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Noah Keen

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Noah Keen
Born(1920-10-10)October 10, 1920
DiedMarch 24, 2019(2019-03-24) (aged 98)
OccupationActor
Spouses
Barbara Corday
(m. 1972; div. 1974)
Gerrianne Raphael
(m. 2004)
Children4

Noah Keen (October 10, 1920[citation needed] – March 24, 2019)[1] was an American film and television actor.

Early life

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Keen was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.[1] He fought in World War II as a bombardier in the Army Air Force.[1]

Career

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Keen made many guest appearances in television series such as The Twilight Zone in the episodes "The Arrival" and "The Trade-Ins". In 1962 he made two guest appearances on Perry Mason; first as murder victim Harlow Phipps in "The Case of the Crippled Cougar", then as Dr. Stephen Grant in "The Case of the Lurid Letter". [citation needed] In 1962 Keen appeared as Samuel Cole on the TV western The Virginian in the episode titled "The Accomplice".

Other series on which he made guest appearances include The Eleventh Hour, Judd for the Defense, Bonanza, Mission: Impossible, The Mod Squad, The Waltons and The Rockford Files. Keen had also appeared in movies such as Battle for the Planet of the Apes and Disorganized Crime. Although he had been acting less frequently since the 1980s, he still made occasional appearances such as a guest appearance on the episode "Johnny Cakes" of The Sopranos.

Late life

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Keen moved from California to New York when he married Raphael and they lived in Harlem until he died.

Keen often participated in small acting roles until he was almost 94.

Keen died on March 24, 2019, aged 98.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1957 A Face in the Crowd Cracker Barrell TV Director uncredited
1960 Girl of the Night Al
1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady Sparrow
1967 The Caper of the Golden Bulls The Irishman
1968 The Virginian (TV series) Arnold Page season 6 episode 12 (the barren ground)
1970 Helen Keller and Her Teacher Narrator Voice
1971 The Ski Bum Marty
1972 The Waltons (episode "The Ceremony") David Mann
1973 Tom Sawyer Judge Thatcher
1973 Battle for the Planet of the Apes Abe the teacher
1974 Black Starlet Phil
1976 Gable and Lombard A. Broderick
1979 The Rockford Files Dr. Greenberg The Return of the Black Shadow (aired 17 February 1979)
1989 Disorganized Crime Farmer

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Noah Keen, 98". Classic Images (528): 44–45. June 2019.
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