Actuación

Dennis O'Keefe

Otros nombres: E.J. Flanagan, Jonathan Ricks, Jonathan Rix

Fecha de nacimiento

29 de marzo de 1908

Fecha de fallecimiento

31 de agosto de 1968

(falleció a los 60)

Lugar de nacimiento

Fort Madison, Iowa, USA

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Biografía

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.