William Keene
Acting • Born 1915-08-04 – 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
45 credits
Speedway
Movie • 1968
Taxpayer (uncredited)
Herowork
Movie • 1977
Judge
Honeymoon Hotel
Movie • 1964
Mr. Johnson
Tarzan and the Trappers
Movie • 1958
Lapin
Heavy Traffic
Movie • 1973
(voice)
Too Soon to Love
Movie • 1960
The Doctor
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Reverend Tucker
Green Acres
TV • 1965
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Captain
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Tales of Wells Fargo
TV • 1957
Dr. Crosier
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Mr. Botkin
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Bank Teller
Lassie
TV • 1954
Get Smart
TV • 1965
Newfield
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Doctor
Ironside
TV • 1967
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Dr. Garber
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Minister
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
M Squad
TV • 1957
Captain Bates
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
The Addams Family
TV • 1964
Dr. Motley
Honey West
TV • 1965
Granville Manners
Coronado 9
TV • 1960
Johnny Midnight
TV • 1960
The Asphalt Jungle
TV • 1961
Not for Hire
TV • 1959
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV • 1968
Reverend Tucker
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV • 1968
Reverend
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Rogers
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Mr. Kenneth
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Judge
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Judge Seymour
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
TV • 1958
Robert Bart
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Janos Karq
The Brothers Brannagan
TV • 1960
Swift
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Fingerprint Policeman
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV • 1958
Royal Army One Soldier
Big John, Little John
TV • 1976
Doctor