Noah Keen: Difference between revisions
→Personal life: Fixed typos Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
→Early life: Removed content that had been unsourced since at least July 2019. |
||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
== Early life == |
== Early life == |
||
Keen was born in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]] |
Keen was born in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]].<ref name="ci" /> |
||
He fought in World War II as a bombardier in the Army Air Force <ref name=ci/> and received a Purple Heart during this time.{{Citation needed |date=July 2019}} |
He fought in World War II as a bombardier in the Army Air Force <ref name=ci/> and received a Purple Heart during this time.{{Citation needed |date=July 2019}} |
||
Revision as of 20:24, 10 June 2023
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (July 2019) |
Noah Keen | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 10, 1920 |
| Died | March 24, 2019 (aged 98) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) |
Barbara Corday
(m. 1972; div. 1974)Gerrianne Raphael (m. 2004) |
| Children | 4 |
Noah Keen (October 10, 1920 – March 24, 2019)[1] was an American film and television actor.
Early life
Keen was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.[1]
He fought in World War II as a bombardier in the Army Air Force [1] and received a Purple Heart during this time.[citation needed]
Career
Keen made many guest appearances in television series such as The Twilight Zone in the episodes "The Arrival" and "The Trade-Ins". In 1962 he made two guest appearances on Perry Mason; first as murder victim Harlow Phipps in "The Case of the Crippled Cougar", then as Dr. Stephen Grant in "The Case of the Lurid Letter". [citation needed] In 1962 Keen appeared as Samuel Cole on the TV western The Virginian in the episode titled "The Accomplice". [citation needed]
Other series on which he made guest appearances include The Eleventh Hour, Judd for the Defense, Bonanza, Mission: Impossible, The Mod Squad, The Waltons and The Rockford Files. Keen had also appeared in movies such as Battle for the Planet of the Apes and Disorganized Crime. Although he had been acting less frequently since the 1980s, he still made occasional appearances such as a guest appearance on the episode "Johnny Cakes" of The Sopranos. [citation needed]
Personal life
Keen was married to screenwriter Barbara Corday.[1] He had a daughter with one of his wives. He was married to Gerrianne Raphael in 2004 and had a very happy marriage. Through that marriage, Keen became stepfather to three more girls. He had five grandchildren, two from his biological daughter, two from one of his stepdaughters, and one from his other stepdaughter.[citation needed]
Late life
|
Keen moved from California to New York when he married Raphael and they lived in Harlem until he died.
Keen often participated in small acting roles until he was almost 94.
Keen died on March 24, 2019, aged 98.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Girl of the Night | Al | |
| 1966 | A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Sparrow | |
| 1967 | The Caper of the Golden Bulls | The Irishman | |
| 1970 | Helen Keller and Her Teacher | Narrator | Voice |
| 1971 | The Ski Bum | Marty | |
| 1973 | Tom Sawyer | Judge Thatcher | |
| 1973 | Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Abe the teacher | |
| 1974 | Black Starlet | Phil | |
| 1976 | Gable and Lombard | A. Broderick | |
| 1979 | The Rockford Files | Dr. Greenberg | The Return of the Black Shadow (aired 17 February 1979) |
| 1989 | Disorganized Crime | Farmer |
References
External links
- Noah Keen at IMDb
- Noah Keen at the TCM Movie Database
- Noah Keen at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
 | This article about a United States film actor born in the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about an American television actor born in the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |