Ian Keith

Ian Keith

Nacimiento : 1899-02-26, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Muerte : 1960-03-26

Historia

Ian Keith (born Keith Ross; February 27, 1899 – March 26, 1960) was an American actor.

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Ian Keith
Ian Keith

Películas

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A narrative feature made from a collage of clips from various films around the world.
Los Diez Mandamientos
Rameses I
Drama bíblico ambientado en el Antiguo Egipto que narra la historia de Moisés, favorito de la familia del faraón, que decide renunciar a su vida de privilegios para conducir a su pueblo, los hebreos esclavizados en Egipto, hacia la libertad.
Duelo en el Mississippi
Jacques Scarlet
El estado de Lousiana del siglo XIX es el escenario de un duelo entre dos hombres enfrentados. Lili Scarlet es una mujer criolla que organiza constantes razias contra las plantaciones de una familia aristocrática, con la cual mantiene una especial animadversión. Todo cambia cuando se enamora de Andre, el heredero de la familia Tulane, enviado para combatir los ataques. Sin embargo el lugarteniente de Lili, Hugo, no consiente este romance, por lo que se desafía a un duelo a muerte. Uno de los largometrajes del oeste más conocidos de la etapa que dedicó al western William Castle, maestro del cine de serie B, y especialista en películas de terror, director de "House on Haunted Hill" y productor del film de Polansky "La semilla del diablo". En el papel de Andre se encuentra Lex Barker, el Tarzán más conocido de la historia del cine. Completan el reparto Patricia Medina y Warren Stevens, intérpretes asiduos al género del western.
Surgió del fondo del mar
Adm. Burns
Un pulpo gigante, de más de 100 metros de longitud, surge de las profundidades de la fosa de Mindanao y ataca pesqueros y navíos militares, dirigiéndose hacia San Francisco para sembrar el pánico y la destrucción.
New York Confidential
Waluska
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
Prince of Players
Ghost of Hamlet's father in "Hamlet"
Prince of Players is a biographical film about the 19th century American actor Edwin Booth.
Coraza negra
King Henry IV
Inglaterra, reinado de Enrique IV (1399-1413). Después de una larga cacería, Sir Robert llega a la posada del joven Myles y su hermana Meg. Allí su despotismo provoca una gran pelea. A raíz de ello, Myles y su hermana se ven obligados a huir, pero son perseguidos por los hombres de Sir Robert.
Inner Sanctum: Port of Regrets
Judge Carleton Summers
A distinguished judge who feels that no leniency is deserved in crimes of passion finds himself involved in a crime of passion.
Los tres mosqueteros
Rochefort
Francia, siglo XVII. D'Artagnan, un joven y valeroso gascón, viaja a París con la intención de ingresar en la compañía de los mosqueteros del rey, a cuyo frente está el señor de Treville. En el camino tiene un mal encuentro con el conde de Rochefort y Milady De Winter, ambos colaboradores del cardenal Richelieu, primer ministro de Luis XIII (1610-1643). Una vez en la capital, tiene la mala suerte de enfrentarse a los más valerosos y fieles mosqueteros del Rey: Athos, Porthos y Aramis.
El callejón de las almas perdidas
Pete Krumbein
Un ambicioso aspirante a artista de circo (Tyrone Power) está dispuesto a todo con tal de alcanzar la cima del éxito. Cuando encuentra el secreto de un truco de feria, decide montar un próspero negocio con unas ayudantes...
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Vitamin Flintheart
Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.
Border Feud
Doc Peters
A marshal with a whip and a sheriff with a sense of humor end a gold-mine feud.
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Vitamin Flintheart
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
Mr. Hex
Mr. Raymond, the Hypnotist
Sach is given a post-hypnotic suggestion that turns him into a championship prizefighter.
La extraña mujer
Lincoln Pittridge
Bangor, 1824. Gracias a su deslumbrante belleza, Jenny Hager manipula a los hombres a su antojo y es capaz de conseguir de ellos todo lo que se propone. Tras contraer matrimonio con un acaudalado comerciante, no tarda en seducir al hijo de su marido con el único fin de inducirlo al asesinato de su padre. Al mismo tiempo, se encapricha del prometido de su mejor amiga
Singing on the Trail
Jerry Easton
In this Western, Ken Curtis, Columbia Pictures' low-budget answer to Gene Autry, romanced one of the studio's most beautiful starlets, Rita Hayworth-lookalike Dusty Anderson. She played Helen Wyatt, whose father (the rotund Guy Kibbee) loses his ranch to the hayseed singing group the Hoosier Hot Shots. Unbeknownst to Wyatt, the Hot Shots have been swindled by a couple of Eastern crooks (Ian Keith and Matt Willis) and consider themselves the lawful owners. Chased by the irascible Wyatt, the band members seek protection from aspiring singer Curt Stanton (Curtis), who they mistake for a gunslinger.
