Dennis O'Keefe

Actor

Born: Fort Madison, Iowa, USA

BIOGRAPHY

Dennis OKeefe (1908–1968) 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.OKeefe started in films as an extra in the early 1930s. After a small but impressive role in Saratoga, Clark Gable recommended OKeefe 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 OConnor.OKeefe 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 OKeefe Show.

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