Mark Elmes
1979Parts: The Clonus Horror as Jake Noble
1979When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion as Self
1979The Dark as Sherman 'Sherm' Moss
1979The Billion Dollar Threat as Ely
1979Hard Knocks as Jed
1979Express to Terror as Winfield Root
1979Supertrain as Winfield Root
1979A Touch of the Sun
1978Taxi as Leo Goodman
1978Piranha as Jack
1978The Bastard as Johnny Malcolm
1978Dallas as Digger Barnes
1978Coach as Fenton Granger
1978Laserblast as Colonel Farley
1978The Lucifer Complex as U.S. Secretary of Defense
1977The Love Boat as Charles B Dobbs
1977Sex and the Married Woman as Uncle June
1977Orca as Novak
1977Grizzly Adams as Sargent Monhan
1977Mission to Glory: A True Story as Father at Trading Mission
1976The Shaggy D.A. as John Slade
1976Quincy, M.E.
1976The Killer Inside Me as Chester Conway
1976High Velocity
1976That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1976The Quest as H.H. Small
1976The Quest as H.H. Small
1976Demon and the Mummy as Capt. Joe “Mad Dog” Siska
1976The Bionic Woman
1976The Quest: The Longest Drive as Cooler
1975One Day at a Time
1975A Woman for All Men as Walter McCoy
1975The Devil's Rain as Sheriff Owens
1975Nashville as Mr. Green
1975The Man Who Would Not Die as Victor Slidell
1975He Is My Brother as Brother Dalton
1975Target Risk as Simon Cusack
1974The Legend of Earl Durand as Col. Nightingale
1974Hit Lady as Buddy McCormack
1974Police Woman
1974Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Capt. Joe 'Mad Dog' Siska
1974Movin' On
1974The Internecine Project as E.J. Farnsworth
1974Herbie Rides Again as Alonzo Hawk
1974Popcorn as (voice)
1973Hijack! as Donny McDonald
1973The Girl with Something Extra
1973A Night Train to Terror as Detective Hanratty
1973VD Attack Plan as Contagion Corps Sergeant (Narrator)
1972Snowball Express as Martin Ridgeway
1972The Mechanic as Harry McKenna
1972Cancel My Reservation as Sheriff 'Houndtooth' Riley
1972The Bob Newhart Show as Dr. Albert
1972The Rookies
1972Wild in the Sky as Gen. Harry Gobohare
1972Panhandle 38 as Billy Bronson / Kile Richards
1972Emergency!
1971The Manipulator as Old Charlie
1971McMillan & Wife as Professor Zagmeyer
1971Terror in the Sky as Milton
1971Bearcats! as Mason Latimer
1971Cannon
1971Pretty Maids All in a Row as Chief John Poldaski
1971The Man with Icy Eyes as Harry Davis
1971Cannon as Eddie
1971Assault on the Wayne as Orville Kelly
1971Alias Smith and Jones
1970Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town as Winter Warlock (voice)
1970The Animals as Pudge Elliott
1970Loving as Edward
1970House on Greenapple Road as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
196980 Steps to Jonah as Barney Glover
1969Viva Max! as General Lacomber
1969The Young Lawyers as Frank Barron
1969The Monitors as General Blackwish
1969Love, American Style
1969Medical Center as Hank
1969Then Came Bronson as Alex Halvorsen
1969Smith! as Vince Heber
1969Mackenna's Gold as Sanchez
1968Once Upon a Time in the West as Sheriff
1968Finian's Rainbow as Senator Billboard Rawkins
1968Lancer
1968The Mod Squad
1968Hawaii Five-O as Hummel
1968The Name of the Game as Ed Wallaby
1968The Name of the Game as Lester
1968The Name of the Game as Joe Williams
1968Shoot, Gringo... Shoot! as Major Charlie Doneghan
1968Frame Up as Inspector Donald
1968The Magic Pear Tree as Marquis
1967Run Like a Thief as Willy Gore
1967Point Blank as Yost
1967The War Wagon as Wes Fletcher
1967Welcome to Hard Times as Zar
1967Warning Shot as Sgt. Ed Musso
1967The Rock as Self (uncredited)
1966Summer Fun
1966Stagecoach as Luke Plummer
1966The Night of the Grizzly as Jed Curry
1966Promise Her Anything as Angelo Carelli
1966Outlaw Motorcycles
1965Around the World Under the Sea as Hank Stahl
1965The Wild Wild West
1965The Great Race as Hezekiah
1965Nightmare in the Sun as Junk dealer
1964Stage to Thunder Rock as Ross Sawyer
1964The Americanization of Emily as Old Sailor
1964Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964Valentine's Day as Horace Newman
1964Bikini Beach as Harvey Huntington Honeywagon
1964The Patsy as Harry Silver
1964Honeymoon Hotel as Mr. Sampson
1964Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as Colonel Bat Guano
1964Man in the Middle as Lieut. Winston
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre as Charlie Kling
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963The Littlest Hobo as Colton
1963Burke's Law as Kid Corey
1963Burke's Law as Hamilton 'Give 'em Away' Murphy
1963Vacation Playhouse
1963The Power and the Glory as Wine Merchant
1963The Bay of St. Michel
1963Son of Flubber as Alonzo P. Hawk
1963The Losers as Burgundy Smith
1962Combat! as Col. Clyde
1962Combat! as Brannigan
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961The New Breed as Ronson
1961Ben Casey
1961Bus Stop
1961Target: The Corruptors!
