Ian Keith

Ian Keith
Born: Feb 27, 1899
Boston, MA
Career: 1924-1959
Countries: USA
Genre/Type: Action
Adventure
Drama
Western
Romance
Biography by Hal Erickson
Tall, handsome, golden-throated leading man Ian Keith became a Broadway favorite in the 1920s. He also pursued a sporadic silent film career, appearing opposite the illustrious likes of Gloria Swanson and Lon Chaney Sr. A natural for talkies, Keith appeared in such early sound efforts as Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail (1930) and D.W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln (1930) (in which he played John Wilkes Booth). A favorite of Cecil B. DeMille, Keith stole the show as the cultured, soft-spoken Saladin in DeMille's The Crusades (1935). A rambunctious night life and an inclination towards elbow-bending reduced Keith's stature in Hollywood, and by the mid-1940s he was occasionally obliged to appear in such cheapies as the 1946 "Bowery Boys" epic Mr. Hex. His final screen appearance was a cameo as Rameses I in DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956). Among Ian Keith's wives was stage luminary Blanche Yurka and silent-film leading lady Ethel Clayton.
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Filmography

Movie/Film Released Rating Role Buy
Dragnet: The Big Accident 1959 Actor [Starring]
The Ten Commandments 1956 Actor [Starring]
Duel on the Mississippi 1955 Actor [Starring]
It Came from Beneath the Sea 1955 Actor [Starring]
New York Confidential 1955 Actor [Starring]
Prince of Players 1955 Actor [Starring]
The Black Shield of Falworth 1954 Actor [Starring]
The Three Musketeers 1948 Actor [Starring]
Border Feud 1947 Actor [Starring]
Dick Tracy's Dilemma 1947 Actor [Starring]
Forever Amber 1947 Actor [Starring]
Nightmare Alley 1947 Actor [Starring]
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball 1946 Actor [Starring]
Mr. Hex 1946 Actor [Starring]
Northwest Trail 1946 Actor [Starring]
The Strange Woman 1946 Actor [Starring]
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