1. Dennis O'Keefe attended the University of Southern California but left midway through his sophomore year after his father died.
10 Facts About Dennis O'Keefe
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Dennis O'Keefe started in films as an extra in 1931 and appeared in numerous films under the name Bud Flanagan.
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Dennis O'Keefe left MGM around 1940 but continued to work in mostly low-budget productions.
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Dennis O'Keefe often played the tough guy in action and crime dramas, but was known as a comic actor as well as a dramatic lead.
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Dennis O'Keefe gained great attention with a showy role in The Story of Dr Wassell and became a comedy star.
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Dennis O'Keefe starred in film-noir classics such as T-Men and Raw Deal, both directed by Anthony Mann.
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In 1950, Dennis O'Keefe starred in the radio program T-Man on CBS.
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Dennis O'Keefe's Don't Pull Your Punches was produced by Warner Bros.
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Dennis O'Keefe married actress Louise Stanley in 1937; the couple divorced in 1938.
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Dennis O'Keefe was buried at Wee Kirk O'the Heather at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.