Valley of the Zombies
Ormond Murks
A woman falls under the hypnotic spell of a resurrected madman.
Northwest Trail
Inspector McGrath
Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt. Means orders him to leave.
Song of Old Wyoming
Lee Landow
Old Ma Conway champions statehood for Wyoming, believing the measure would put an end to the territory's lawlessness; but the elderly woman is opposed by cattle buyer and tax assessor Lee Landow and greedy banker Dixon. When Ma offers her opinion in a newspaper article, Landow sends his henchman Ringo to put the fear of God in the woman.
Los piratas del mar Caribe
Captain Lussan
Siglo XVII. Un barco holandés que se dirige a las islas Carolinas, al llegar al Caribe, embarranca frente a la costa de Cartagena de Indias. El virrey, don Juan Alvarado de Soto hace prisioneros al capitán Van Horn y a la tripulación, pero poco después consiguen fugarse. Cinco años más tarde, Van Horn se ha convertido en el temible pirata Barracuda, que manda el navío del mismo nombre. Para apagar su sed de venganza rapta a la bella Francisca de Guzmán, la prometida del virrey, y la lleva consigo a la isla Tortuga, el refugio de los piratas.
Phantom of the Plains
Talbot Wilberforce Champneys, aka Fancy Charlie
Red Ryder tries to warn a duchess that her newfound beau has a history of murdering his wives.
Identity Unknown
Maj. Williams
A soldier survives a bombing in which his three fellow soldiers were killed. When he recovers he discovers he has amnesia, and since his companions' bodies were burned beyond recognition, the army doesn't know which one of the four he is. He goes AWOL and searches out the families of the three dead soldiers, hoping to find out his own identity.
Fog Island
Dr. Lake
Leo, a former convict, is living in seclusion on an island with his step-daughter, the daughter of his late wife. Leo was framed by a group of former business associates, and he also suspects that one of them killed his wife. He has invited the group to his island, tempting them by hinting about a hidden fortune, and he has installed a number of traps and secret passages in his home. He is aided in his efforts by a former cell-mate who holds a grudge against the same persons. When everyone arrives, the atmosphere of mutual suspicion and the thick fog that covers the island promise a tense and hazardous weekend for everyone.
Bajo los cielos del oeste
Professor Moffett
Un espectáculo ambulante llega a un pequeño pueblo de Arizona y concita la oposición de los lugareños. Piensan montar el espectáculo en el saloon, y la cantante se lía con el maestro y un misterioso bandido enmascarado.
She Gets Her Man
Oliver McQuestion
The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.
Cowboy from Lonesome River
Matt Conway
This western features a singing cowboy, a brave hero, and a bumbling sidekick who band together to defeat a ruthless range boss.
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Dr. Paul Recknik
To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.
Arizona Whirlwind
Polini
US marshals Ken, Hoot and Bob stop a gang dressed as Indians from robbing the stage. After getting repairs at the relay station, but before they get to town, another trap is set, but they get away. In town, they search the stage and find nothing. But hidden in the axle grease can are diamonds. Polini wants them cut into smaller diamonds so that he can easily dispose of them. Throughout this Western, the courageous trio faces off against cunning opponents, including the gang's merciless leader (Ian Keith) and an unsuspecting banker (Karl Hackett).
Casanova in Burlesque
J. Boggs-Robinson
A stripper (June Havoc) discovers a professor (Joe E. Brown) spends summer teaching Shakespeare and winter as a burlesque comic.
Nazty Nuisance
Chief Paj Mab
Germany's Adolf Hitler, with his Axis-stooges, Italy's Mussolini and Japan's Suki Yama, although he tried to avoid taking them, is on his way, via submarine, to a tropical country to negotiate a treaty with the High Chief Paj Mab. However, an American P.T-boat crew is already there and have some plans for schickenbit-grubber and his buddies.
Bordertown Gun Fighters
Cameo Shelby
Cameo Shelby is running a crooked lottery out of El Paso and treasury agent Bill Elliott has been sent to break it up. When Bill intercepts a shipment of tickets to New Mexico he forces Shelby to send incriminating papers in the next shipment. Bill captures these also and now has the evidence he needs to go after Shelby.
The Man from Thunder River
Henry Stevens
In this western, a cowboy and his pals must stop outlaws from stealing a cache of gold ore. Action ensues, and they succeed.
Cinco tumbas al Cairo
Capt. St. Bride (uncredited)
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en Junio de 1942, el ejército británico se retira del Norte de África ante el victorioso avance de Rommel, dejando un único hombre detrás de sus líneas, en el desierto entre Libia y Egipto. John Bramle, único superviviente del equipo de un tanque capturado por los alemanes, busca refugio en un remoto hotel perdido en pleno desierto.
I Escaped from the Gestapo
Gerard
A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring. His conscience gets the better of him, though, and he secretly conspires with the FBI to turn over the gang.
Wild Horse Stampede
Carson
Two cowboys try to protect railroad workers from rampaging Indians.
Corregidor
Capt. Morris
A doctor and his staff in a hospital on the Philippine island of Corregidor shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor try to treat the sick, injured and wounded as American and Filipino troops desperately try to beat back a ferocious Japanese attack.
The Sundown Kid
J. Richard Spencer
A Pinkerton agent masquerades as a criminal in order to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters that is using wealthy widow Lucy Randall as a front. Arriving at the gang's hideout the Dawson ranch, Red discovers that the counterfeiting ring is headed by Mrs. Randall's attorney J. Richard Spencer and Dawson himself.
Keep 'Em Sailing
FBI Director Sinclair
An FBI agent goes undercover to investigate the sabotage of American cargo ships.
Fall In
Army Doctor
An Army sergeant's photographic memory puts him in conflict with a Nazi spy.
Remember Pearl Harbor
Capt. Hudson
A man tries to redeem himself after ducking out on his comrades before the fatal attack.
El halcón del mar
Peralta
Clásico del género de piratas en el que un pletórico Errol Flynn interpreta a un bucanero inglés del siglo XVI al que la reina Isabel I concede patente de corso para abordar la flota española y atacar y saquear sus ciudades en el Nuevo Mundo. Las autoridades españolas elaboran un plan para acabar con el temido pirata. El maestro Curtiz deja su sello con una perfecta narración y espectaculares batallas navales.
El cielo y tú
DeLangle
París, 1840. Una institutriz mantiene una escandalosa relación con un noble. Cuando la mujer de él aparece muerta, ambos se convierten en los principales sospechosos.
Comet Over Broadway
Wilton Banks
Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.
The Buccaneer
Senator Crawford
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
White Legion
Dr. Julian Murray
In the early 1900s, as the Panama Canal is being built, a group of doctors try to discover a cure for yellow fever, a disease that is decimating the workers constructing the canal.
María Estuardo
Moray
María Estuardo abandona Francia y regresa a Escocia, dispuesta a ocupar el trono del que es heredera. Pero los conflictos se acumulan: la nobleza le es hostil, comenzando por su medio hermano el conde de Moray, y su apego al catolicismo choca con la fe que predica John Knox, fundador de la Iglesia presbiteriana en Escocia. Por otro lado, su prima Isabel Tudor, hija ilegítima de Enrique VIII, teme que reclame la corona inglesa. Su único aliado es el conde Bothwell, comandante de las tropas escocesas, de quien se enamora.
Don't Gamble with Love
John Crane
Standard tale of husband and wife living a party lifestyle. He works in a gambling hall and she occasionally models and sings. Because they want to start a family wife feels the need to change their situation. Situation is changed and husband gets a new job and then a promotion but is tricked into a bad business deal and wants to go back to his old life.
The Preview Murder Mystery
E. Gordon Smith
The star of "Song of the Toreador" receives threatening messages that he will not survive the preview screening of the film. The studio publicist works with the Director, the Producer and the police, to discover who is behind the threats.
Por la dama y el honor
Count de Rochefort
El joven y valeroso D’Artagnan llega a París y busca a su padrino, el capitán de Treville, jefe del cuerpo de los mosqueteros del rey Luis XIII (1610-1643), en el que quiere ingresar. Allí conoce a Aramis, Porthos y Athos, tres prodigiosos espadachines, a los que, no obstante, D’Artagnan no duda en retar a un duelo. Pero, para ganarse el respeto de los mosqueteros, el joven tendrá que enfrentarse a los malvados sicarios del cardenal Richelieu, enemigo mortal de la Corona. Defendiendo la causa de la reina Ana de Austria, esposa de Luis XIII, se enamora de Constance, la hermosa dama de compañía de la Reina. Esta fue la primera versión sonora sobre la novela de Dumas. Con un dinámico guión de Dudley Nichols, la trama sigue fielmente la novela original, destacando las peleas a espada y la aparición de Margot Grahame como Milady De Winter.
Hollywood Extra Girl
Crusades Actor
Semi-documentary of a typical "extra girl" on a C.B.DeMille film.
Las Cruzadas
Saladin
Ricardo Corazón de León marcha a las Cruzadas para eludir su boda con la princesa Alicia de Francia, y por el camino contrae matrimonio con Berengaria para proporcionar comida a sus hombres. Todo se complica cuando Berengaria es raptada por Saladino.
Curva peligrosa
Martin Chatfield
Durante una fiesta, unos amigos descubren un oscuro secreto cuando comparan notas sobre un robo y un suicidio.
Cleopatra
Octavian
Cleopatra (Claudette Colbert), reina de Egipto, recibe al cónsul romano Julio César (Warren William), con quien traza una alianza de cara a afianzar su posición. A la muerte de Julio, coquetea con Marco Antonio (Henry Wilcoxon), para intentar conservar el favor romano.
La reina Cristina de Suecia
Magnus
Suecia, siglo XVII. Durante la guerra de los Treinta Años (1618-1648) muere, en la batalla de Lutzen, el rey Gustavo Adolfo de Suecia. Hereda el trono su hija Cristina, que desde la infancia se entrega en cuerpo y alma a los problemas de estado, lo que la lleva a renunciar al matrimonio con el principe Carlos Gustavo, héroe nacional y el pretendiente preferido por todos. Sin embargo, Cristina se enamora profundamente de Don Antonio, Conde de Pimentel y embajador del rey de España en Suecia.
El signo de la cruz
Tigellinus
Imperio Romano, siglo I d. C. Después del gran incendio de Roma, el emperador Nerón, decide culpar a los cristianos y publica un edicto por el cual todos ellos deberán ser arrestados y enviados a la arena del circo. Entre los detenidos se encuentran dos viejos cristianos y la hermosa hija de uno de ellos, de la que se enamora Marcus: el más alto funcionario de Roma.
Susan Lenox
Robert Lane
Una mujer joven huye de una vida insoportable en casa y de un matrimonio concertado con un hombre al que desprecia. Buscará la felicidad con un guapo ingeniero.
The Phantom of Paris
Marquis Max Du Touchais
Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.
The Sin Ship
Smiley Marsden
A lecherous ship captain becomes spiritually changed by a female passenger, not realizing she and her "minister" husband are really bank robbers.
Con el frac de otro
Dr. Gustav von Sonntag
John Paul Bart plancha pantalones en una tintorería, pero sueña con llegar muy alto. Una noche toma prestada ropa de caballero y se cuela en una fiesta de la alta sociedad. Conoce a un millonario, y pronto asciende hasta la cumbre de la empresa...
The Boudoir Diplomat
Baron Belmar
A ladies' man flirts with the wives of other governments' officials.
La gran jornada
Bill Thorpe
El joven explorador Breck Coleman conduce una caravana a lo largo del peligroso camino a Oregón mientras trata de conseguir el afecto de la hermosa pionera Ruth Cameron y planea su venganza contra los despiadados criminales que asesinaron a un amigo suyo.
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
La primera película hablada del maestro D.W. Griffith hace un repaso a la vida del famoso presidente norteamericano.
Prince of Diamonds
Rupert Endon
Eve Marley (Aileen Pringle)is forced to marry a wealthy jeweler that she does not love in order to save the man she loves, Rupert Endon (Ian Keith), from being unjustly arrested as a thief. Rupert, unaware of the reason his sweetheart married his rival, goes to the Far East where he grows rich after discovering a diamond mine. He breaks Eve's husband by underselling him and then returns to England to exact his revenge on the woman he thinks did him wrong.
The Great Divide
Steven Ghent
Stephen Ghent, a mineowner, falls in love with Ruth Jordan, an arrogant girl from the East, unaware that she is the daughter of his dead partner. Ruth is vacationing in Arizona and Mexico with a fast set of friends, including her fiancé, Edgar. Manuella, a Spanish halfbreed hopelessly in love with Ghent, causes Ruth to return to her fiancé when she insinuates that Ghent belongs to her. Ghent follows Ruth, kidnaps her, and takes her into the wilderness to endure hardship. There she discovers that she loves Ghent, and she discards Edgar in favor of him.
Light Fingers
Light Fingers
"Light Fingers" is both the name and the physical description of this film's hero, a dapper petty thief.
Prisioneros
Nicholas Cathy
Riza Rigi (Corrine Griffith), una bailarina de cabaret austríaca, se dedica a pequeños robos hasta que un día llama la atención de Nicholas Cathy (Ian Keith), un joven abogado del que está enamorada. Cathy la defenderá en un juicio sin éxito y, por desgracia, es enviada a la cárcel. Enamorados, ambos se esperarán hasta que ella salga de prisión.
