Ian Keith became a well regarded fixture on the Broadway stage during the 1920s, but from 1924 through the remainder of the decade he expanded his acting into a string of silent movies as well. To begin the next decade, he appeared in the cast of Abraham Lincoln (1930), one of the later movies of D.W. Griffith. His forte was perhaps already ...
After the death of Lon Chaney, he was one of the actors originally considered for the title role in Dracula (1931). The role finally went to the actor playing the role on stage, Bela Lugosi.
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Married Fern Andra a second time because there was a question about the legality of the first ceremony in 1932.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Great Divide
1929
Steven Ghent
Light Fingers
1929
Light Fingers
Prisoners
1929
Nicholas Cathy
The Divine Lady
1929
Honorable Charles Greville
The Look Out Girl
1928
Dean Richardson
The Street of Illusion
1928
Edwin Booth Benton
A Man's Past
1927
Dr. Fontaine
Two Arabian Knights
1927
Shevket
Convoy
1927
Smith
What Every Girl Should Know
1927
Arthur Graham
The Love of Sunya
1927
Louis Anthony
The Truthful Sex
1926
Tom Barnes
Prince of Tempters
1926
Mario Ambrosio, later Baron Humberto Giordano
The Lily
1926
George Arnaud
The Greater Glory
1926
Pauli Birbach
The Tower of Lies
1925
Lars
The Talker
1925
Ned Hollister
My Son
1925
Felipe Vargas
Enticement
1925
Richard Valyran
Love's Wilderness
1924
Paul L'Estrange
Christine of the Hungry Heart
1924
Ivan Vianney
Her Love Story
1924
Captain Kavor
Manhandled
1924
Robert Brandt
Dragnet
1959
TV Series
Studio 57
1955-1958
TV Series
Dr. Fenton
The Ten Commandments
1956
Rameses I
The Star and the Story
1956
TV Series
I Spy
1955
TV Series
Richelieu
Duel on the Mississippi
1955
Jacques Scarlet
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1955
TV Series
Roland Tarleton
It Came from Beneath the Sea
1955
Adm. Burns
Edgar Allan Poe at West Point
1955
TV Movie
John Allan
The Promise
1955
TV Movie
Dionysius
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1955
TV Series
Brother
Schlitz Playhouse
1954-1955
TV Series
Fabius Maximus
The Ray Milland Show
1955
TV Series
The Talking Wire
1955
TV Movie
Gardiner Greene Hubbard
New York Confidential
1955
Waluska
Soldiers of Fortune
1955
TV Series
The Rajah
Prince of Players
1955
Ghost of Hamlet's Father in 'Hamlet'
Captain Midnight
1954
TV Series
Professor Bergland
Adventures of the Falcon
1954
TV Series
Frank Romer
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
1954
TV Series
Nizam of Regalio
The Lineup
1954
TV Series
Joseph Finley
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954
King Henry IV
Waterfront
1954
TV Series
Captain Rameau
Inner Sanctum
1954
TV Series
Judge Carleton Summers
Ponds Theater
1953
TV Series
Broadway Television Theatre
1953
TV Series
Dr. Frederick Steele / Father Chevillon / Judge Martin Prentice / ...