Noah Keen

Noah Keen (October 10, 1920 – March 24, 2019) was an American film and television actor.

Noah Keen
Born	(1920-10-10)October 10, 1920 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died	March 24, 2019(2019-03-24) (aged 98)
Occupation	Actor
Spouses	Barbara Corday ​ ​ (m. 1972; div. 1974)​ Gerrianne Raphael ​ (m. 2004)​
Children	4

Early life

Keen was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He fought in World War II as a bombardier in the Army Air Force.

Career

Keen made many guest appearances in television series such as The Twilight Zone in the episodes "The Arrival" and "The Trade-Ins". In 1962 he made two guest appearances on Perry Mason; first as murder victim Harlow Phipps in "The Case of the Crippled Cougar", then as Dr. Stephen Grant in "The Case of the Lurid Letter". In 1962 Keen appeared as Samuel Cole on the TV western The Virginian in the episode titled "The Accomplice". Keen then made two appearances on The Big Valley in the 1965 episode "The Invaders" and again in 1968 in the episode titled "The Prize" as Jim Stanley.

Other series on which he made guest appearances include The Eleventh Hour, Judd for the Defense, Bonanza, Mission: Impossible, The Mod Squad, The Waltons and The Rockford Files. Keen had also appeared in movies such as Battle for the Planet of the Apes and Disorganized Crime. Although he had been acting less frequently since the 1980s, he still made occasional appearances such as a guest appearance on the episode "Johnny Cakes" of The Sopranos. By the time of his retirement from acting, Keen had established himself as a leading character actor, appearing in over 100 television series from 1957 until 2006.

Late life

Keen moved from California to New York when he married Raphael and they lived in Harlem until he died.

Keen often participated in small acting roles until he was almost 94.

Keen died on March 24, 2019, aged 98.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1957	A Face in the Crowd	Cracker Barrell TV Director	uncredited
1960	Girl of the Night	Al
1966	A Big Hand for the Little Lady	Sparrow
1967	The Caper of the Golden Bulls	The Irishman
1968	The Virginian (TV series)	Arnold Page	season 6 episode 12 (the barren ground)
1970	Helen Keller and Her Teacher	Narrator	Voice
1971	The Ski Bum	Marty
1972	The Waltons (episode "The Ceremony")	David Mann
1973	Tom Sawyer	Judge Thatcher
1973	Battle for the Planet of the Apes	Abe the teacher
1974	Black Starlet	Phil
1976	Gable and Lombard	A. Broderick
1979	The Rockford Files	Dr. Greenberg	The Return of the Black Shadow (aired 17 February 1979)
1989	Disorganized Crime	Farmer

External links

• Noah Keen at IMDb
• Noah Keen at the TCM Movie Database
• Noah Keen at the Internet Off-Broadway Database