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Also known as Harold Clifford Keel, Harold Keel

American actor and singer (1919–2004)

Person · Open Library

Born
1919
Died
2004
Works
10

Top works

  • The unsinkable Molly Brown
  • On a clear day you can see forever
  • Plaza suite
  • Saratoga
  • Man of La Mancha

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Film & TV

Acting · Gillespie, Illinois, U.S.

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…

Known for

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical — Self (archive)2009
  • Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer — Self2006
  • Legends — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2006
  • Legends — Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited)2006
  • Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot — Self2003
  • Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' — Himself - Host1997
  • Inside the Dream Factory — Self1995
  • That's Entertainment! III — Self - Co-Host / Narrator1994
  • Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is — Capt. Quentin "Jack" Jackson1994
  • Walker, Texas Ranger — D. L. Dade1993

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1919
Active to
2004

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
15,728
Total plays
75,874

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Howard Keel, born Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004) was an American actor who starred in many of the classic film musicals of the 1950s. Born in Gillespie, Illinois, to Navyman-turned-coalminer Homer Keel and his wife, Grace Osterkamp Keel, young Harry spent his childhood in poverty. After his father's death in 1930, he and his mother moved to California, where he graduated from Fallbrook High School at the age of 17 and took various odd-jobs until finally settling at Doug

via Last.fm · Howard Keel

Key facts

Born
Harold Clifford Keel , ( 1919-04-13 ) April 13, 1919, Gillespie, Illinois , U.S.
Died
November 7, 2004 (2004-11-07) (aged 85), Palm Desert, California , U.S.
Occupations
Actor singer
Years active
1943–2002
Spouses
Rosemary Cooper ​ ​ ( 1943 ⁠ – ⁠ 1948 ) ​ Helen Anderson ​ ( 1949 ⁠ – ⁠ 1970 ) ​ Judy Magamoll ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1970 ) ​
Preceded by
Leon Ames
Succeeded by
Ronald Reagan

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Encyclopedic overview

Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), professionally Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s, including Show Boat (1951). He played the role of oil baron Clayton Farlow in the television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991.

Early life

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