Dennis O'Keefe

Dennis O'Keefe

Birthday: 1908-03-29

Deathday: 1968-08-31

Place of birth: Fort Madison, Iowa, USA

Also known as: E.J. Flanagan, Jonathan Ricks, Jonathan Rix, Bud Flannagan, Bud Flanagan, Al Everett Dennis, Edward Vanes Flanagan, Jr., Edward Vance Flanagan, Edward Vance Flanagan Jr.

imdb_id: nm0641454

Biography:

Dennis O'Keefe 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. O'Keefe started in films as an extra in the early 1930s. After a small but impressive role in Saratoga, Clark Gable recommended O'Keefe 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 O'Connor. O'Keefe 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 O'Keefe Show.

Played in movies:

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Score: 7.8

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Score: 7.5

La Conga Nights

Score: 7.5

Make Way for Tomorrow

Score: 7.5

Scarface

Score: 7.5

Fury

Score: 7.4

Captains Courageous

Score: 7.4

Duck Soup

Score: 7.3

Desirable

Score: 7.3

Libeled Lady

Score: 7.3

Top Hat

Score: 7.3

From Hell to Heaven

Score: 7.2

Gold Diggers of 1933

Score: 7.2

A Star Is Born

Score: 7.2

Her Adventurous Night

Score: 7.0

Imitation of Life

Score: 7.0

Doubting Thomas

Score: 7.0

Blood Money

Score: 7.0

Easy Living

Score: 7.0

All Hands on Deck

Score: 7.0

Hangmen Also Die!

Score: 6.9

42nd Street

Score: 6.9

Dragoon Wells Massacre

Score: 6.9

Only Yesterday

Score: 6.8

A Feather in Her Hat

Score: 6.8

Working Girls

Score: 6.8

Lady Killer

Score: 6.8

Blonde Venus

Score: 6.8

T-Men

Score: 6.8

Woman on the Run

Score: 6.8

Show Boat

Score: 6.8

History Is Made at Night

Score: 6.7

Brewster's Millions

Score: 6.7

Mississippi

Score: 6.7

One Mile from Heaven

Score: 6.7

A Yank at Oxford

Score: 6.7

Raw Deal

Score: 6.7

Every Night at Eight

Score: 6.7

The Miracle Woman

Score: 6.7

San Francisco

Score: 6.6

Huddle

Score: 6.6

The Eagle and the Hawk

Score: 6.6

Strike Me Pink

Score: 6.6

Under Eighteen

Score: 6.6

Private Number

Score: 6.5

Piccadilly Jim

Score: 6.5

Kid Millions

Score: 6.5

The Gilded Lily

Score: 6.5

Hold That Kiss

Score: 6.5

The Kid From Texas

Score: 6.5

Mr. District Attorney

Score: 6.5

Cover Up

Score: 6.5

Bombshell

Score: 6.5

Theodora Goes Wild

Score: 6.5

The Leopard Man

Score: 6.5

Merrily We Go to Hell

Score: 6.4

I'm No Angel

Score: 6.4

The Firefly

Score: 6.4

Hi Diddle Diddle

Score: 6.4

Topper Returns

Score: 6.4

Lady by Choice

Score: 6.3

Ann Carver's Profession

Score: 6.3

West of Broadway

Score: 6.3

Three Smart Girls

Score: 6.3

The Cabin in the Cotton

Score: 6.3

Jimmy the Gent

Score: 6.3

Arise, My Love

Score: 6.3

The Story of Dr. Wassell

Score: 6.3

He Was Her Man

Score: 6.3

Fog Over Frisco

Score: 6.2

Great Guy

Score: 6.2

A Bill of Divorcement

Score: 6.2

Follow the Sun

Score: 6.2

Sensations of 1945

Score: 6.2

Passage West

Score: 6.2

Night After Night

Score: 6.2

Saratoga

Score: 6.2

Abandoned

Score: 6.2

The Fighting Seabees

Score: 6.2

Beloved Enemy

Score: 6.1

A Lost Lady

Score: 6.1

The Affairs of Susan

Score: 6.1

Wonder Bar

Score: 6.1

Walk a Crooked Mile

Score: 6.0

The Chaser

Score: 6.0

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

Score: 6.0

The Phantom of the Air

Score: 6.0

All of Me

Score: 6.0

I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now

Score: 6.0

Burning Gold

Score: 6.0

The Great Gambini

Score: 6.0

Inside Detroit

Score: 6.0

Mama Steps Out

Score: 6.0

Rose Bowl

Score: 6.0

The Wedding Night

Score: 6.0

The Bad Man of Brimstone

Score: 6.0

The Lady Wants Mink

Score: 6.0

Hello, Everybody!

