
Apr 13, 1919 – Nov 7, 2004 · Gillespie, Illinois, U.S.
Howard Keel (born Harold Clifford Keel; April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004) was an American actor and singer. He starred in many film musicals of the 1950s. He is best known to modern audiences for his starring role in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991, as Clayton Farlow, opposite Barbara Bel Geddes's character, but to an earlier generation, he was known as the star of some of the most famous MGM film musicals ever made, with a rich baritone singing voice.

as Brother Adam Pontipee

as Levi Walking Bear

as Wild Bill Hickok
as Bill Masen
as Fred Graham, "Petruchio"
as Frank Butler
as Gaylord Ravenal
as (archive footage) (uncredited)