ACTOR

Brian Keith

1921 - 1997

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Robert Alba Keith (November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997), known professionally as Brian Keith, was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his six-decade career gained recognition for his work in films such as the Disney family film The Parent Trap (1961); Johnny Shiloh (1963); the comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966); and the adventure saga The Wind and the Lion (1975), in which he portrayed President Theodore Roosevelt. On television, two of his best-known roles were those of bachelor-uncle-turned-reluctant-parent Bill Davis in the 1960s sitcom Family Affair, and a tough retired judge in the 1980s lighthearted crime drama Hardcastle and McCormick. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Keith has received more than 5,353,550 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Brian Keith is the 2,939th most popular actor (down from 2,482nd in 2019), the 4,504th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,000th in 2019) and the 1,331st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Brian Keiths by language

Over the past year Brian Keith has had the most page views in the with 621,074 views, followed by German (35,116), and Italian (31,142). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bulgarian (384.62%), Simple English (163.17%), and Latin (64.35%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Brian Keith ranks 2,939 out of 13,578. Before him are Minnie Driver, Marc Singer, Brett Cullen, Jimmy Smits, Michel Auclair, and Jane Asher. After him are Stella Stevens, Sybille Schmitz, Maxim Munzuk, Gilbert Gottfried, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Pierre Blanchar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Brian Keith ranks 218. Before him are Paulo Evaristo Arns, Antonio María Javierre Ortas, Jetty Paerl, Leo Penn, Samuel T. Cohen, and Henri Alleg. After him are Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Jean Robic, Kathleen Antonelli, Kazimierz Górski, Gaston Rébuffat, and Gunnar Eriksson. Among people deceased in 1997, Brian Keith ranks 155. Before him are Ziya Bunyadov, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Zaur Kaloev, Natallia Arsiennieva, Amos Tutuola, and Arthur Machado. After him are Chris Farley, Cahit Arf, Misael Pastrana Borrero, Léon Poliakov, Baltazar, and Edward Osóbka-Morawski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brian Keith ranks 4,504 out of 20,380. Before him are Betty Buckley (1947), Martin Johnson Heade (1819), Brett Cullen (1956), Jimmy Smits (1955), Eric Allin Cornell (1961), and George Duke (1946). After him are Stella Stevens (1936), Paul Kantner (1941), Eric Betzig (1960), Chris McCandless (1968), Gilbert Gottfried (1955), and Link Wray (1929).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Brian Keith ranks 1,331. Before him are Lorraine Gary (1937), Jared Padalecki (1982), Tom Welling (1977), Betty Buckley (1947), Brett Cullen (1956), and Jimmy Smits (1955). After him are Stella Stevens (1936), Gilbert Gottfried (1955), Bryce Dallas Howard (1981), Keenan Wynn (1916), Zeppo Marx (1901), and Lydia Clarke (1923).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Parent Trap
Mitch Evers
Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.
May 13o 19617 / 10
Young Guns
Buckshot Roberts
A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.
Feb 17o 19886.65 / 10
The Yakuza
George Tanner
Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia.
Dec 21o 19747.1 / 10