Keel, Howard

Keel, Howard
▪ 2005
Harold Clifford Leek 
      American actor-singer (b. April 13, 1919, Gillespie, Ill.—d. Nov. 7, 2004, Palm Desert, Calif.), had a booming baritone voice that, combined with his good looks, gained him the lead roles in a succession of Hollywood musicals in the early 1950s opposite the leading musical ingenues of the day. In later life he attracted a new audience when he spent some 10 years in the cast (portraying Clayton Farlow) of the hugely popular television series Dallas. Keel began his career in show business as a singing waiter, and while working for Douglas Aircraft during World War II, he served as a roving entertainer at the company's plants. He received his big break when he was hired to step into the roles of Billy Bigelow in Carousel and Curly in Oklahoma! to replace the Broadway stars and then in 1947 originated the latter role in the London production. Keel made his film debut in Annie Get Your Gun (1950) and followed up with such classic musicals as Show Boat (1951), Kiss Me Kate (1953), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, his favourite (1954), and Kismet (1955).

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