Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 29, 1908
Died
Aug 31, 1968
Place of Birth
Fort Madison, Iowa, USA
Credits
208 titles
Dennis O'Keefe
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Naked Flame
Paul Ashley
Petticoat Junction
Walter O'Connor
All Hands on Deck
Brian O'Gara
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
Hal Towne
Riverboat
Dan Muldoon
Sail Into Danger
Steve Ryman
Suspicion
Self - Host
Dragoon Wells Massacre
Capt. Matt Riordan
Lady of Vengeance
William T. Marshall
Confession
Ben Birch
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer
Inside Detroit
Blair Vickers
Screen Director's Playhouse
Reverend Charles Parker
Chicago Syndicate
Barry Amsterdam
Las Vegas Shakedown
Joe Barnes
Angela
Steve Catlett
Climax!
Inspector Marney
The Black Knight
Dialogue
Drums of Tahiti
Mike Macklin
The Diamond Wizard
Joe Dennison
The Fake
Paul Mitchell
The Lady Wants Mink
Jim Connors
Everything I Have Is Yours
Alec Tacksbury
The Gulf Playhouse
One Big Affair
Jimmy Donovan
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Prof. Stephen Bolt
Passage West
Jacob Karns
Follow the Sun
Chuck Williams
The Company She Keeps
Larry
Woman on the Run
Dan Legget
Lux Video Theatre
Second Man
The Eagle and the Hawk
Whitney Randolph
Your Show of Shows
Robert Montgomery Presents
Abandoned
Mark Sitko
The Great Dan Patch
David Palmer
Cover Up
Sam Donovan
Suspense
Siren of Atlantis
Jean Morhange
Studio One
Will
Walk a Crooked Mile
Daniel F. O'Hara
Raw Deal
Joe Sullivan
T-Men
Dennis O'Brien / Vannie Harrigan
Dishonored Lady
Dr. David Cousins
Mr. District Attorney
Steve Bennett
Her Adventurous Night
Bill Fry
Doll Face
Michael Francis 'Mike' Hannegan
Getting Gertie's Garter
Kenneth B. Ford
The Affairs of Susan
Bill Anthony
Brewster's Millions
Montague L. 'Monty' Brewster