Byron Keith

{{Short description|American actor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}} {{infobox person | name = Byron Keith | image = The Stranger 1946 (2).jpg | image_size = | caption = Byron Keith at right in ''The Stranger'' (1946) | birth_date = {{birth date|1917|11|17}} | birth_place = El Paso, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1996|01|19|1917|11|17}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1946–1970 }}

'''Byron Keith''' (born '''Cletus Leo Schwitters'''; November 17, 1917 – January 19, 1996) was an American actor. He also worked on radio as '''Clete Lee'''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gregory|first1=Art|title=KIDO: Boise's First Radio Station|date=2012|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738595115|page=89|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVMPIORxed8C&pg=PA89|accessdate=April 22, 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Keith made his film debut in the 1946 Orson Welles thriller ''The Stranger'' and appeared mostly in supporting character roles in film and television productions, including ''Untamed Mistress'' (1956), ''The Great Bank Robbery'' (1969) and ''Beware! The Blob'' (1972). He is best known for his recurring part as Gotham City's Mayor Linseed on the 1960s television series ''Batman.''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/37386/Byron-Keith|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130112641/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/37386/Byron-Keith|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 30, 2013|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times| title=Byron Keith filmography| accessdate=December 28, 2012}}</ref> He also had a recurring role as police lieutenant Roy Gilmore in ''77 Sunset Strip''.<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=951|edition=2nd}}</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1946|| ''The Stranger'' || Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence || |- |1949|| ''Fighting Man of the Plains'' || Jonas - Lanyard's Secretary || Uncredited |- |1950|| ''Dallas'' || Jason Trask || Uncredited |- |1951|| ''Queen for a Day'' || The Chauffeur || |- |1951|| ''Journey Into Light'' || Dan - Policeman || |- |1952|| ''The Black Lash'' || Bill Leonard || |- |1954|| ''Prisoner of War'' || Bley Risking || Uncredited |- |1954|| ''Naked Alibi'' || Detective || Uncredited |- |1955|| ''Battle Cry'' || Recruiting Sergeant || Uncredited |- |1955|| ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops'' || Cop || Uncredited |- (TV)-1955 || Highway Patrol || Officer spm |1956|| ''Untamed Mistress'' || Maharajah Parsta || |- |1957|| ''Chicago Confidential'' || TV Announcer || Uncredited |- |1957|| ''Under Fire'' || Capt. Tanner || Uncredited |- |1959|| ''Speed Crazy'' || Jim Brand || |- |1961|| ''A Fever in the Blood'' || Frankie Kovac || Uncredited |- |1964|| ''Bewitched'' Episode - "Little Pitchers Have Big Fears" || Coach Gribben |- |1965|| ''Brainstorm'' || Guard || Uncredited |- |1969|| ''The Great Bank Robbery'' || Deputy Mort || |- |1972|| ''Beware! The Blob'' || Bowling Customer || |}

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