Dennis O'Keefe
Dennis O'Keefe was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in his acting career, O'Keefe landed roles in various films, including the dramatic adaptation "A Bill of Divorcement" (1932) with John Barrymore, "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang" (1932) and "Imitation of Life" (1934) with Claudette Colbert. He also appeared in "Hold That Kiss" (1938), the western "The Bad Man of Brimstone" (1938) with Wallace Beery and "The Kid From Texas" (1939). His film career continued throughout the forties in productions like "Moonlight Masquerade" (1942), "Hangmen Also Die" (1943) with Brian Donlevy and the Adolphe Menjou comedy "Hi, Diddle Diddle" (1943). He also appeared in "The Leopard Man" (1943). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "Walk a Crooked Mile" (1948), "Cover-Up" (1949) and "The Great Dan Patch" (1949). He also appeared in "Abandoned" (1949) and "Woman on the Run" (1950). O'Keefe was most recently credited in "Craigslist: Classified for Murder" (CBS, 2008-09). O'Keefe passed away in August 1968 at the age of 60.
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Dennis O'Keefe
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Naked Flame |
Paul Ashley (Character), Screenwriter |
- | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All Hands on Deck | Lt. Cmdr. Brian O'Gara (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet |
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Lady of Vengeance | William T. Marshall (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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Dragoon Wells Massacre | Capt. Matt Riordan (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Confession | Ben Birch (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sail Into Danger | Steve Ryman (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside Detroit | Blair Vickers (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angela |
Unknown (Character), Director |
- | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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Chicago Syndicate | Barry Amsterdam (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Las Vegas Shakedown | Joe Barnes (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Diamond |
Joe Dennison (Character), Director |
- | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Drums of Tahiti | Mike Macklin (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fake | Paul Mitchell (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lady Wants Mink | Jim Connors (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Everything I Have Is Yours | Alec Tacksbury (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Big Affair | Jimmy Donovan (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Follow the Sun | Chuck Williams (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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The Company She Keeps | Larry Collins (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Passage West | Jacob Karns (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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The Eagle and the Hawk | Whitney Randolph (Character) | - | 1950 |
88% |
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Woman on the Run | Dan Legget (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet |
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The Great Dan Patch | David Palmer (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet |
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Cover Up | Sam Donovan (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet |
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Abandoned | Mark Sitko (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Siren of Atlantis | Captain Jean Morhange (Character) | - | 1948 |
100% |
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Raw Deal | Joseph Emmett "Joe" Sullivan (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet |
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Walk a Crooked Mile | Daniel F. O'Hara (Character) | - | 1948 |
100% |
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T-Men |
Dennis O'Brien/ |
- | 1947 |
No Score Yet |
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Dishonored Lady | Dr. David S. Cousins (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Her Adventurous Night | Bill Fry (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. District Attorney | Steve Bennett (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet |
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Brewster's Millions | Montague L. `'Monty'` Brewster (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet |
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Doll Face | Michael Francis "Mike" Hannegan (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Earl Carroll Vanities | Danny Baldwin (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Affairs of Susan | Bill Anthony (Character) | - | 1945 |
71% | No Score Yet | Getting Gertie's Garter | Ken (Character) | - | 1945 |
100% |
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The Fighting Seabees | Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet |
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The Story of Dr. Wassell | Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sensations of 1945 | Junior Crane (Character) | - | 1944 |
60% | No Score Yet | Up in Mabel's Room | Gary Ainsworth (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Abroad With Two Yanks | Jeff Reardon (Character) | - | 1944 |
87% |
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Hangmen Also Die | Jan Horak (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diamonds and Crime | Sonny Phyffe (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet |
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Hi Diddle Diddle | Sonny Phyffe (Character) | - | 1943 |
90% |
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The Leopard Man | Jerry Manning (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning, Judge | David Barton (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tahiti Honey | Mickey Monroe (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Mike Jason (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Moonlight Masquerade | John Bennett Jr. (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Weekend for Three | Jim `'Jimbo'` Craig (Character) | - | 1941 |
89% |
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Topper Returns | Bob (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Broadway Limited | Dr. Harvey North (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lady Scarface | Lt. Bill Mason (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. District Attorney | P. Cadwallader Jones (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pop Always Pays | Jeff Thompson (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet |
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You'll Find Out | Chuck Deems (Character) | - | 1940 |
71% |
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Arise, My Love | Joe "Shep" Shepard (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alias the Deacon | Johnny Sloan (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girl From Havana | Woody Davis (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bowery Boy | Dr. Tom O'Hara (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Burn 'Em Up O'Connor | Jerry O'Connor (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That's Right -- You're Wrong | Chuck Deems (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Kid From Texas | William Quincy (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unexpected Father | Jimmy Hanley (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet |
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Hold That Kiss | Tommy Bradford (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chaser | Thomas Z. "Tom" Brandon (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vacation From Love | W.D. "Bill" Blair (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bad Man of Brimstone | Jeffrey Burton (Character) | - | 1937 |
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And So They Were Married | Drunk in Car (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet |
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Shipmates Forever | Trainee (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet |
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Smarty | Nightclub Patron (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death on the Diamond | Game Radio Announcer (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Central Park | Casino Diner (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet |
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Reaching for the Moon | Ship's Party Guest (Character) | - | 1930 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petticoat Junction | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Joey Bishop Show | Brian Taylor (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dennis O'Keefe Show | Hal Towne (Character) | 1959-1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1954-1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I've Got a Secret | Guest | 1953-1954 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Willard Newell (Character) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Screen Directors Playhouse | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspense | Unknown (Character) | 1950 |