Howard Keel
Acting
Born: 1919-04-13 in Gillespie, Illinois, U.S.
Biography
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Dallas
Clayton Farlow
The Love Boat
Duncan Harlow
Murder, She Wrote
Larry Thorson
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
Great Performances
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Walker, Texas Ranger
D. L. Dade
Run for Your Life
Hardie Rankin
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Will Gorman
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Here's Lucy
Stanley Livingston
The Oscars
Self
MGM Parade
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
Legends
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Legends
Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Quest
Shanghai Pierce
Good Sports
Sonny Gordon
Calamity Jane
Wild Bill Hickok
The War Wagon
Levi Walking Bear
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Brother Adam Pontipee
Kiss Me Kate
Fred Graham, "Petruchio"
Show Boat
Gaylord Ravenal
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Night of 100 Stars
Self
That's Dancing!
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Ride, Vaquero!
King Cameron
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Annie Get Your Gun
Frank Butler
That's Entertainment! III
Self - Host
The Day of the Triffids
Bill Masen
Jupiter's Darling
Hannibal
Kismet
The Poet
Deep in My Heart
Performer (segment "My Maryland")
Rose Marie
Capt. Mike Malone
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
Callaway Went Thataway
Stretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway