Brian Keith Biography

Fast Facts

• Awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Following his parents divorce, he was thrust onto the Hollywood scene at the age of 2 when he made his acting debut
• Wrought with lung cancer after many years of smoking, he committed suicide at the age of 75 in 1997 at his home in Malibu, California
• Best known as the free-wheeling character of Uncle Bill on CBS's "Family Affair" throughout the 1960s, a role that would earn him three Emmy nominations
• Landed his own NBC sitcom called "The Brian Keith Show" in the mid-1970s, which was filmed in Hawaii
• Spoke fluent Russian, which would help him land numerous Russian-speaking roles throughout his career