David Keith (actor)

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David Lemuel Keith (born May 8, 1954) is an American actor and director. His breakthrough role was that of aspiring Navy pilot Sid Worley in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. The positive reception for this role led to leading parts in the films The Lords of Discipline (1983), Firestarter (1984) and White of the Eye (1987). Keith had supporting roles in features including Major League II (1994), The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), Poodle Springs (1998), U-571 (2000), Men of Honor (2000), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), and Daredevil (2003).

Early life

Keith was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of Hilda Earle, a worker for the Knox County Board of Education, and Lemuel Grady Keith, Jr., a personnel division worker for the Tennessee Valley Authority.<ref>David Keith Biography (1954-)</ref><ref>David Keith Biography – Yahoo! Movies</ref> His cousin is Mike Keith, play-by-play announcer for the Tennessee Titans NFL football team.

Career

Keith had an early supporting role in the prison film Brubaker. He had supporting roles in The Rose, starring Bette Midler, and An Officer and a Gentleman, with Richard Gere. Keith played a local thug in The Great Santini, starred in The Lords of Discipline and White of the Eye, and held a prominent supporting role in U-571 opposite Matthew McConaughey. He played opposite child-star Drew Barrymore in the 1984 thriller Firestarter and Brooke Shields in 1992's Running Wild. He is also well known for his role as Jack Parkman in Major League II starring Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger.

Keith played Elvis Presley in the 1988 film Heartbreak Hotel. He directed The Curse and The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck (in which he also starred). He appeared in Ernest Goes to School as Squint Westwood (a spoof of Clint Eastwood) and in The Indian in the Cupboard as the cowboy "Boo-Hoo" Boone. He played the leading role of Nate Springfield in the 2003 film Hangman's Curse. He also co-starred in The Class, an American sitcom, as Yonk Allen, a retired professional football player. Other roles include parts in Daredevil and the 2002 television film Carrie. He appeared in the 2004 film Raise Your Voice starring Hilary Duff, and the 2006 film Expiration Date.

He has appeared on many television series, including NCIS, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, CSI: Miami, High Incident and Hawaii Five-0. In 2010, Keith co-starred as John Allen, father of Robert Allen (James Wolk) in the short-lived television drama Lone Star.<ref name="b822">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

Keith graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Theater.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/{{#if: 0000173

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Keith married Nancy Clark, a realtor, in 2000; the couple divorced in 2016. They have two children, Presley and Coulter. He is an avid University of Tennessee Volunteers fan and is present on the sidelines for Volunteer football games when his schedule allows.<ref name='youtube'>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref>

Keith was a National Advisory Board member and spokesperson for PROTECT: The National Association to Protect Children.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web

}}</ref> Keith was present during the sentencing phase for John Couey, who was convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering Jessica Lunsford.Template:Citation needed Keith said that he was planning on going to Washington, D.C., with Mark Lunsford after the sentencing, to lobby Congress for more support of sex offender laws. Keith gave an interview with Tampa Bay ABC affiliate WFTS-TV, and was quoted as saying:

One of the great things I said about Mark (Lunsford) is he wants justice and he wants closure in this; he wants justice for his daughter. But what he really wants is to protect children and if we can get child molesters in jail, that's the way you protect children!Template:Cite quote

