Howard Keel

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Howard Keel

Acting April 13, 1919

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 mod…

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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.

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  1. 2009
  2. 2006
    Legends

    TV show Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  3. 2006
  4. 2003
  5. 1997
  6. 1995
    Inside the Dream Factory

    Movie Self

  7. 1994
    That's Entertainment! III

    Movie Self - Host

  8. 1994
    Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

    Movie Capt. Quentin "Jack" Jackson

  9. 1993
    Walker, Texas Ranger

    TV show D. L. Dade

  10. 1991
    Good Sports

    TV show Sonny Gordon

  11. 1987
    Creepy Classics

    Movie Bill Masen - (archive footage)

  12. 1985
    That's Dancing!

    Movie From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

  13. 1984
  14. 1984
    Murder, She Wrote

    TV show Larry Thorson

  15. 1983
  16. 1982
    Night of 100 Stars

    Movie Self

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  1. 1978
    Dallas

    TV show Clayton Farlow

  2. 1977
    The Love Boat

    TV show Duncan Harlow

  3. 1976
    That's Entertainment, Part II

    Movie (archive footage)

  4. 1976
    The Quest

    TV show Shanghai Pierce

  5. 1974
    That's Entertainment!

    Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)

  6. 1972
    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 1971
    Great Performances

    TV show Self

  8. 1968
    Here's Lucy

    TV show Stanley Livingston

  9. 1968
    Arizona Bushwhackers

    Movie Lee Travis

  10. 1967
    The War Wagon

    Movie Levi Walking Bear

  11. 1967
    Red Tomahawk

    Movie Capt. Tom York

  12. 1966
    Waco

    Movie 'Waco'

  13. 1965
    Run for Your Life

    TV show Hardie Rankin

  14. 1964
    Kiss Me, Kate

    Movie Fred Graham

  15. 1963
    The Day of the Triffids

    Movie Bill Masen

  16. 1962
  17. 1962
    The Merv Griffin Show

    TV show Self

  18. 1961
    The Mike Douglas Show

    TV show Self - Co-Host

  19. 1961
    Armored Command

    Movie Col. Devlin

  20. 1959
    The Big Fisherman

    Movie Simon Peter

  21. 1959
    The Bell Telephone Hour

    TV show Self

  22. 1958
    Floods of Fear

    Movie Donovan

  23. 1956
    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    TV show Will Gorman

  24. 1956
    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    TV show Self