Dennis O'Keefe

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.

Filmography of Dennis O'Keefe

• The Naked Flame (1964)
• Petticoat Junction (1963)
• All Hands on Deck (1961)
• Riverboat (1959)
• The Dennis O'Keefe Show (1959)
• Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957)
• Lady of Vengeance (1957)
• Sail Into Danger (1957)
• Suspicion (1957)
• Confession (1956)
• The Steve Allen Show (1956)
• Las Vegas Shakedown (1955)
• Chicago Syndicate (1955)
• Inside Detroit (1955)
• Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
• The Diamond Wizard (1954)
• Drums of Tahiti (1954)
• Angela (1954)
• Climax! (1954)
• The Fake (1953)
• The Lady Wants Mink (1953)
• One Big Affair (1952)
• Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)
• The Gulf Playhouse (1952)
• The Company She Keeps (1951)
• Passage West (1951)
• Follow the Sun (1951)
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
• Woman on the Run (1950)
• The Eagle and the Hawk (1950)
• Your Show of Shows (1950)
• Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
• Siren of Atlantis (1949)
• Abandoned (1949)
• Cover Up (1949)
• The Great Dan Patch (1949)
• Suspense (1949)
• Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)
• Raw Deal (1948)
• Studio One (1948)