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Dennis O'Keefe
Fort Madison, Iowa, USA
Dennis O'Keefe (March 29, 1908 – August 31, 1968) was an American actor. He was the son of Irish vaudevillians working in the United States. As a small child he joined his parent…
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Dennis O'Keefe (March 29, 1908 – August 31, 1968) was an American actor. He was the son of Irish vaudevillians working in the United States. As a small child he joined his parents' act and later wrote skits for the stage. O'Keefe started in films as an extra in the early 1930s. After a small but impressive role in Saratoga, Clark Gable recommended O'Keefe to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which signed him to a contract in 1937. His film roles were bigger after that, starting with The Bad Man of Brimstone and Burn 'Em Up O'Connor. O'Keefe left MGM around 1940 but continued to work in mostly lower budget productions. In the 1950s he did some directing, wrote mystery stories and by the mid-1950s found work on television shows such as Justice, The Martha Raye Show, The Ford Show as well as his own series The Dennis O'Keefe Show.
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1964
The Naked Flame
Movie Paul Ashley
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1963
Petticoat Junction
TV show Walter O'Connor
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1961
All Hands on Deck
Movie Brian O'Gara
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1959
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
TV show Hal Towne
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1959
Riverboat
TV show Dan Muldoon
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1957
Sail Into Danger
Movie Steve Ryman
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1957
Suspicion
TV show Self - Host
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1957
Dragoon Wells Massacre
Movie Capt. Matt Riordan
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1957
Lady of Vengeance
Movie William T. Marshall
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1956
Confession
Movie Ben Birch
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1956
The Steve Allen Show
TV show Self - Singer
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1955
Inside Detroit
Movie Blair Vickers
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1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV show Reverend Charles Parker
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1955
Chicago Syndicate
Movie Barry Amsterdam
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1955
Las Vegas Shakedown
Movie Joe Barnes
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1954
Angela
Movie Steve Catlett
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1954
Climax!
TV show Inspector Marney
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1954
The Black Knight
Movie Dialogue
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1954
Drums of Tahiti
Movie Mike Macklin
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1954
The Diamond Wizard
Movie Joe Dennison
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1953
The Fake
Movie Paul Mitchell
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1953
The Lady Wants Mink
Movie Jim Connors
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1952
Everything I Have Is Yours
Movie Alec Tacksbury
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1952
The Gulf Playhouse
TV show
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1952
One Big Affair
Movie Jimmy Donovan
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1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV show Prof. Stephen Bolt
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1951
Passage West
Movie Jacob Karns
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1951
Follow the Sun
Movie Chuck Williams
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1951
The Company She Keeps
Movie Larry
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1950
Woman on the Run
Movie Dan Legget
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1950
Lux Video Theatre
TV show Second Man
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1950
The Eagle and the Hawk
Movie Whitney Randolph
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1950
Your Show of Shows
TV show
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1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV show
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1949
Abandoned
Movie Mark Sitko
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1949
The Great Dan Patch
Movie David Palmer
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1949
Cover Up
Movie Sam Donovan
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1949
Suspense
TV show
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1949
Siren of Atlantis
Movie Jean Morhange
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1948
Studio One
TV show Will
