Dennis O'Keefe
Acting
🎂 1908-03-29
Dennis O'Keefe (March 29, 1908 – August 31, 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. 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.
Cast credits(211)
1950
1950
Reverend Charles Parker
1955
Self - Singer
1956
1949
Will
1948
Inspector Marney
1954
Evans
1954
Fred Long
1954
Howard Davenport
1954
Self - Host
1957
Hal Towne
1959
Dan Muldoon
1959
Walter O'Connor
1963
Second Man
1950
Captain John Danforth
1950
Bill
1950
Mack
1950
Jeff Sewell
1950
1952
Prof. Stephen Bolt
1951
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
1932
Bob
1941
Dr. David Cousins
1947
Burke's Party Guest (uncredited)
1937
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
1936
Elevator Passenger / Hotel Guest / Dancer (uncredited)
1935
Dan Legget
1950
Bridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited)
1933
Reporter (uncredited)
1936
Jan Horak
1943
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1937
Party Guest (Uncredited)
1936
Bit Role (uncredited)
1937
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1933
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1937
Theatregoer (uncredited)
1933
Barker at Charity Affair (uncredited)
1936
Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow
1944
Café Chateau Dancer (uncredited)
1932
Party Guest (uncredited)
1935
New Year's Celebrant (uncredited)
1936
Montague L. 'Monty' Brewster
1945
Flier (uncredited)
1933
David Palmer
1949
Dennis O'Brien / Vannie Harrigan
1947
Purser (uncredited)
1937
Joe Sullivan
1948
Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)
1930
P. Cadwallader Jones
1941
Michael Francis 'Mike' Hannegan
1945
(uncredited)
1932
Office Manager (uncredited)
1937
Barry Amsterdam
1955
Party guest
1937
(uncredited)
1931
Shep
1940
Reception Guest (Uncredited)
1936
Wedding Usher (uncredited)
1932
Party Guest (uncredited)
1934
Jerry Manning
1943
(uncredited)
1934
Man in Audience (uncredited)
1931
Racetrack Handler (uncredited)
1938
Chuck Deems
1940
Jean Morhange
1949
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1934
Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins
1944
Man (uncredited)
1936
Reporter
1936
Steve Catlett
1954
Cabaret Patron (uncredited)
1933
Bill Anthony
1945
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
1935
Wedding Participant
1935
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1933
Man Dancing in Tavern (uncredited)
1936
Capt. Matt Riordan
1957
Chester Coote (uncredited)
1934
Junior Crane
1944
Club Lido Patron (uncredited)
1936
Night Club Guest (uncredited)
1936
Stock Brokerage Clerk (Uncredited)
1932
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
1933
Petie McGregor (uncredited)
1936
1936
Sonny Phyffe
1943
Bandleader (uncredited)
1936
Chuck Deems
1939
Sam Donovan
1949
Paul Mitchell
1953
Party Guest
1932
Announcer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1935
Daniel F. O'Hara
1948
Dancer (uncredited)
1932
Sidewalk Heckler
1936
Larry Collins
1951
Whitney Randolph
1950
1933
Party Guest at Reunion (uncredited)
1935
One of Carol's Friends at Party (uncredited)
1932
Danny Baldwin
1945
New Year's Eve Reveler (Uncredited)
1933
Jimmy Donovan
1952
Van Brugh, Reporter (Uncredited)
1934
Mike Jason
1942
Dr. Tom O'Hara
1940
Member of Audience
1935
Gambler (Uncredited)
1936
Steve Collins
1940
French Soldier Admirer (uncredited)
1937
Blair Vickers
1956
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1934
Mark Sitko
1949
Party Guest (uncredited)
1935
Bill Fry
1946
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1934
Casino Patron (Uncredited)
1933
Theatergoer (uncredited)
1935
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1933
Party Extra (uncredited)
1933
Steve Bennett
1947
Minor Role
1934
Tom Brandon
1938
Chorus Boy in Ship's Show (uncredited)
1934
Joe Dennison
1954
Penthouse Party Guest (uncredited)
1932
Country Club Patron (uncredited)
1935
Dance Extra (uncredited)
1931
Lieutenant Bill Mason
1941
Extra on Dance Floor (uncredited)
1936
Kenneth B. Ford
1945
Mickey Monroe
1943
Jim 'Jimbo' Craig
1941
Nightclub Extra
1936
Nightclub Patron
1937
Party Guest (uncredited)
1933
College Boy (uncredited)
1936
Party Guest
1937
Drunk Sleeping on a Table (uncredited)
1932
Baker-Co-Pilot
1936
Huxley Employee (uncredited)
1935
Dance Extra (uncredited)
1934
Dance Extra (uncredited)
1934
Nightclub Patron
1933
Bill Blair
1938
William Quincy
1939
Extra
1935
Derrick Worker
1936
Jimmy Hanley
1939
Sound Technician (uncredited)
1936
Dr. Harvey North
1941
Dance Extra at Blue Danube Room
1937
Tommy Bradford
1938
Casino Patron (uncredited)
1933
Dance Extra
1937
Dancer (uncredited)
1934
William T. Marshall
1957
Donald Ross - Ronnie's Friend (uncredited)
1935
Alec Tacksbury
1952
Cafe Patron
1932
Dance Floor Extra at Madge's Party (uncredited)
1932
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1931
Jeff Reardon
1944
Man (uncredited)
1936
David Barton
1943
Jeffrey Burton
1937
Jeff Thompson
1940
John
1937
Department Store Doorman
1934
Jim Connors
1953
Jones
1936
Party Guest
1934
Mike Macklin
1954
Nightclub Patron
1937
Bud (uncredited)
1936
Radium Plane 23 Co-Pilot (uncredited)
1937
Dinner Guest
1935
Man Leaving Courtroom
1934
Cafe Patron
1933
Johnny Sloan
1940
Boris
1944
Chuck Williams
1951
Nightclub Dance Extra
1933
Ben Birch
1956
Dancer (uncredited)
1935
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1933
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
1934
Party Guest
1934
Joe Barnes
1955
Jerry O'Connor
1939
Dice Spectator (uncredited)
1932
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1932
Paul Ashley
1964
Frank
1937
Reverend Charles Parker
Party Guest (uncredited)
1933
Tod Lowell
1940
Casino Diner (uncredited)
1932
Woody Davis
1940
Young Man at Dance (uncredited)
1931
Brian O'Gara
1961
Steve Ryman
1957
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1934
Louie - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
1933
Policeman (uncredited)
1934
John Bennett Jr.
1942
Party Guest (uncredited)
1935
Jacob Karns
1951
Wedding Guest
1931
Party Guest
1934