Score: 6.0

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

Score: 6.0

Abroad with Two Yanks

Score: 6.0

Up in Mabel's Room

Score: 6.0

One Big Affair

Score: 6.0

Broadway Bill

Score: 6.0

The Woman Accused

Score: 5.9

Small Town Girl

Score: 5.9

The Diamond Wizard

Score: 5.9

The Company She Keeps

Score: 5.9

She Had to Say Yes

Score: 5.8

Everything I Have Is Yours

Score: 5.8

Chicago Syndicate

Score: 5.8

Love Before Breakfast

Score: 5.8

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

Score: 5.7

Weekend for Three

Score: 5.7

That's Right – You're Wrong

Score: 5.7

Dishonored Lady

Score: 5.7

The Prizefighter and the Lady

Score: 5.7

Love Affair

Score: 5.6

Skyscraper Souls

Score: 5.6

Cimarron

Score: 5.6

Personal Maid's Secret

Score: 5.5

The Fake

Score: 5.5

You'll Find Out

Score: 5.5

Murder at the Vanities

Score: 5.5

Mr. District Attorney

Score: 5.4

The Big Broadcast of 1937

Score: 5.4

The Eagle and the Hawk

Score: 5.4

Reaching for the Moon

Score: 5.4

Broadway Hostess

Score: 5.3

Vogues of 1938

Score: 5.3

Cocktail Hour

Score: 5.3

Big City Blues

Score: 5.3

Sworn Enemy

Score: 5.3

Colleen

Score: 5.3

Central Park

Score: 5.2

Torch Singer

Score: 5.2

Top of the Town

Score: 5.2

Las Vegas Shakedown

Score: 5.2

Lady of Vengeance

Score: 5.2

Siren of Atlantis

Score: 5.2

Girl Missing

Score: 5.1

Swing High, Swing Low

Score: 5.1

Lady Scarface

Score: 5.1

Coming Out Party

Score: 5.0

It's in the Air

Score: 5.0

The Girl from Scotland Yard

Score: 5.0

Girl from Havana

Score: 5.0

Moonlight Masquerade

Score: 5.0

Here Comes the Band

Score: 5.0

Too Much Harmony

Score: 5.0

The Naked Flame

Score: 5.0

Earl Carroll Vanities

Score: 5.0

Angela

Score: 5.0

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

Score: 5.0

The Great Dan Patch

Score: 5.0

Riding on Air

Score: 5.0

Sinner Take All

Score: 4.8

The Man from Yesterday

Score: 4.8

Baby Face Harrington

Score: 4.8

Smarty

Score: 4.8

Laugh and Get Rich

Score: 4.7

College Rhythm

Score: 4.7

The Accusing Finger

Score: 4.7

Broadway Limited

Score: 4.6

13 Hours by Air

Score: 4.6

Tahiti Honey

Score: 4.5

Doll Face

Score: 4.2

Rhythm on the Range

Score: 4.0

We're Rich Again

Score: 4.0

The Singing Kid

Score: 4.0

The Red Rider

Score: 4.0

Honeymoon Trio

Score: 4.0

Yours for the Asking

Score: 3.5

Bowery Boy

Score: 3.0

Getting Gertie's Garter

Score: 3.0

Gift of Gab

Score: 1.0

Everything's Ducky

Score: 1.0

Bachelor's Affairs

Score: 1.0

Confession

Score: 0.0

Sail Into Danger

Score: 0.0

It's Always Sunday

Score: 0.0

Champagne Waltz

Score: 0.0

Good Morning, Judge

Score: 0.0

Unexpected Father

Score: 0.0

The Daring Young Man

Score: 0.0

Alias the Deacon

Score: 0.0

The Misses Stooge

Score: 0.0

One New York Night

Score: 0.0

Two Heads on a Pillow

Score: 0.0

Vacation from Love

Score: 0.0

Pop Always Pays

Score: 0.0

Drums of Tahiti

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Screen Director's Playhouse

Score: 6.5

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

Your Show of Shows

Score: 6.3

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

Riverboat

Score: 6.2

Suspicion

Score: 5.9

Petticoat Junction

Score: 5.8

The Steve Allen Show

Score: 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

The Dennis O'Keefe Show

Score: 5.0

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Suspense

Score: 4.9

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Climax!

Score: 3.3

The Gulf Playhouse

Score: 0.0