Brian Keith

Brian Keith (1921 - 1997)
==Film Deaths==
*Jivaro (Lost Treasure of the Amazon) (1954) [Tony]: Killed (off-screen), along with Morgan Farley, by Jivaro warriors; their bodies are shown afterwards strung up in the jungle when Fernando Lamas and Rhonda Fleming discover them.
*The Violent Men (The Bandits; Rough Company) (1955) [Cole Wilkison]: Shot in the chest by Glenn Ford.
*Run of the Arrow (Hot Lead) (1957) [Captain Clark]: Shot in the back with an arrow by a Sioux warrior; he dies shortly afterwards while talking to Ralph Meeker.
*Nightfall (1957) [John]: Shot three times in the chest by Rudy Bond.
*Fort Dobbs (1958) [Clett]: Shot to death in a shoot-out with Clint Walker.
*Sierra Baron (1958) [Jack McCracken]: Shot in the chest by Steve Brodie, he dies a couple of minutes later being cradled by Rita Gam.
*Ten Who Dared (1960) [William 'Bill' Dunn]: Killed (off-screen) by Ute warriors, along with two others from his expedition. Their deaths are revealed in the narration at the end of the movie.
*Krakatoa: East of Java (1968) [Connerly]: Drowned, along with Barbara Werle in a large tidal wave caused by the volcano eruption.
*The Yakuza (1974) [George Tanner]: Shot repeatedly by Robert Mitchum.
*The Quest (The Longest Drive) (1976) ["Tank" Logan]: Executed by hanging, as Tim Matheson, Cameron Mitchell, and Kurt Russell look on.
*The Mountain Men (1980) [Henry Frapp]: Shot in the chest with an arrow by a Blackfoot warrior; he dies shortly afterwards while talking to Charlton Heston.
*Sharky's Machine (1981) [Detective "Papa" Marindo]: Shot to death in a shoot-out with Henry Silva in a stairwell.
*Young Guns (1988) ["Buckshot" Roberts]: Slain in a shoot-out with Emilio Estevez' Lincoln County Regulators, despite taking cover in an outhouse.
**NOTE: Keith was 67 when he portrayed Buckshot...who, in real life, met his maker at the age of 47. 
==Television Deaths==
*Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Your Witness (1959) [Arnold Shawn]: Killed by his wife Leora Dana who deliberately runs him down and tells the police she accidentally put her foot on the accelerator instead of the brake.
*The Virginian: Duel at Shiloh (1963) [Johnny Wade]: Shot to death by Gary Clarke.
*Wagon Train: The Tom Tuesday Story (1963) [Tom Tuesday]: Mortally stabbed in the back by a knife thrown by one of Carlos Romero's bandits while Brian was rescuing Denny Miller who was about to be hanged by them.
*The Fugitive: Fear in a Desert City (1963) [Edward "Ed" Welles]: Shot in the face by the police after he shoots at them. His funeral is shown in the epilogue.
*Murder, She Wrote: The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1984) [Caleb McCallum]: Shot in the chest (off-screen) by Arthur Hill; his body is shown afterwards on Brian's boat when it falls out of the sail in which it was wrapped by Ned Beatty and two policeman.
*The Alamo: Thirteen Days of Glory (1987) [Colonel Davy Crockett]: Stabbed in the stomach with a bayonet by a Mexican soldier during the attack on the Alamo.
*Picture Windows: Lightning (1994) [Tappan]: Shot to death in a shoot-out with Ron Perlman.
*Walker, Texas Ranger: Ghost Rider (1996) [Del Forman]: Drowned when Eric Scott Woods pushes Brian's wheelchair into the swimming pool.
==Gallery==
Crockett (Brian Keith) stabbed.png|Brian Keith being stabbed in The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
==Notable Connections==
*Son of Robert Keith.
*Ex-Mrs. Frances Helm.
*Ex-Mrs. Judy Landon.
*Mrs. Victoria Young.
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