Trafalgar
Honorable Charles Greville
Emma entra a trabajar con su madre en la casa de un rico aristócrata, el honorable Charles Greville, quién no tarda en seducirla, aunque no mucho después decide enviarla a Nápoles con su tío Sir William Hamilton para que se convierta en su amante y así evitar que este se case y perder la herencia. Con lo que no contaba Greville es que finalmente Hamilton pediría la mano de Emma y acabaría casándose con ella, a pesar de que Emma le ha confesado que no le ama. Poco después estalla la guerra entre Inglaterra y Francia... (FILMAFFINITY)
The Look Out Girl
Dean Richardson
The lookout girl for the notorious Mowbray gang tries to leave her gangster past by marrying a wealthy doctor, but her past catches up with her very quickly when the gang finds her.
A Man's Past
Dr. Fontaine
A Man's Past (1927)
Hermanos de armas
Shevket
Dos soldados norteamericanos, que luchan en la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918) se escapan de una prisión alemana para vivir aventuras en Arabia. (FILMAFFINITY)
Convoy
Smith
A German spy matches wits with-and pitches woo to- an American secret agent
The Love of Sunya
Louis Anthony
A young woman at life's crossroads is granted mystic visions of how her decisions will affect her future life.
The Truthful Sex
Sally Mapes and her husband, Robert, have a glorious romance after they are married but it hits troubled water after the birth of a son. Robert thinks Sally care more for their son than she does him, and he just drifts along with his club-and-society activities, while Sally thinks his neglect is because he no longer loves her. Sally is attracted by Paul Gregg, one of society's useless members, and this leads Sally and Robert to have an argument, and Robert departs. Jennie, the baby's governess, has an affair with a crook named Barnes and, one night, while Barnes comes to rob the apartment he hears Paul imploring Sally to run away with him. And one thing leads to another.
The Prince of Tempters
Mario Ambrosio, later Baron Humberto Giordano
The Lily
George Arnaud
The Greater Glory
Pauli Birbach
A story of Vienna following World War I, in which the butchers became millionaires and the aristocrats became beggars, told against a background of mother-love and sacrifice.
The Tower of Lies
Lars
After his beloved daughter leaves for the city to pay off his debt, an old farmer goes mad when her letters become less frequent and it is suspected she may be using her body to get the money.
The Talker
Ned Hollister
Kate Lennox is bored with suburban life and her husband, Harry. Their next-door neighbors, the hen-pecked Henry Fells and his wife, Maud, have several boarders, among them Barbara Farley, who is Lennox's stenographer, and Lonnie Whinston, who is in love with Lennox's little sister, Ruth. Kate claims that women need more independence and less duty, and flirts with Ned Hollister, a car salesman.
My Son
Felipe Vargas
A mother and her son's lives are upended by the arrival of a wealthy flapper to their small New England fishing village.
Enticement
Richard Valyran
Enticement (1925)
Christine of the Hungry Heart
Ivan Vianney
Christine weds Stuart Knight only to discover he prefers the high life to married life. When Dr. Alan Monteagle comes along, Christine is drawn to him. But, still determined to stick to her wedding vows, she runs from him, only to get in a car accident with her husband, who happened to be riding by with one of his floozies.
Her Love Story
Captain Kavor
When Princess Marie of the Balkan kingdom of Viatavia falls in love with Captain Rudi of the King's Guards, her father quickly arranges her marriage with the king of a neighboring country. Although Marie and Rudi are secretly wed by a Gypsy, the duke ignores the marriage and exiles Rudi. When a child is born to Marie, she declares to the king that it is Rudi's and is thereafter banished to a convent; however, Rudi returns and helps Marie retrieve her child from the palace, and they find happiness in another land.
Juguete del placer
Robert Brandt
Cuando su novio Jimmy se olvida de una cita por estar enfrascado en su trabajo, Tessie McGuire, dependienta de unos grandes almacenes, decide aistir sola a una fiesta en el estudio de Robert Brandt, un famoso escultor. Allí tiene un gran éxito con su talento para las imitaciones y Riccardi dueño de una tienda de modas, le ofrece un trabajo, en el cual debe hacerse pasar por una condesa rusa en su tienda, para atraer clientas. Mientras Tessie debe luchar para quitarse de encima a su legión de admiradores, Jimmy tiene éxito con uno de sus inventos, pero al regresar rechaza a Tessie por su nuevo estilo de vida, aunque se dará cuenta enseguidade cuales son sus verdaderos sentimientos...