1. Keith Andes is known for films such as Blackbeard the Pirate and Clash by Night.
24 Facts About Keith Andes
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Keith Andes attended St Edward's School in Oxford, England, and graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1943 with a bachelor's degree in education.
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Keith Andes served three years and sang and acted in United Service Organization shows.
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Keith Andes was cast in the play Winged Victory and then cast by 20th Century Fox in the film Winged Victory.
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In 1947, Keith Andes received a Theater World Award for his Broadway debut performance in a revival of the operetta The Chocolate Soldier.
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Keith Andes's first leading role in a feature film came with Project X, a low-budget, independent movie.
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Keith Andes appeared as Marilyn Monroe's sweetheart and Barbara Stanwyck's brother in the film Clash by Night, directed by Fritz Lang and co-written by Clifford Odets, for RKO.
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Keith Andes was under contract to RKO for three years.
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Keith Andes begin guest starring on TV shows like Celebrity Playhouse, The Ford Television Theatre, Matinee Theatre, The Loretta Young Show, Conflict and Playhouse 90.
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Keith Andes made two films with Jeff Chandler at Universal, Away All Boats and Pillars of the Sky and did Back from Eternity at RKO.
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In 1958, Keith Andes starred as crusading former Louisiana State Police Superintendent Francis Grevemberg in the film Damn Citizen at Universal.
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Keith Andes was cast in a regular series, playing Frank Dawson in the police drama This Man Dawson, the story of a former United States Marine Corps colonel who is hired to stop police corruption in a large, unnamed city.
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On Broadway, Keith Andes starred opposite Lucille Ball in the musical Wildcat which ran for 175 performances.
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When Wildcat ended Keith Andes resumed his television career, guest starring on Sea Hunt, Have Gun - Will Travel, Follow the Sun, Vacation Playhouse and The Rifleman.
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In 1963, Keith Andes was cast in the episode "Firebug" of the anthology series GE True, hosted by Jack Webb.
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Later in 1963, Keith Andes was cast in a regular role as the lawyer-husband on the 1963 sitcom Glynis, starring Glynis Johns as his wife, a mystery writer and amateur sleuth.
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Keith Andes guest-starred on 77 Sunset Strip, Perry Mason, Mickey Rooney's short-lived sitcom Mickey, The Littlest Hobo, Death Valley Days, The Outer Limits, Valentine's Day, Branded, The Lucy Show and Run for Your Life.
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Keith Andes starred as the manager of a radio station in the serial Paradise Bay, which debuted September 27,1965.
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Keith Andes returned to guest-star roles in Daniel Boone, The Andy Griffith Show and I Spy.
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Keith Andes's work included voice acting in the animated Birdman and the Galaxy Trio as Birdman.
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On November 30,1946, Andes married nurse Jean A Cotton in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania.
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On November 11,2005, Keith Andes was found dead at his home in Santa Clarita, California.
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Keith Andes had been suffering from bladder cancer and other ailments.
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Keith Andes's death was ruled as suicide by asphyxiation according to a report from the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.