Keith Larsen

Age: 82 (passed away Dec. 13th, 2006)
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Birth Place: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Born: Jun. 17th, 1924

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Keith Larsen's Main TV Roles

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

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Served in the Navy during WWII and became involved in stage acting in Santa Monica after his discharge.
Son, Erik, with 'Vera Miles' (qv), was born on 30 April 1961 in Burbank, California.
On the October 19, 1958 episode of his TV series, _"Northwest Passage" (1958)_ (qv), Keith Larsen was relieved of his shirt, stood against a post, and flogged. During the "Golden Age" of the TV western, many of its heroes were subjected to similar "stripped-and-whipped" scenes, ('Robert Horton' in _"Wagon Train" (1957)_ (qv), 'Ty Hardin' (qv) in _"Bronco" (1958)_ (qv), 'Lee Majors (I)' (qv) in _"The Big Valley" (1965)_ (qv), etc.), but Keith Larsen was the first to feel the lash across his bare back.
Strapping, dark-haired, ruggedly handsome actor who appeared in mostly secondary roles in a number of 1950s film actioneers. Later produced, directed and wrote his own adventure vehicles.
Best known for starring as _"Brave Eagle" (1955)_ (qv) on TV. He then went on to play Major Robert Rogers in _"Northwest Passage" (1958)_ (qv) and _"The Aquanauts" (1960)_ (qv). All three series lasted one season or less.

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