Birthname: Harold Clifford Keel
| Sign | Aries |
| Born |
Apr 13, 1919
Gillespie, IL |
| Died |
Nov 7, 2004
Palm Desert, CA |
| Age | Died at 85 |
| Final Resting Place Cremated | |
Howard Keel |
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| Job | Actor/Singer |
| Years active | 1943-2002 |
| Known for | Rich baritone voice and swaggering confidence |
| Top Roles | Mike Jamison, Adam Pontipee, King Cameron, Hajj, Fred Graham 'Petruchio' |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Romance, Western, Adventure, Drama |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Based on Play, True Story (based on), Wild West, Frontier |
| Top Collaborators | Ann Miller, Esther Williams, Kathryn Grayson, Keenan Wynn, Clark Gable, Gene Kelly, Arthur Freed (Producer), Jane Powell |
| Also Born on April 13 | |
| Also Born in 1919 | |
| Also Born in Illinois | |
| Also an Aries | |
Howard Keel Overview:
Legendary actor, Howard Keel, was born Harold Clifford Keel on Apr 13, 1919 in Gillespie, IL. Keel died at the age of 85 on Nov 7, 2004 in Palm Desert, CA and was cremated and his ashes scattered at favorite places including Mere Golf Club, Eng.
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With a rich baritone voice and a swaggering confidence, Howard Keel starred in many of MGM's big-budget musicals of the 1950s including Annie Get Your Gun (1950), Show Boat (1951), Lovely to Look At (1952), Kiss Me Kate (1953), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), and Kismet (1955). Later, Keel would appear in some medium-budget action films, as well as the cult sci-fi classic, Day of the Triffids (1963). From 1981 to 1991, Keel played the role of oil baron Clayton Farlow in the prime time TV soap Dallas.
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Keel was never nominated for an Academy Award.
Howard Keel BlogHub Articles:
Check it Out! - Sally Ann Howes and Howard Keel on "The Bell Telephone Hour" ( 1960 )
Check out this wonderful clip from a rare color episode of The Bell Telephone Hour ( 1960 ) featuring Sally Ann Howes and Howard Keel singing "Tonight" from the Broadway musical West Side Story. Two beautiful actors with beautiful voices.... Read full article
Jane Powell and Howard Keel (But No Seven Brothers)
Jane Powell and Vic Damone. Big, splashy Broadway-style musicals had peaked in popularity when MGM released Hit the Deck in 1955. So, kudos to the studio for putting together an incredibly talented cast headlined by Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, and Ann Miller. Their male co-stars, though not as we... Read full article
Jane Powell and Howard Keel (But No Seven Brothers)
Jane Powell and Vic Damone. Big, splashy Broadway-style musicals had peaked in popularity when MGM released Hit the Deck in 1955. So, kudos to the studio for putting together an incredibly talented cast headlined by Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, and Ann Miller. Their male co-stars, though not as we... Read full article
Howard Keel starred in some of the most famous musicals ever made
Howard Keel was an American actor and singer who starred in some of the most famous MGM film musicals ever made. Keel is probably best remembered by modern audiences for his starring role in the CBS television series “Dallas” from 1981 to 1991, as Clayton Farlow, opposite Barbara Bel Ge... Read full article
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Howard Keel Quotes:
Milly: I was thinking of some name like Hannah or Hagar or Hephzibah, picking up where your mother left off.
Adam: Hannah.
Milly: Hannah.
Adam: I got to thinking up at the cabin, about the baby. How I'd feel if someone came creeping in and carried her off. I'd string him up the nearest tree. I'd shoot him down as I would a thieving fox.
Calamity Jane: Gosh almighty, it's Bill Hickok!
[proceeds to laugh along with everyone else]
Wild Bill Hickok: [hands baby over] Here take him.
[stands up]
Wild Bill Hickok: The next man that laughs is gonna get his head ventilated.
[silence and Bill sits down. Calamity laughs again after a few moments]
Adam: What do I need manners for? I already got me a wife.