1961Black City as Di Gennaro
1961King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein as Tom Fowler
1961The Absent-Minded Professor as Alonzo P. Hawk
1960The Roaring 20's
1960Route 66
1960The Islanders as Agent Blake
1960The Aquanauts as George Morrisey
1960The Crowded Sky as Nick Hyland
1960The Man in the Funny Suit as Self
1959The Untouchables as Augie 'The Banker' Ciamino
1959The Twilight Zone as Gregory West
1959The DuPont Show with June Allyson as T. J.
1959A Hole in the Head as Jerry Marks
1959Bonanza as Sergeant O'Rourke
1959That Kind of Woman as Harry Corwin
1959The Troubleshooters as Kodiak
1959The Scarface Mob as Joe Fuselli
1959Rawhide as Simon Royce
1958The Perfect Furlough as Harvey Franklin
195877 Sunset Strip as Lolly
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Self
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Joe Fuselli
1958Naked City as Maxwell Ronan
1958Naked City as Bodram Borgata
1958A Time to Love and a Time to Die as Reuter
1958Touch of Evil as Bartender (uncredited)
1958No Time at All as Marshall Keats
1958The Deep Six as Lt. Cmdr. Mike Edge
1957Don't Go Near the Water as Gordon Ripwell
1957Joe Butterfly as Harold Hathaway
1957The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown as Dandy
1957The Last Tycoon as Lou Myrick
1956The Great Man as Sid Moore
1956Requiem for a Heavyweight as Maish Rennick
1956Playhouse 90 as Maish Rennick
1956Playhouse 90 as Marshall Keats
1956Johnny Concho as Barney Clark
1956The Steve Allen Show as Self
1956The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
1956The Naked Hills as Sam Wilkins
1956The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit as Sgt. Caesar Gardella
1955Shack Out on 101 as George
1955Running Wild as Ken Osanger
1955A Midsummer Daydream as Gambler
1955Screen Director's Playhouse as Gambler
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as William Botibol
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Joe Ferlini
1955The Marauders as Hook
1955The Glass Slipper as Kovin
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Alonzo P. Hawk (archive footage)
1954Studio 57 as Gideon Pickett
1954Men of the Fighting Lady as Lt. Cmdr. Dodson
1954Tennessee Champ as Willy Wurble
1954The Long, Long Trailer as Policeman
1953Kiss Me Kate as Lippy
1953All the Brothers Were Valiant as Silva
1953Code Two as Police Sgt. Jumbo Culdane
1953Battle Circus as Sgt. Orvil Statt
1953General Electric Theater as Dandy
1953General Electric Theater as Sergeant Kelsey
1952Sky Full of Moon as Al
1952Desperate Search as Brandy
1952Omnibus
1952This Is Your Life as Self
1952Fearless Fagan as Sgt. Kellwin
1952Holiday for Sinners as Joe Piavi
1952Skirts Ahoy! as Keenan Wynn (uncredited)
1952The Belle of New York as Max Ferris
1952Phone Call from a Stranger as Eddie Hoke
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Lambert Giles
1951It's a Big Country as Michael Fisher
1951Angels in the Outfield as Fred Bayles
1951Texas Carnival as Dan Sabinas
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Bill Ottman
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Howell
1951Kind Lady as Mr. Edwards
1951Royal Wedding as Irving Klinger / Edgar Klinger
1950Three Little Words as Charlie Kope
1950Love That Brute as Bugsy Welch
1950Annie Get Your Gun as Charlie Davenport
1950What's My Line? as Self
1949That Midnight Kiss as Artie Geoffrey Glenson
1949Neptune's Daughter as Joe Backett
1948Studio One as Graham Hicks
1948Studio One as Wally
1948My Dear Secretary as Ronnie Hastings
1948The Three Musketeers as Planchet
1948B.F.'s Daughter as Martin Delwyn 'Marty' Ainsley
1947Song of the Thin Man as Clarence "Clinker" Krause
1947The Hucksters as Buddy Hare
1946The Cockeyed Miracle as Ben Griggs
1946The Thrill of Brazil as Steve Farraugh
1946Easy to Wed as Warren Haggerty
1946No Leave, No Love as Slinky
1945What Next, Corporal Hargrove? as Private Mulvehill
1945Week-End at the Waldorf as Oliver Webson
1945Ziegfeld Follies as Caller (segment "Number Please")
1945The Clock as The Drunk
1945Between Two Women as Tobey
1945Without Love as Quentin Ladd
1944Marriage Is a Private Affair as Maj. Bob Wilton
1944Since You Went Away as Lieutenant Solomon
1944See Here, Private Hargrove as Pvt. Mulvehill
1944Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
1943Lost Angel as Packy Roost
1942Northwest Rangers as 'Slip' O'Mara
1942For Me and My Gal as Eddie Milton (uncredited)
1942Somewhere I'll Find You as Tom Purdy









