Noah Keen

American actor (1920–2019)

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Noah Keen

Born| (1920-10-10)October 10, 1920

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Died| March 24, 2019(2019-03-24) (aged 98)
Occupation| Actor
Spouses|

Barbara Corday

(m. 1972; div. 1974)​

Gerrianne Raphael

(m. 2004)​

Children| 4

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". Keen then made two appearances on The Big Valley in the 1965 episode "The Invaders" and again in 1968 in the episode titled "The Prize" as Jim Stanley.

Other series on which he made guest appearances include The Eleventh Hour, Judd for the Defense, Bonanza, Gidget, 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. By the time of his retirement from acting, Keen had established himself as a leading character actor, appearing in over 100 television series from 1957 until 2006.

## 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

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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.

## External links

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* Noah Keen at IMDb
* Noah Keen at the TCM Movie Database
* Noah Keen at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (archived)

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