Dennis O'Keefe
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.
Known for
Robert Montgomery Presents
Climax!
Inspector Marney
Climax!
Evans
Climax!
Fred Long
Climax!
Howard Davenport
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer
Studio One
Will
Petticoat Junction
Walter O'Connor
Suspense
Your Show of Shows
Riverboat
Dan Muldoon
Suspicion
Self - Host
Screen Director's Playhouse
Reverend Charles Parker
Lux Video Theatre
Second Man
Lux Video Theatre
Captain John Danforth
Lux Video Theatre
Bill
Lux Video Theatre
Mack
Lux Video Theatre
Jeff Sewell
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
Hal Towne
Scarface
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Top Hat
Elevator Passenger / Hotel Guest / Dancer (uncredited)
The Eagle and the Hawk
Flier (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Prof. Stephen Bolt
Inside Detroit
Blair Vickers
The Great Dan Patch
David Palmer
Strike Me Pink
Club Lido Patron (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Doll Face
Michael Francis 'Mike' Hannegan
Duck Soup
Bridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Burke's Party Guest (uncredited)
Dishonored Lady
Dr. David Cousins
Swing High, Swing Low
Purser (uncredited)
42nd Street
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
From Hell to Heaven
Louie - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Great Guy
Party Guest (Uncredited)
Captains Courageous
Bit Role (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933
Theatregoer (uncredited)
Cimarron
(uncredited)
Reaching for the Moon
Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)
The Wedding Night
Party Guest (uncredited)
Fury
Reporter (uncredited)
Topper Returns
Bob
The Company She Keeps
Larry
The Fighting Seabees
Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow
Woman on the Run
Dan Legget
Brewster's Millions
Montague L. 'Monty' Brewster
I'm No Angel
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
The Gilded Lily
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
The Leopard Man
Jerry Manning
Weekend for Three
Jim 'Jimbo' Craig
Libeled Lady
Barker at Charity Affair (uncredited)
Raw Deal
Joe Sullivan
Blonde Venus
(uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
Jan Horak
San Francisco
New Year's Celebrant (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Only Yesterday
New Year's Eve Reveler (Uncredited)
Chicago Syndicate
Barry Amsterdam
The Chaser
Tom Brandon
Imitation of Life
Party Guest (uncredited)
Small Town Girl
Man Dancing in Tavern (uncredited)
Wonder Bar
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Every Night at Eight
Huxley Employee (uncredited)
Broadway Bill
(uncredited)
Mr. District Attorney
P. Cadwallader Jones
Earl Carroll Vanities
Danny Baldwin
Smarty
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
It's in the Air
Announcer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Walk a Crooked Mile
Daniel F. O'Hara
She Had to Say Yes
Cabaret Patron (uncredited)
Theodora Goes Wild
Man (uncredited)
Ann Carver's Profession
Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Café Chateau Dancer (uncredited)
T-Men
Dennis O'Brien / Vannie Harrigan
Easy Living
Office Manager (uncredited)
Torch Singer
Nightclub Patron
The Accusing Finger
Reporter
Jimmy the Gent
Chester Coote (uncredited)
Sensations of 1945
Junior Crane
Show Boat
A Yank at Oxford
Racetrack Handler (uncredited)
The Kid From Texas
William Quincy
History Is Made at Night
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Saratoga
Party guest
A Feather in Her Hat
Theatergoer (uncredited)
Fog Over Frisco
Van Brugh, Reporter (Uncredited)
The Affairs of Susan
Bill Anthony
Gift of Gab
Dancer (uncredited)
The Fake
Paul Mitchell
A Bill of Divorcement
Party Guest
Beloved Enemy
Reception Guest (Uncredited)
Cocktail Hour
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Miracle Woman
Man in Audience (uncredited)
Mr. District Attorney
Steve Bennett
The Eagle and the Hawk
Whitney Randolph
Sworn Enemy
Bandleader (uncredited)
Skyscraper Souls
Stock Brokerage Clerk (Uncredited)
Siren of Atlantis
Jean Morhange
Piccadilly Jim
Petie McGregor (uncredited)
Cover Up
Sam Donovan
Merrily We Go to Hell
Wedding Usher (uncredited)
That's Right – You're Wrong
Chuck Deems
Three Smart Girls
Nightclub Extra
Getting Gertie's Garter
Kenneth B. Ford
The Woman Accused
Party Extra (uncredited)
Bombshell
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Abroad with Two Yanks
Jeff Reardon
Lady Killer
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Baby Face Harrington
Country Club Patron (uncredited)
Bachelor's Affairs
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
La Conga Nights
Steve Collins
Vogues of 1938
Nightclub Patron
Blood Money
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Hello, Everybody!
