Keene Curtis
Keene Curtis was an award-winning character actor, best known for his work on the stage, but he also starred in numerous television programs in bit parts and did a sprinkling of big-screen work. Known for his urbane sense of style and sometimes haughty vocal delivery, the charismatic actor shined in several Broadway productions, including "The School for Scandal," "The Cherry Orchard," and "The Rothschilds," for which he performed four roles and won a Tony Award. Two of the actor's most notable stage roles, though, were playing Daddy Warbucks in "Annie" and Albin in "La Cage aux Folles." Although his non-stage work is not as notable, his imperious persona frequently served him well and easily made him stand out. He was discovered by Orson Welles in 1947 and cast as Lennox in the director's heavily expressionistic version of "Macbeth," released a year later. Curtis spent the following years working first as a stage manager and actor before returning to the screen in 1970 for an episode of the gothic daytime soap "Dark Shadows." He is probably most familiar to television viewers for his role as dandyish John Allen Hill, a neighboring restaurant owner, on the sitcom "Cheers." Some of his other notable work for television and film include playing Max Pomeroy on the short-lived Bill Bixby series "The Magician," "One in a Million," and the made-for-television movie "Richie Rich's Christmas Wish."
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Keene Curtis
Filmography
Movies
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Richie Rich's Christmas Wish | Herbert Cadbury (Character) | - | 1998 |
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Legalese | Judge Handley (Character) | - | 1998 |
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Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor | Father Van Exem (Character) | - | 1997 |
18% |
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Sliver | Gus Hale (Character) | $35.5M | 1993 |
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Lambada | Principal Singleton (Character) | $3.5M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hoboken Chicken Emergency | Crandall (Character) | - | 1984 |
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The Buddy System | Dr. Knitz (Character) | - | 1984 |
86% |
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Heaven Can Wait | Oppenheim (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa | Mr. Undershaft (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Royal Family | Herbert Dean (Character) | - | 1977 |
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Strange New World | Dr. William Scott (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stowaway to the Moon | Tom Estes (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blade | Steiner (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Magician | Max Pomeroy (Character) | - | 1973 |
87% |
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Macbeth | Lennox (Character) | - | 1948 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 95% | The Pretender | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
88% | No Score Yet | Michael Hayes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996-1997 |
61% | 78% | Ally McBeal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Stargate SG-1 | Ernest Littlefield (Guest Star) | 1997 |
60% | No Score Yet | Cracker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
75% | No Score Yet | The Single Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
86% | 88% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
86% | No Score Yet | Brotherly Love | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
76% | 80% | Star Trek: Voyager | Old Man 2 (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hope & Gloria | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coach | David Curtis (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Gilbert McCabe (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Full House | Lou Bond (Guest Star) | 1994 |
87% | 95% | Cheers | John Allen HIll (Guest Star) | 1990-1993 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Jerome Mueller (Guest Star) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Newhart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Partners in Crime | Auctioneer (Character) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Empire | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Knight Rider | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amanda's | Clifford Mundy (Character) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Benson | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981-1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Three's Company | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One in a Million | Mr. Cushing (Character) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eight Is Enough | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
100% | 82% | Wonder Woman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jeffersons | Judge John Markell (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Dr. Sam Tree (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sanford and Son | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | 87% | M*A*S*H | Colonel Wortman (Guest Star) | 1974 |