Dennis O'Keefe
Actor

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Dennis O'Keefe was an American actor, writer, and soundtrack born in Fort Madison, Iowa in 1908. He began his career as an infant accompanying his vaudevillian parents on stage, and later wrote film scripts while attending college. After being recommended by Clark Gable, he became a leading man in Hollywood B movies, often playing tough guys in action dramas and comedies. He also wrote and directed the crime thriller Angela (1954). In the 1950s, he starred in his own short-lived television sitcom and made guest appearances in a few more TV episodes before his death in 1968.
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Who is it? Actor, Writer, Soundtrack
Birth Day March 29, 1908
Birth Place  Fort Madison, Iowa, United States
Age 112 YEARS OLD
Died On August 31, 1968(1968-08-31) (aged 60)\nSanta Monica, California, U.S.
Birth Sign Aries
Cause of death Lung cancer
Other names Bud Flanagan
Occupation Actor
Years active 1930–1967
Spouse(s) Louise Stanley (m. 1937; div. 1938) Steffi Duna (m. 1940)
Children 1

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1930

Born in Fort Madison, Iowa, O'Keefe 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 and appeared in numerous films under the name Bud Flanagan. After a small but impressive role in Saratoga (1937), Clark Gable recommended O'Keefe to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which signed him to a contract in 1937 and renamed him Dennis O'Keefe. His film roles were bigger after that, starting with The Bad Man of Brimstone (1938) opposite Wallace Beery, and the lead role in Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939).

1940

In the mid-1940s, he was under a five-year contract to Edward Small. O'Keefe starred in film-noir classics such as T-Men and Raw Deal, both directed by Anthony Mann.

1946

In a 1946 newsreel following Howard Hughes' calamitous plane wreck into a neighbor's Beverly Hills home, O'Keefe can be seen walking through the home inspecting the damage.

1957

In the 1950s, he did some directing and wrote mystery stories. He appeared on NBC's legal drama Justice and on the network's The Martha Raye Show. On October 3, 1957, he was a guest star on another NBC variety show, The Ford Show, starring Tennessee Ernie Ford. From 1957 to 1958, he was the host of Suspicion, a TV series produced by Alfred Hitchcock. From 1959-1960, he was the star of the CBS Television situation comedy, The Dennis O'Keefe Show.

1968

A heavy cigarette smoker, O'Keefe died of lung cancer in 1968 at the age of sixty at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California and was buried at Wee Kirk O' the Heather, Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale).

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Tags 1908 births 1968 deaths Male actors from Iowa Deaths from cancer in California Deaths from lung cancer American people of Irish descent Vaudeville performers 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors

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