Acting

Howard Keel

Acting · Born 1919-04-13 · Gillespie, Illinois, U.S.

Howard Keel (born Harold Clifford Keel; April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004) 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.

Credits · 61

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