Howard Keel

Acting • 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.

Known For

7.1

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1954

6.1

The Day of the Triffids

1963

7.0

Calamity Jane

1953

6.8

The War Wagon

1967

6.6

Kiss Me Kate

1953

6.7

Annie Get Your Gun

1950

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Filmography

2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the MusicalFilm
Self (archive)
2006
LegendsTV
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) • 1 episodes
★ 5.0
2006
LegendsTV
Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited) • 1 episodes
★ 5.0
2006
Frankie Laine: An American DreamerFilm
Self
★ 5.0
2003
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn HotFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1997
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'Film
Himself - Host
★ 8.0
1995
Inside the Dream FactoryFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1994
That's Entertainment! IIIFilm
Self - Host
★ 7.1
1994
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart IsFilm
Capt. Quentin "Jack" Jackson
★ 6.6
1993
Walker, Texas RangerTV
D. L. Dade • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1991
Good SportsTV
Sonny Gordon • 2 episodes
★ 6.5
1987
Creepy ClassicsFilm
Bill Masen - (archive footage)
★ 6.4
1985
That's Dancing!Film
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
★ 6.8
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
Larry Thorson • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1984
Royal Variety Performance 1984Film
1983
James Bond: The First 21 YearsFilm
Self
★ 6.7
1982
Night of 100 StarsFilm
Self
★ 5.8
1978
DallasTV
Clayton Farlow • 222 episodes
★ 6.9
1977
The Love BoatTV
Duncan Harlow • 1 episodes
★ 6.3
1976
That's Entertainment, Part IIFilm
(archive footage)
★ 7.0
1976
The QuestTV
Shanghai Pierce • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1974
That's Entertainment!Film
(archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.4
1972
Hollywood: The Dream FactoryFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.4
1971
Great PerformancesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
1968
Here's LucyTV
Stanley Livingston • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1968
Arizona BushwhackersFilm
Lee Travis
★ 4.3
1967
The War WagonFilm
Levi Walking Bear
★ 6.8
1967
Red TomahawkFilm
Capt. Tom York
★ 6.8
1966
WacoFilm
'Waco'
★ 6.7
1965
Run for Your LifeTV
Hardie Rankin • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1964
Kiss Me, KateFilm
Fred Graham
1963
The Day of the TriffidsFilm
Bill Masen
★ 6.1
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
1962
The Merv Griffin ShowTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 6.8
1961
The Mike Douglas ShowTV
Self - Co-Host • 1 episodes
★ 5.8
1961
Armored CommandFilm
Col. Devlin
★ 5.5
1959
The Bell Telephone HourTV
Self • 5 episodes
★ 8.0
1959
The Big FishermanFilm
Simon Peter
★ 5.1
1958
Floods of FearFilm
Donovan
★ 6.9
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTV
Will Gorman • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1955
KismetFilm
The Poet
★ 5.6
1955
MGM ParadeTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.5
1955
Jupiter's DarlingFilm
Hannibal
★ 4.8
1954
Seven Brides for Seven BrothersFilm
Brother Adam Pontipee
★ 7.1
1954
Deep in My HeartFilm
Performer (segment "My Maryland")
★ 6.7
1954
Rose MarieFilm
Capt. Mike Malone
★ 4.5
1953
The OscarsTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.1
1953
Calamity JaneFilm
Wild Bill Hickok
★ 7.0
1953
Kiss Me KateFilm
Fred Graham, "Petruchio"
★ 6.6
1953
Ride, Vaquero!Film
King Cameron
★ 6.1
1953
Fast CompanyFilm
Rick Grayton
★ 7.5
1952
Lovely to Look AtFilm
Tony Naylor
★ 5.7
1952
Desperate SearchFilm
Vince Heldon
★ 6.0
1952
The HoaxtersFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 5.3
1951
Show BoatFilm
Gaylord Ravenal
★ 6.2
1951
Across the Wide MissouriFilm
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.1
1951
Three Guys Named MikeFilm
Mike Jamison
★ 5.8
1951
Callaway Went ThatawayFilm
Stretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway
★ 5.6
1951
Texas CarnivalFilm
Slim Shelby
★ 5.4
1950
Annie Get Your GunFilm
Frank Butler
★ 6.7
1950
Pagan Love SongFilm
Hazard Endicott
★ 5.2
1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1948
The Small VoiceFilm
Boke
★ 6.4
1944
Golden Globe AwardsTV
Self - Presenter • 2 episodes
★ 7.0