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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Fort Madison, Iowa, USA, 1908-03-29

Died: 1968-08-31

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1930	Reaching for the Moon	Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)	54
2	1931	Cimarron	(uncredited)	56
3	1931	Laugh and Get Rich	Young Man at Dance (uncredited)	47
4	1931	The Miracle Woman	Man in Audience (uncredited)	66
5	1931	Honeymoon Trio	Wedding Guest	40
6	1931	West of Broadway	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	63
7	1931	Working Girls	Dance Extra (uncredited)	68
8	1932	Under Eighteen	Penthouse Party Guest (uncredited)	66
9	1932	Love Affair	One of Carol's Friends at Party (uncredited)	56
10	1932	Scarface	Night Club Patron (uncredited)	74
11	1932	Huddle	Dancer (uncredited)	66
12	1932	Merrily We Go to Hell	Wedding Usher (uncredited)	64
13	1932	The Man from Yesterday	Cafe Patron	48
14	1932	Bachelor's Affairs	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	10
15	1932	Skyscraper Souls	Stock Brokerage Clerk (Uncredited)	56
16	1932	Big City Blues	Dice Spectator (uncredited)	53
17	1932	Blonde Venus	(uncredited)	68
18	1932	The Cabin in the Cotton	Dance Floor Extra at Madge's Party (uncredited)	63
19	1932	A Bill of Divorcement	Party Guest	62
20	1932	Night After Night	Drunk Sleeping on a Table (uncredited)	62
21	1932	I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang	Café Chateau Dancer (uncredited)	78
22	1932	Central Park	Casino Diner (uncredited)	52
23	1933	Hello, Everybody!	Casino Patron (uncredited)	60
24	1933	The Woman Accused	Party Extra (uncredited)	59
25	1933	From Hell to Heaven	Louie - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)	72
26	1933	Girl Missing	Casino Patron (Uncredited)	51
27	1933	42nd Street	Chorus Boy (uncredited)	69
28	1933	The Eagle and the Hawk	Flier (uncredited)	66
29	1933	The Phantom of the Air	Party Guest (uncredited)	60
30	1933	Gold Diggers of 1933	Theatregoer (uncredited)	72
31	1933	Cocktail Hour	Party Guest (uncredited)	53
32	1933	She Had to Say Yes	Cabaret Patron (uncredited)	58
33	1933	Torch Singer	Nightclub Patron	52
34	1933	Too Much Harmony	Cafe Patron	50
35	1933	I'm No Angel	Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)	64
36	1933	Bombshell	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	65
37	1933	Only Yesterday	New Year's Eve Reveler (Uncredited)	68
38	1933	Broadway Thru a Keyhole	Nightclub Dance Extra	57
39	1933	The Prizefighter and the Lady	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	57
40	1933	Duck Soup	Bridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited)	73
41	1933	Blood Money	Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)	70
42	1933	Lady Killer		68
43	1934	All of Me	Policeman (uncredited)	60
44	1934	Jimmy the Gent	Chester Coote (uncredited)	63
45	1934	Coming Out Party	Party Guest	50
46	1934	Wonder Bar	Chorus Boy (uncredited)	61
47	1934	Murder at the Vanities	Chorus Boy (uncredited)	55
48	1934	Smarty	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	44
49	1934	Fog Over Frisco	Van Brugh, Reporter (Uncredited)	62
50	1934	He Was Her Man	Man Leaving Courtroom	67
51	1934	We're Rich Again	Wedding Guest (uncredited)	40
52	1934	The Red Rider	Minor Role	40
53	1934	Gift of Gab	Dancer (uncredited)	10
54	1934	Desirable	Party Guest	73
55	1934	A Lost Lady	Dance Extra (uncredited)	61
56	1934	Two Heads on a Pillow	Night Club Patron (uncredited)	0
57	1934	Lady by Choice	Dance Extra (uncredited)	63
58	1934	Everything's Ducky	Party Guest	10
59	1934	Kid Millions	Chorus Boy in Ship's Show (uncredited)	65
60	1934	College Rhythm	Department Store Doorman	47
61	1935	A Night at the Biltmore Bowl	Dancer (uncredited)	60
