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Howard Keel

Cast & creator

Howard Keel

1919-04-13 (died at 85) Gillespie, Illinois, U.S.IMDb

Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show

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.

Also known as: هاوارد کیل, Harold Clifford Keel

Movies

44

film credits

Series

21

television credits

Career

65

1944–2009 · acting roles

Credit score

6.4

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self - Co-Host · 1961

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self · 1962

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Duncan Harlow · 1977

Great Performances

Great Performances

Self · 1971

Across film & television

Filmography (65)

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self - Co-Host

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Duncan Harlow

Great Performances

Great Performances

Self

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Larry Thorson

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Presenter

Dallas

Dallas

Clayton Farlow

Walker, Texas Ranger

Walker, Texas Ranger

D. L. Dade

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Will Gorman

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

Here's Lucy

Here's Lucy

Stanley Livingston

Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life

Hardie Rankin

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Self

The Oscars

The Oscars

Self

MGM Parade

MGM Parade

Self

The Bell Telephone Hour

The Bell Telephone Hour

Self

Legends

Legends

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Legends

Legends

Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Quest

The Quest

Shanghai Pierce

Good Sports

Good Sports

Sonny Gordon

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Brother Adam Pontipee

The War Wagon

The War Wagon

Levi Walking Bear

Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane

Wild Bill Hickok

The Day of the Triffids

The Day of the Triffids

Bill Masen

Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars

Self

Show Boat

Show Boat

Gaylord Ravenal

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun

Frank Butler

Deep in My Heart

Deep in My Heart

Performer (segment "My Maryland")

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

Self - Host

Across the Wide Missouri

Across the Wide Missouri

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate

Fred Graham, "Petruchio"

Jupiter's Darling

Jupiter's Darling

Hannibal

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)

James Bond: The First 21 Years

James Bond: The First 21 Years

Self

That's Dancing!

That's Dancing!

From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

Waco

Waco

'Waco'

Kismet

Kismet

The Poet

Ride, Vaquero!

Ride, Vaquero!

King Cameron

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot

Self

Lovely to Look At

Lovely to Look At

Tony Naylor

Three Guys Named Mike

Three Guys Named Mike

Mike Jamison

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

Self (archive)

Inside the Dream Factory

Inside the Dream Factory

Self

Royal Variety Performance 1984

Royal Variety Performance 1984

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer

Self

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

Capt. Quentin "Jack" Jackson

The Big Fisherman

The Big Fisherman

Simon Peter

The Hoaxters

Narrator (voice)

Rose Marie

Rose Marie

Capt. Mike Malone

Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'

Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'

Himself - Host

Callaway Went Thataway

Callaway Went Thataway

Stretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway

Arizona Bushwhackers

Arizona Bushwhackers

Lee Travis

Floods of Fear

Floods of Fear

Donovan

Texas Carnival

Texas Carnival

Slim Shelby

The Small Voice

The Small Voice

Boke

Red Tomahawk

Red Tomahawk

Capt. Tom York

Armored Command

Armored Command

Col. Devlin

Creepy Classics

Creepy Classics

Bill Masen - (archive footage)

Pagan Love Song

Pagan Love Song

Hazard Endicott

Fast Company

Fast Company

Rick Grayton

Kiss Me, Kate

Kiss Me, Kate

Fred Graham

Desperate Search

Desperate Search

Vince Heldon