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Acting

Howard Keel

Career: Active from 1948 to 1994, with a break from 1969 to 1993, busiest in 1951 and 1953 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 27
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Kiss Me Kate
81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Howard Keel Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.6, average 5.4
Psychological
3.3, average 5.5
Social Commentary
3.2, average 4.9
Dark Humor
1.2, average 2.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Western 5
Classic Hollywood 5
Family-Friendly 4
Romantic Comedy 4
Classic Musical 3
Showbiz 2
1950s 2
Nostalgic 2
Frontier Justice 2
Action-Packed 2
Moral Dilemmas 2
Gritty Atmosphere 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

44

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

Legends

TV show · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) / Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990s

3 titles · average score 59

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

68

as Capt. Quentin "Jack" Jackson

Walker, Texas Ranger

53

TV show · as D. L. Dade

Good Sports

56

TV show · as Sonny Gordon

1980s

3 titles · average score 73

Creepy Classics

as Bill Masen - (archive footage)

That's Dancing!

71

as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Larry Thorson

1970s

5 titles · average score 69

Dallas

73

TV show · as Clayton Farlow

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Duncan Harlow

The Quest

67

TV show · as Shanghai Pierce

That's Entertainment, Part II

70

as (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!

84

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960s

9 titles · average score 59

Arizona Bushwhackers

38

as Lee Travis

Here's Lucy

68

TV show · as Stanley Livingston

The War Wagon

64

as Levi Walking Bear

Red Tomahawk

59

as Capt. Tom York

Waco

60

as 'Waco'

Run for Your Life

73

TV show · as Hardie Rankin

Kiss Me, Kate

as Fred Graham

The Day of the Triffids

67

as Bill Masen

Armored Command

44

as Col. Devlin

1950s

22 titles · average score 59

Jupiter's Darling

53

as Hannibal

Kismet

56

as The Poet

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

77

as Brother Adam Pontipee

Rose Marie

43

as Capt. Mike Malone

Calamity Jane

71

as Wild Bill Hickok

Kiss Me Kate

81

as Fred Graham, "Petruchio"

Ride, Vaquero!

52

as King Cameron

Lovely to Look At

49

as Tony Naylor

54

as Narrator (voice)

Show Boat

73

as Gaylord Ravenal

Three Guys Named Mike

62

as Mike Jamison

Annie Get Your Gun

69

as Frank Butler

1940s

1 title · average score 63

The Small Voice

63

as Boke