Portrait of Ian Keith

Acting

Ian Keith

Career

Active from 1924 to 1955, busiest in 1943 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
26
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Crusades
The Crusades
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ian Keith Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.4, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Coming of Age
    2.0, average 3.0
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.6, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 5
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Classic Western 3
  • Action-Packed 3
  • Good vs Evil 3
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Silent Era Drama 2
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • 1940s Setting 2
  • Film Noir 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • Intriguing Narrative 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

88
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

6 titles ยท average score 63
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments (1956)
GoodWatch score 81

as Rameses I

It Came from Beneath the Sea
It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
GoodWatch score 56

as Adm. Burns

Duel on the Mississippi
Duel on the Mississippi (1955)
GoodWatch score 62

as Jacques Scarlet

New York Confidential
New York Confidential (1955)
GoodWatch score 64

as Waluska

Prince of Players
Prince of Players (1955)
GoodWatch score 59

as Ghost of Hamlet's father in "Hamlet"

The Black Shield of Falworth
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
GoodWatch score 55

as King Henry IV

1940s

37 titles ยท average score 60
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley (1947)
GoodWatch score 79

as Pete Krumbein

Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
GoodWatch score 50

as Vitamin Flintheart

Border Feud
Border Feud (1947)

as Doc Peters

Valley of the Zombies
Valley of the Zombies (1946)
GoodWatch score 53

as Ormond Murks

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
GoodWatch score 50

as Vitamin Flintheart

Song of Old Wyoming
Song of Old Wyoming (1945)

as Lee Landow

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)
GoodWatch score 54

as Dr. Paul Recknik

Casanova in Burlesque
Casanova in Burlesque (1944)

as J. Boggs-Robinson

Nazty Nuisance
Nazty Nuisance (1943)
GoodWatch score 43

as Chief Paj Mab

Corregidor
Corregidor (1943)
GoodWatch score 44

as Capt. Morris

Keep 'Em Sailing
Keep 'Em Sailing (1942)

as FBI Director Sinclair

Remember Pearl Harbor
Remember Pearl Harbor (1942)

as Capt. Hudson

1930s

22 titles ยท average score 64
The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer (1938)
GoodWatch score 54

as Senator Crawford

White Legion
White Legion (1936)

as Dr. Julian Murray

The Preview Murder Mystery
The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
GoodWatch score 61

as E. Gordon Smith

The Crusades
The Crusades (1935)
GoodWatch score 79

as Saladin

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers (1935)
GoodWatch score 63

as Count de Rochefort

Queen Christina
Queen Christina (1934)
GoodWatch score 78

as Magnus

Cleopatra
Cleopatra (1934)
GoodWatch score 74

as Octavian

The Sign of the Cross
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
GoodWatch score 72

as Tigellinus

The Sin Ship
The Sin Ship (1931)
GoodWatch score 56

as Smiley Marsden

The Deceiver
The Deceiver (1931)

as Reginald Thorpe

The Phantom of Paris
The Phantom of Paris (1931)
GoodWatch score 52

as Marquis Max Du Touchais

Prince of Diamonds
Prince of Diamonds (1930)

as Rupert Endon

1920s

23 titles ยท average score 58
The Great Divide
The Great Divide (1929)
GoodWatch score 51

as Steven Ghent

Prisoners
Prisoners (1929)

as Nicholas Cathy

The Look Out Girl
The Look Out Girl (1928)

as Dean Richardson

The Divine Lady
The Divine Lady (1928)
GoodWatch score 45

as Honorable Charles Greville

A Man's Past
A Man's Past (1927)

as Dr. Fontaine

The Love of Sunya
The Love of Sunya (1927)
GoodWatch score 68

as Louis Anthony

Two Arabian Knights
Two Arabian Knights (1927)
GoodWatch score 61

as Shevket

The Truthful Sex
The Truthful Sex (1926)

as Tom Barnes

The Greater Glory
The Greater Glory (1926)

as Pauli Birbach

The Tower of Lies
The Tower of Lies (1925)

as Lars

Her Love Story
Her Love Story (1924)

as Captain Kavor

Manhandled
Manhandled (1924)
GoodWatch score 68

as Robert Brandt