62	1935	Doubting Thomas	Member of Audience	70
63	1935	Every Night at Eight	Huxley Employee (uncredited)	67
64	1936	The Big Broadcast of 1937	Sound Technician (uncredited)	54
65		It's Always Sunday	Reverend Charles Parker	0
66	1934	Imitation of Life	Party Guest (uncredited)	70
67	1934	Broadway Bill	(uncredited)	60
68	1935	The Gilded Lily	Nightclub Extra (uncredited)	65
69	1935	The Wedding Night	Party Guest (uncredited)	60
70	1935	One New York Night	Extra	0
71	1935	Mississippi	Party Guest (uncredited)	67
72	1935	Baby Face Harrington	Country Club Patron (uncredited)	48
73	1935	The Misses Stooge	Party Guest (uncredited)	0
74	1935	The Daring Young Man	Wedding Participant	0
75	1935	Top Hat	Elevator Passenger / Hotel Guest / Dancer (uncredited)	73
76	1935	Here Comes the Band	Party Guest at Reunion (uncredited)	50
77	1935	It's in the Air	Announcer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	50
78	1935	A Feather in Her Hat	Theatergoer (uncredited)	68
79	1935	Personal Maid's Secret	Dinner Guest	55
80	1935	Broadway Hostess	Donald Ross - Ronnie's Friend (uncredited)	53
81	1936	Strike Me Pink	Club Lido Patron (uncredited)	66
82	1936	Love Before Breakfast	College Boy (uncredited)	58
83	1936	Colleen	Extra on Dance Floor (uncredited)	53
84	1936	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)	75
85	1936	Small Town Girl	Man Dancing in Tavern (uncredited)	59
86	1936	The Singing Kid	Bud (uncredited)	40
87	1936	13 Hours by Air	Baker-Co-Pilot	43
88	1936	Show Boat		68
89	1936	Burning Gold	Derrick Worker	60
90	1936	Fury	Reporter (uncredited)	74
91	1936	Private Number	Gambler (Uncredited)	65
92	1936	San Francisco	New Year's Celebrant (uncredited)	66
93	1936	Rhythm on the Range	Sidewalk Heckler	40
94	1936	Yours for the Asking	Man (uncredited)	10
95	1936	Piccadilly Jim	Petie McGregor (uncredited)	65
96	1936	Sworn Enemy	Bandleader (uncredited)	53
97	1936	Libeled Lady	Barker at Charity Affair (uncredited)	73
98	1936	Theodora Goes Wild	Man (uncredited)	65
99	1936	The Accusing Finger	Reporter	47
100	1936	Rose Bowl	Jones	60
101	1936	Great Guy	Party Guest (Uncredited)	62
102	1936	Sinner Take All	Night Club Guest (uncredited)	48
103	1936	Three Smart Girls	Nightclub Extra	63
104	1936	Beloved Enemy	Reception Guest (Uncredited)	61
105	1937	Mama Steps Out	Dance Extra	60
106	1937	Champagne Waltz	Dance Extra at Blue Danube Room	0
107	1937	History Is Made at Night	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)	67
108	1937	Swing High, Swing Low	Purser (uncredited)	51
109	1937	Top of the Town	Frank	52
110	1937	A Star Is Born	Burke's Party Guest (uncredited)	71
111	1937	Make Way for Tomorrow	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	75
112	1937	The Girl from Scotland Yard	John	50
113	1937	Riding on Air	Radium Plane 23 Co-Pilot (uncredited)	50
114	1937	The Great Gambini	Nightclub Patron	60
115	1937	Captains Courageous	Bit Role (uncredited)	74
116	1937	Easy Living	Office Manager (uncredited)	70
117	1937	Saratoga	Party guest	62
118	1937	Vogues of 1938	Nightclub Patron	53
119	1937	One Mile from Heaven	Party Guest	67
120	1937	The Firefly	French Soldier Admirer (uncredited)	64
121	1937	The Bad Man of Brimstone	Jeffrey Burton	60
122	1938	A Yank at Oxford	Racetrack Handler (uncredited)	67
123	1938	Hold That Kiss	Tommy Bradford	65
124	1938	The Chaser	Tom Brandon	60
125	1938	Vacation from Love	Bill Blair	0
126	1939	Burn 'Em Up O'Connor	Jerry O'Connor	50
127	1939	The Kid From Texas	William Quincy	65
128	1939	Unexpected Father	Jimmy Hanley	0
129	1939	That's Right – You're Wrong	Chuck Deems	57
130	1940	Alias the Deacon	Johnny Sloan	0
131	1940	La Conga Nights	Steve Collins	75
132	1940	Pop Always Pays	Jeff Thompson	0
133	1940	Girl from Havana	Woody Davis	50
