Robert Emmett Keane

Highest Rated: 100% Jolson Sings Again (1949)

Lowest Rated: 40% Men of Boys Town (1941)

Birthday: Mar 4, 1883

Birthplace: Not Available

The embodiment of businesslike dignity, actor Robert Emmett Keane was active in films from his 1929 debut in the talkie short Gossip through the 1956 second feature When Gangland Strikes. Because of his distinguished, above-reproach demeanor, Keane was often effectively cast as confidence men, shady attorneys and mystery murderers: after all, if he can convince the gullible folks people on-screen that he's honest, it's likely the audience will fall for the same line. Keane is warmly remembered by Laurel and Hardy fans for his roles in three of the team's 20th Century-Fox films of the '40s, playing con artists in two of them (A-Haunting We Will Go and Jitterbugs). In the early '50s, Keane played Captain Brackett in the national touring company of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical triumph South Pacific. In private life, Robert Emmett Keane was the husband of Claire Whitney.

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RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	The Last Escape	Howard Hewitt	—	1970
No Score Yet	When Gangland Strikes	Actor	—	1956
No Score Yet	Atomic Kid	Mr. Reynolds	—	1954
No Score Yet	A Life of Her Own	Hosiery Man	—	1950
No Score Yet	Blondie's Hero	J. Collins	—	1950
100%	Jolson Sings Again	Charlie	—	1949
No Score Yet	Follow Me Quietly	Coroner	—	1949
No Score Yet	Susanna Pass	Martin Masters	—	1949
No Score Yet	When My Baby Smiles at Me	Sam Harris	—	1948
No Score Yet	The Return of the Whistler	Hart	—	1948
No Score Yet	Her Husband's Affairs	Manager	—	1947
No Score Yet	I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now	Mr. Kurlinger	—	1947
No Score Yet	The Beginning or the End	Dr. Rand	—	1947
No Score Yet	Fool's Gold	Professor Dixon	—	1947
No Score Yet	Fear in the Night	Lewis Belnap	—	1947
75%	A Double Life	2nd Photographer	—	1947
No Score Yet	The Hoodlum Saint	Doctor	—	1946
No Score Yet	Night Editor (The Trespasser)	Max	—	1946
No Score Yet	Rainbow Over Texas	Wooster Dalrymple	—	1946
No Score Yet	Why Girls Leave Home	Ed Blake	—	1945
No Score Yet	Over 21	Kennedy	—	1945
No Score Yet	Scared Stiff	Prof. Wisner	—	1945
No Score Yet	The Impatient Years	Attorney	—	1944
No Score Yet	The Whistler	Charles McNear	—	1944
No Score Yet	Sweet and Lowdown	Tivoli Owner	—	1944
No Score Yet	The Dancing Masters	Auctioneer	—	1943
No Score Yet	Jitterbugs	Henry Corcoran	—	1943
No Score Yet	Give Out, Sisters	Peabody the Lawyer	—	1942
No Score Yet	A-Haunting We Will Go	Phillips	—	1942
No Score Yet	Remember Pearl Harbor	Mr. Littlefield	—	1942
No Score Yet	The Man Who Wouldn't Die	Alfred Dunning	—	1942
100%	My Favorite Blonde	Burton	—	1942
No Score Yet	The Lady Is Willing	Hotel Manager	—	1942
100%	The Devil and Daniel Webster	Husband	—	1941
No Score Yet	In the Navy	Travers	—	1941
100%	The Devil and Miss Jones	Tom Higgins	—	1941
40%	Men of Boys Town	Burton	—	1941
67%	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Section Manager	—	1941
92%	High Sierra	Man	—	1941
No Score Yet	Design for Scandal	Aide	—	1941
No Score Yet	Tin Pan Alley	Manager	—	1940
No Score Yet	The Saint Takes Over	Leo Sloan	—	1940
No Score Yet	The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady	Peter Van Wyck	—	1940
No Score Yet	Lillian Russell	Jeweler	—	1940
No Score Yet	Michael Shayne, Private Detective	Larry Kincaid	—	1940
No Score Yet	West of the Badlands	Officer Willets	—	1940
96%	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Editor	—	1939
No Score Yet	Fifth Avenue Girl	Seal Expert	—	1939
No Score Yet	The Rookie Cop	Commissioner	—	1939
No Score Yet	Confessions of a Nazi Spy	Harrison	—	1939
No Score Yet	Streets of New York	Roger Wilson	—	1939
No Score Yet	Six Thousand Enemies	Sam Todd	—	1939
No Score Yet	These Glamour Girls	Mr. Wilston	—	1939
90%	Boys Town	Burton	—	1938
No Score Yet	There's Always a Woman	City Editor	—	1938
No Score Yet	Arsene Lupin Returns	Watkins	—	1938
No Score Yet	Born to Be Wild	J. Stearns Davis	—	1938
No Score Yet	Too Hot to Handle	Foreign Editor	—	1938
No Score Yet	Billy the Kid Returns	Page	—	1938
No Score Yet	The Chaser	Simon Kelly	—	1938
No Score Yet	Live, Love and Learn	Apartment House Manager	—	1937
No Score Yet	Saratoga	Auctioneer	—	1937
No Score Yet	Jim Hanvey, Detective	Editor	—	1937
100%	Mad Love	Raoul	—	1935
No Score Yet	Laugh and Get Rich	Phelps	—	1931
No Score Yet	Men Call It Love	Joe	—	1931

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