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Jerry O'Connor
The Red Rider
Minor Role
Yours for the Asking
Man (uncredited)
Arise, My Love
Shep
Love Before Breakfast
College Boy (uncredited)
Love Affair
One of Carol's Friends at Party (uncredited)
Abandoned
Mark Sitko
Big City Blues
Dice Spectator (uncredited)
The Man from Yesterday
Cafe Patron
Top of the Town
Frank
The Lady Wants Mink
Jim Connors
One New York Night
Extra
You'll Find Out
Chuck Deems
Everything I Have Is Yours
Alec Tacksbury
All Hands on Deck
Brian O'Gara
Hold That Kiss
Tommy Bradford
Champagne Waltz
Dance Extra at Blue Danube Room
Burning Gold
Derrick Worker
Dragoon Wells Massacre
Capt. Matt Riordan
Hi Diddle Diddle
Sonny Phyffe
It's Always Sunday
Reverend Charles Parker
Girl Missing
Casino Patron (Uncredited)
Lady of Vengeance
William T. Marshall
13 Hours by Air
Baker-Co-Pilot
Alias the Deacon
Johnny Sloan
Private Number
Gambler (Uncredited)
Coming Out Party
Party Guest
The Gulf Playhouse
Murder at the Vanities
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Lady Scarface
Lieutenant Bill Mason
Mississippi
Party Guest (uncredited)
One Mile from Heaven
Party Guest
Colleen
Extra on Dance Floor (uncredited)
The Great Gambini
Nightclub Patron
Doubting Thomas
Member of Audience
Tahiti Honey
Mickey Monroe
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Jeffrey Burton
One Big Affair
Jimmy Donovan
Rhythm on the Range
Sidewalk Heckler
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
Tod Lowell
The Firefly
French Soldier Admirer (uncredited)
Drums of Tahiti
Mike Macklin
Pop Always Pays
Jeff Thompson
Huddle
Dancer (uncredited)
Her Adventurous Night
Bill Fry
Night After Night
Drunk Sleeping on a Table (uncredited)
Here Comes the Band
Party Guest at Reunion (uncredited)
Too Much Harmony
Cafe Patron
Passage West
Jacob Karns
Lady by Choice
Dance Extra (uncredited)
Rose Bowl
Jones
Under Eighteen
Penthouse Party Guest (uncredited)
The Cabin in the Cotton
Dance Floor Extra at Madge's Party (uncredited)
Vacation from Love
Bill Blair
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Mike Jason
Sail Into Danger
Steve Ryman
Central Park
Casino Diner (uncredited)
The Misses Stooge
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Naked Flame
Paul Ashley
Broadway Limited
Dr. Harvey North
Personal Maid's Secret
Dinner Guest
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Nightclub Dance Extra
The Diamond Wizard
Joe Dennison
Girl from Havana
Woody Davis
Las Vegas Shakedown
Joe Barnes
Sinner Take All
Night Club Guest (uncredited)
We're Rich Again
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Unexpected Father
Jimmy Hanley
Two Heads on a Pillow
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Follow the Sun
Chuck Williams
Mama Steps Out
Dance Extra
Bowery Boy
Dr. Tom O'Hara
A Lost Lady
Dance Extra (uncredited)
He Was Her Man
Man Leaving Courtroom
Angela
Steve Catlett
Moonlight Masquerade
John Bennett Jr.
The Daring Young Man
Wedding Participant
Desirable
Party Guest
Laugh and Get Rich
Young Man at Dance (uncredited)
All of Me
Policeman (uncredited)
College Rhythm
Department Store Doorman
Up in Mabel's Room
Boris
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Dancer (uncredited)
West of Broadway
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Riding on Air
Radium Plane 23 Co-Pilot (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Sound Technician (uncredited)
Kid Millions
Chorus Boy in Ship's Show (uncredited)
Broadway Hostess
Donald Ross - Ronnie's Friend (uncredited)
Working Girls
Dance Extra (uncredited)
The Singing Kid
Bud (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Air
Party Guest (uncredited)
Good Morning, Judge
David Barton
The Girl from Scotland Yard
John
Confession
Ben Birch
Honeymoon Trio
Wedding Guest
Everything's Ducky
Party Guest