134	1940	I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now	Tod Lowell	60
135	1940	Arise, My Love	Shep	63
136	1940	You'll Find Out	Chuck Deems	55
137	1940	Bowery Boy	Dr. Tom O'Hara	30
138	1941	Topper Returns	Bob	64
139	1941	Mr. District Attorney	P. Cadwallader Jones	54
140	1941	Broadway Limited	Dr. Harvey North	46
141	1941	Lady Scarface	Lieutenant Bill Mason	51
142	1941	Weekend for Three	Jim 'Jimbo' Craig	57
143	1942	The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine	Mike Jason	60
144	1942	Moonlight Masquerade	John Bennett Jr.	50
145	1943	Tahiti Honey	Mickey Monroe	45
146	1943	Hangmen Also Die!	Jan Horak	69
147	1943	Good Morning, Judge	David Barton	0
148	1943	The Leopard Man	Jerry Manning	65
149	1943	Hi Diddle Diddle	Sonny Phyffe	64
150	1944	The Fighting Seabees	Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow	62
151	1944	Sensations of 1945	Junior Crane	62
152	1944	The Story of Dr. Wassell	Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins	63
153	1944	Abroad with Two Yanks	Jeff Reardon	60
154	1944	Up in Mabel's Room	Boris	60
155	1945	Earl Carroll Vanities	Danny Baldwin	50
156	1945	Brewster's Millions	Montague L. 'Monty' Brewster	66
157	1945	The Affairs of Susan	Bill Anthony	61
158	1945	Getting Gertie's Garter	Kenneth B. Ford	30
159	1945	Doll Face	Michael Francis 'Mike' Hannegan	42
160	1946	Her Adventurous Night	Bill Fry	70
161	1947	Mr. District Attorney	Steve Bennett	65
162	1947	Dishonored Lady	Dr. David Cousins	57
163	1947	T-Men	Dennis O'Brien / Vannie Harrigan	68
164	1948	Raw Deal	Joe Sullivan	67
165	1948	Walk a Crooked Mile	Daniel F. O'Hara	59
166	1949	Siren of Atlantis	Jean Morhange	52
167	1949	Cover Up	Sam Donovan	65
168	1949	The Great Dan Patch	David Palmer	50
169	1949	Abandoned	Mark Sitko	62
170	1950	The Eagle and the Hawk	Whitney Randolph	54
171	1950	Woman on the Run	Dan Legget	68
172	1951	The Company She Keeps	Larry Collins	59
173	1951	Follow the Sun	Chuck Williams	62
174	1951	Passage West	Jacob Karns	62
175	1952	One Big Affair	Jimmy Donovan	60
176	1952	Everything I Have Is Yours	Alec Tacksbury	58
177	1953	The Lady Wants Mink	Jim Connors	60
178	1953	The Fake	Paul Mitchell	55
179	1954	The Diamond Wizard	Joe Dennison	59
180	1954	Drums of Tahiti	Mike Macklin	0
181	1954	Angela	Steve Catlett	50
182	1955	Las Vegas Shakedown	Joe Barnes	52
183	1955	Chicago Syndicate	Barry Amsterdam	58
184	1956	Inside Detroit	Blair Vickers	60
185	1956	Confession	Ben Birch	0
186	1957	Lady of Vengeance	William T. Marshall	52
187	1957	Dragoon Wells Massacre	Capt. Matt Riordan	69
188	1957	Sail Into Danger	Steve Ryman	0
189	1961	All Hands on Deck	Brian O'Gara	70
190	1964	The Naked Flame	Paul Ashley	50

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Studio One	Will	50
2	1949	Suspense		49
3	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents		56
4	1950	Your Show of Shows		63
5	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Second Man	63
6	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Captain John Danforth	63
7	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Bill	63
8	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Mack	63
9	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Jeff Sewell	63
10	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Prof. Stephen Bolt	73
11	1952	The Gulf Playhouse		0
12	1954	Climax!	Inspector Marney	33
13	1954	Climax!	Evans	33
14	1954	Climax!	Fred Long	33
15	1954	Climax!	Howard Davenport	33
16	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Reverend Charles Parker	65
17	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Singer	56
18	1957	Suspicion	Self - Host	59
19	1959	Riverboat	Dan Muldoon	62
20	1959	The Dennis O'Keefe Show	Hal Towne	50
21	1963	Petticoat Junction	Walter O'Connor	58