Donald Keith
Donald Keith (born Francis Feeney, September 6, 1903 – August 1, 1969) was an American silent film actor remembered for costarring with Clara Bow in several films in the 1920s. He occasionally appeared in films under the aliases of Francis Feeney and Eugene O'Brien. Keith married Kathryn Spicuzza at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Hollywood on February 27, 1927.
Donald Keith
Dallas M. Fitzgerald Productions / Arrow Film Corp. · source poster · Public domain
- Name
- Donald Keith
- Birth Name
- Francis Thornton Feeney
- Born
- 6 September 1903
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Died
- 1 August 1969
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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His screen career ended in 1936.
Still from the American comedy short film Dining Room, Kitchen and Sink (1920) with Donald Keith, Eddie Barry, and Fay Tincher, on page 67 of the January 1, 1921 Exhibitors Herald.
Christie Film Company / Educational Film Exchanges · Exhibitors Herald (Jan. - Mar. 1921) on the Internet Archive
Poster for the 1925 film The Plastic Age. A search for renewal was done in both Motion Pictures and Artwork for the years 1952 and 1953 There were no listings for this title in Motion Pictures and no listings for the title or Preferred Pictures in Artwork. There's no evidence of copyright continuing on this.
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• Name — Donald Keith • Birth Name — Francis Thornton Feeney • Born — 6 September 1903 • Birthplace — Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. • Died — 1 August 1969 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1918–1936
Partial filmography
Partial filmography
• Secrets (1924) • K – The Unknown (1924) • Baree, Son of Kazan (1925) • Parisian Love (1925) • The Boomerang (1925) • Free to Love (1925) • With This Ring (1925) • My Lady of Whims (1925) • The Plastic Age (1925) • Dancing Mothers (1926) • Collegiate (1926) • We're in the Navy Now (1926) • The Cruise of the Hellion (1927) • Broadway Madness (1927) • The Whirlwind of Youth (1927) • Special Delivery (1927) • The Way of All Flesh (1927) • Wild Geese (1927) • Bare Knees (1928) • Top Sergeant Mulligan (1928) • The Devil's Cage (1928) • Should a Girl Marry? (1928) • Comrades (1928) • Just Off Broadway (1929) • The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1929) • Branded Men (1931) • The Midnight Lady (1932) • The Arm of the Law (1932) • Speed Madness (1932) • Outlaw Justice (1932) • The Big Bluff (1933)
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