Howard Keel

Actor Apr 13 (died age 85) Gillespie, Illinois, U.S. 1944–2009 (65 year career)

6.1 avg rating

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. De…

Known For

Film

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Brother Adam Pontipee

Film

Dallas

Clayton Farlow

Film

Calamity Jane

Wild Bill Hickok

Film

The War Wagon

Levi Walking Bear

Film

The Day of the Triffids

Bill Masen

Film

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage)

Film

Annie Get Your Gun

Frank Butler

Film

Kiss Me Kate

Fred Graham, "Petruchio"

Filmography

Acting (65)

Movies (44)

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

2009

as Self (archive)

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer

2006

as Self

5.0

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot

2003

as Self

Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'

1997

as Himself - Host

7.5

Inside the Dream Factory

1995

as Self

6.0

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as Self - Co-Host / Narrator

7.0

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

1994

as Capt. Quentin "Jack" Jackson

6.5

Creepy Classics

1987

as Bill Masen - (archive footage)

6.3

That's Dancing!

1985

as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

7.0

Royal Variety Performance 1984

1984

James Bond: The First 21 Years

as Self

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage)

7.4

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

Arizona Bushwhackers

as Lee Travis

The War Wagon

as Levi Walking Bear

Red Tomahawk

as Capt. Tom York

Waco

as 'Waco'

Kiss Me, Kate

as Fred Graham

The Day of the Triffids

as Bill Masen

Armored Command

as Col. Devlin

The Big Fisherman

as Simon Peter

Floods of Fear

as Donovan

Kismet

as The Poet

Jupiter's Darling

as Hannibal

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1954

as Brother Adam Pontipee

Rose Marie

as Capt. Mike Malone

Deep in My Heart

as Performer in My Maryland

Calamity Jane

as Wild Bill Hickok

Ride, Vaquero!

as King Cameron

Fast Company

as Rick Grayton

Kiss Me Kate

as Fred Graham, "Petruchio"

Lovely to Look at

as Tony Naylor

The Hoaxters

as Narrator (voice)

Desperate Search

as Vince Heldon

Across the Wide Missouri

1951

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Texas Carnival

as Slim Shelby

Show Boat

as Gaylord Ravenal

Callaway Went Thataway

1951

as Stretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway

5.1

Three Guys Named Mike

as Mike Jamison

Annie Get Your Gun

as Frank Butler

Pagan Love Song

as Hazard Endicott

The Small Voice

as Boke

Television (21)

Legends

2006

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Walker, Texas Ranger

as D. L. Dade

Good Sports

Murder, She Wrote

as Larry Thorson

Dallas

as Clayton Farlow

Dallas

as Clayton Farlow

The Love Boat

as Duncan Harlow

The Quest

Great Performances

as Self

Here's Lucy

as Stanley Livingston

6.7

Run for Your Life

1965

as Hardie Rankin

7.2

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self - Co-Host

5.4

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959

as Self

7.3

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Will Gorman

6.0

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956

as Self

6.0

MGM Parade

1955

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter