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Dennis O'Keefe

Dennis O'Keefe

Birthday: 1908-03-29 | Place of Birth: Fort Madison, Iowa, USA

Dennis O'Keefe (March 29, 1908 – August 31, 1968) was an American actor. He was the son of Irish vaudevillians working in the United States. As a small child he joined his parents' act and later wrote skits for the stage. O'Keefe started in films as an extra in the early 1930s. After a small but impressive role in Saratoga, Clark Gable recommended O'Keefe to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which signed him to a contract in 1937. His film roles were bigger after that, starting with The Bad Man of Brimstone and Burn 'Em Up O'Connor. O'Keefe left MGM around 1940 but continued to work in mostly lower budget productions. In the 1950s he did some directing, wrote mystery stories and by the mid-1950s found work on television shows such as Justice, The Martha Raye Show, The Ford Show as well as his own series The Dennis O'Keefe Show.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1959
The Dennis O'Keefe Show

as    Hal Towne

1957
Dragoon Wells Massacre

as    Capt. Matt Riordan

1957
Suspicion

as    Self - Host

1956
Inside Detroit

as    Blair Vickers

1955
Chicago Syndicate

as    Barry Amsterdam

1954
The Diamond Wizard

as    Joe Dennison

1954
Drums of Tahiti

as    Mike Macklin

1952
One Big Affair

as    Jimmy Donovan

1951
Passage West

as    Jacob Karns

1951
The Company She Keeps

as    Larry Collins

1950
Woman on the Run

as    Dan Legget

1949
The Great Dan Patch

as    David Palmer

1949
Siren of Atlantis

as    Jean Morhange

1949
Abandoned

as    Mark Sitko

1949
Cover Up

as    Sam Donovan

1948
Walk a Crooked Mile

as    Daniel F. O'Hara

1948
Raw Deal

as    Joe Sullivan

1947
T-Men

as    Dennis O'Brien / Vannie Harrigan

1947
Dishonored Lady

as    Dr. David Cousins

1945
Earl Carroll Vanities

as    Danny Baldwin

1945
Doll Face

as    Michael Francis 'Mike' Hannegan

1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell

as    Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins

1944
Sensations of 1945

as    Junior Crane

1944
The Fighting Seabees

as    Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow

1943
Hangmen Also Die!

as    Jan Horak

1943
The Leopard Man

as    Jerry Manning

1943
Tahiti Honey

as    Mickey Monroe

1943
Hi Diddle Diddle

as    Sonny Phyffe

1942
Moonlight Masquerade

as    John Bennett Jr.

1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

as    Mike Jason