
Howard Keel
Acting
Born: 1919-04-13 · Gillespie, Illinois, U.S.
Died: 2004-11-07
Biography
Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), known professionally as Howard Keel, 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. De
🎬 Movies (20)

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
Self (archive)

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006
Self
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
2003
Self
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
1997
Himself - Host

Inside the Dream Factory
1995
Self

That's Entertainment! III
1994
Self - Co-Host / Narrator

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
1994
Capt. Quentin "Jack" Jackson

Creepy Classics
1987
Bill Masen - (archive footage)

That's Dancing!
1985
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984

James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
Self

Night of 100 Stars
1982
Self

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
(archive footage)

That's Entertainment!
1974
(archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Self (archive footage)

Arizona Bushwhackers
1968
Lee Travis

The War Wagon
1967
Levi Walking Bear

Red Tomahawk
1967
Capt. Tom York

Waco
1966
'Waco'

Kiss Me, Kate
1964
Fred Graham
📺 TV Shows (20)

Legends
2006
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Legends
2006
Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited)

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
D. L. Dade

Good Sports
1991
Sonny Gordon

Murder, She Wrote
1984
Larry Thorson

Dallas
1978
Clayton Farlow

The Love Boat
1977
Duncan Harlow

The Quest
1976
Shanghai Pierce

Great Performances
1971
Self

Here's Lucy
1968
Stanley Livingston

Run for Your Life
1965
Hardie Rankin

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self - Co-Host

The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
Self

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Self

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Will Gorman

MGM Parade
1955
Self

The Oscars
1953
Self

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Self