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Howard Keel

  • Born April 13, 1919
  • Gillespie, Illinois, U.S.
  • Died Nov. 7, 2004, aged 85

Howard Keel (born Harold Clifford Keel; April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004) was an American actor and singer. He starred in many film musicals of the 1950s. He is best known to modern audiences for his starring role in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991, as Clayton Farlow, opposite Barbara Bel …

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Howard Keel (born Harold Clifford Keel; April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004) was an American actor and singer. He starred in many film musicals of the 1950s. He is best known to modern audiences for his starring role in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991, as Clayton Farlow, opposite Barbara Bel Geddes's character, but to an earlier generation, he was known as the star of some of the most famous MGM film musicals ever made, with a rich baritone singing voice.

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D. L. Dade

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Brother Adam Pontipee

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Larry Thorson

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Clayton Farlow

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Levi Walking Bear

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Duncan Harlow

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Bill Masen

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Wild Bill Hickok

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Fred Graham, "Petruchio"

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Frank Butler

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Gaylord Ravenal

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Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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Stanley Livingston

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King Cameron

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Mike Jamison

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Performer (segment "My Maryland")

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The Poet

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Stretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway

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Capt. Quentin "Jack" Jackson

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Tony Naylor

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Will Gorman

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Simon Peter

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Vince Heldon

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Hannibal

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Capt. Tom York

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Capt. Mike Malone

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Slim Shelby

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'Waco'

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Donovan

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Hardie Rankin

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Boke

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Lee Travis

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Col. Devlin

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Hazard Endicott

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Narrator (voice)

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Shanghai Pierce

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Rick Grayton

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Sonny Gordon

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Fred Graham

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Self

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(archive footage) (uncredited)

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Self - Host

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Self

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From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

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Bill Masen - (archive footage)

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Self (archive footage)

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Himself - Host

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Self (archive footage) (uncredited) / Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Self (archive)