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Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), professionally Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s and in the television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991.
Mini Bio. Howard Keel was the Errol Flynn and Clark Gable of "golden age" movie musicals back in the 1950s. With a barrel-chested swagger and cocky, confident air, the 6'4" brawny baritone Keel had MGM's loveliest songbirds swooning helplessly for over a decade in what were some of the finest musical films ever produced.
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- November 7, 2004
Actor: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Howard Keel was the Errol Flynn and Clark Gable of "golden age" movie musicals back in the 1950s. With a barrel-chested swagger and cocky, confident air, the 6'4" brawny baritone Keel had MGM's loveliest songbirds swooning helplessly for over a decade in what were some of the finest musical films ever ...
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Howard Keel, the barrel-chested star of lavish Hollywood musicals like "Show Boat," "Kiss Me Kate," and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," and later of the television show "Dallas," died...
Nov 7, 2004 · Latest News on Howard Keel: Bringing Together a Shakespeare Classic and Songs by Cole Porter KISS ME, KATE! Opens in Sao Paulo (Aug 16, 2023) Norm Lewis, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Skylar Astin ...
Feb 19, 2024 · A prominent name in Hollywood musicals in the first half of the 1950s, Howard Keel was seen – and heard – as baritone-voiced, larger-than-life characters in a quintet of the best-liked entries in the genre: Annie Get Your Gun, Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, plus Calamity Jane at Warner Bros.
1 Video. 50 Photos. Comedy Musical Romance. An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them. Director. George Sidney. Writers. Dorothy Kingsley. Sam Spewack. Bella Spewack. Stars.
