William Keene
Born: 1915-08-04, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1992-05-23
Biography
William Joseph Keene was an American radio and television actor who appeared on several popular television shows more than one separate occasion as a different character. He appeared in shows more than once as a different character such as The Andy Griffith Show, Perry Mason and Mayberry R.F.D.. In 1958, he played the banker Mr. Botkin in the Gunsmoke episode "Kitty Caught" (Season 3, Episode 19). In 1961 he appeared on the television show Twilight Zone in the episodes "The Midnight Sun" and "The Prime Mover", and in an episode of The Asphalt Jungle. He also appeared in "Lamb to the Slaughter", a classic 1958 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Among his five appearances on Perry Mason, the last two were as Judge Seymour in the show's final season. He died in Los Angeles on May 23, 1992. He was buried in Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery.
Filmography
- Perry Mason (1957)
- Ironside (1967)
- The Donna Reed Show (1958)
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
- Bonanza (1959)
- Little House on the Prairie (1974)
- The Twilight Zone (1959)
- The Virginian (1962)
- My Three Sons (1960)
- Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)
- Gunsmoke (1955)
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
- M Squad (1957)
- Honey West (1965)
- Mayberry R.F.D. (1968)
- Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)
- 87th Precinct (1961)
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958)
- Big John, Little John (1976)
- The Asphalt Jungle (1961)
- Heavy Traffic (1973)
- Speedway (1968)
- Tarzan and the Trappers (1960)