Howard Keel



First NameHoward
Last NameKeel
Full Name at BirthHarold Clifford Keel
Age85 (age at death)
Date of BirthApril 13, 1919
BirthplaceGillespie, llinios
Date of DeathNovember 7, 2004
Location of DeathPalm Desert, California
Cause of DeathColon Cancer
Height6' 3" (190 cm)
BuildAthletic
Eye ColorBrown - Dark
Hair ColorBrown - Dark
Star SignAries
EthnicityWhite
NationalityAmerican
Occupation CategoryActor
Claim to FameSeven Brides for Seven Brothers
Associated PeopleKathryn Grayson

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.


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Filmography

Selected Howard Keel film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2002
My Father's House
Roy Mardis

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

1993
Daniel Lamont Dade

1991
Good Sports
Sonny Gordon

1987
The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards
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1984
Larry Thorson

1978
Clayton Farlow

1977
Duncan Harlow, Kyle Cummings

1976
The Quest
Shanghai Pierce

1968
Lee Travis

1968
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1967
Capt. Tom York

1967
Levi Walking Bear

1966
'Waco'

1965
Offscreen Singer of Title Song

1965
Hardie Rankin

1964
Kiss Me Kate
Fred Graham

1962
Bill Masen

1961
Col. Devlin

1960
Insight
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1959
Simon Peter

1959
Donovan

1958
Roberta
John Kent

1957
Tales of Wells Fargo
Justin Brox

1956
Will Gorman

1955
Hannibal

1955
Hajj

1954
Specialty in 'My Maryland'

1954
Capt. Mike Malone

1954
Adam Pontipee

1953
Wild Bill Hickok

1953
Fred Graham 'Petruchio'

1953
King Cameron

1953
Rick Grayton

1952
Vince Heldon

1952
Tony Naylor

1952
Diamond Jim Brady

1951
Narrator

1951
Stretch Barnes/Smoky Callaway

1951
Gaylord Ravenal

1951
Slim Shelby

1951
Mike Jamison

1951
Police Sgt. McGoogle

1950
Frank Butler

1950
Hazard Endicott

1949
Boke

Soundtrack Credits

1994
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1992
MGM: When the Lion Roars
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1962
Arthur Freed's Hollywood Melody
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1955
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1955
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration
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1954
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1953
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1953
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1951
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Dallas (1978)
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Knots Landing (1979)