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	The Great Santini	Red Pettus
1979	The Rose	Private First Class Mal
1980	Brubaker	Larry Lee Bullen
1981	Back Roads	Mason
1981	Take This Job and Shove It	Harry Meade
1982	An Officer and a Gentleman	AOC Sid Worley
1983	The Lords of Discipline	Will McLean
1983	Independence Day	Jack Parker
1984	Firestarter	Andrew 'Andy' McGee
1985	Gulag	Mickey Almon
1987	White of the Eye	Paul White
1987	The Curse	Template:N/a	Director
1988	The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Buck Malone	Director
1988	Heartbreak Hotel	Elvis Presley
1990	The Two Jakes	Lieutenant Loach
1991	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Tommy Lane
1991	Off and Running	Jack Cornett
1992	Liar's Edge<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Gary Kirkpatrick
1993	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Harry Young
1994	Major League II	Jack Parkman
1994	Ernest Goes to School	Squint Westwood
1994	Raw Justice	Mace
1994	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Bone Babancourt
1992	Running Wild	Jack Hutton
1995	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Garrett Hill
1995	The Indian in the Cupboard	Boone
1995	Deadly Sins	Jack Gales
1995	Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain	Ray Karnisak
1996	A Family Thing	Sonny Pilcher
1996	Invasion of Privacy	Sergeant Rutherford
1996	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Joe Meeker
1997	Red-Blooded American Girl II<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Mr. Colbert
1998	Ambushed	Deputy Lawrence
1999	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Carter Roberts
1999	Secret of the Andes	Brooks Willings
1999	If... Dog... Rabbit...	Parole Officer Gilmore
2000	U-571	Major Matthew Coonan
2000	Men of Honor	Captain Hartigan
2001	Epoch	Mason Rand
2001	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Harley
2001	Burning Down the House	Carolina
2001	World Traveler	Richard
2001	Behind Enemy Lines	Master Chief Tom O'Malley
2002	The Stickup	Ray DeCarlo
2002	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	McGary
2002	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Carey
2003	Daredevil	Jack 'The Devil' Murdock
2003	Hangman's Curse	Nate Springfield
2003	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Blake Robison	Director
2004	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Scoggins
2004	Raise Your Voice	Simon Fletcher
2005	All Souls Day	Sheriff Blanco
2005	Come Away Home	Sheriff Jantz
2006	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Mr. Mulvaney
2006	In Her Line of Fire	Vice President Walker
2006	Expiration Date	William 'Wild William'
2006	Bottoms Up	Uncle Earl Peadman
2007	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Wallace
2008	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	B.J.
2008	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Joe
2010	Beneath the Blue	'Hawk'
2010	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Nate Grissom
2014	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Bill Wood
2015	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Dr. Walsh
2016	Heritage Falls	Coach Charlie Fitzpatrick
2017	All Saints	Boyd
2019	Finding Grace	Bishop Reed
2023	I'll Be Watching	Sheriff Anderson	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2023	Walden	Judge Boyle
2024	Dead Money	Jack

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Are You in the House Alone?	Student	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1978	Happy Days	Fred Collins	Episode: "Richie Gets Framed"
1979	Friendly Fire	Leroy Hamilton	Television film
1979	Co-ed Fever	Tucker Davis	Miniseries
1980	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Wayne Robinson	Television film
1985	Gulag	Mickey Almon	Television film
1986	If Tomorrow Comes	Daniel Cooper	Miniseries
1989	Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North	Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North	Television film
1991	Flesh 'n' Blood	Arlo Weed	12 episodes
1993	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Dan Schmidt	Television film
1994	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Bullet Dobbs	Television film
1994	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Jim Bowie	Television film
1994	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Detective Peter Stanford	Television film
1996	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Richard	Episode: "Crash"
1996–1997	High Incident	Jim Marsh	32 episodes
1998	The Outer Limits	Major Jason Mercer	Episode: "Lithia"
1998	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Dwayne Alan Clay	Television film
1998	Poodle Springs	Larry Victor / Charles Nichols	Television film
1999	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Matt	Television film
2000	Walker, Texas Ranger	Cliff Eagleton	Episode: "The Day of Cleansing"
2000	Martial Law		Episode: "Honor Among Strangers"
2000	Arli$$	Archie Michaels	Episode: "You Can Pick Your Friends..."
2001	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Eli Dixon	Television film
2001	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Alexander 'Doc' Payne	Television short; voice
2001	Epoch	Mason Rand	Television film
2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Detective John 'Hawk' Hawkins	Episode: "Redemption"
2002	Sabretooth	Robert Thatcher	Television film
2002	Carrie	Detective John Mulcahey	Television film
2003	Deep Shock	Captain Andrew 'Andy' Raines, USN	Television film
2003	Epoch: Evolution	Mason Rand	Television film
2003–2004	Still Life	Ben Morgan	Unaired; 5 episodes
2004	NCIS	Captain Mike Watson	Episode: "See No Evil"
2005	Path of Destruction	Roy Stark	Television film
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Detective Mark Virgini	Episode: "Unchained"
2005	Locusts: The 8th Plague	Gary Wolf	Television film
2006–2007	The Class	'Yonk' Allen	11 episodes
2008	CSI: Miami	Evan Caldwell	2 episodes
2010	Lone Star	John Allen	5 episodes
2010	Chase	Alan Matthews	Episode: "Crazy Love"
2011	Nikita	Richard Ellison	Episode: "343 Walnut Lane"
2011–2019	Hawaii Five-0	Commander Wade Gutches	4 episodes
2014	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Gary Engels	Television film
2014	Reckless	Pat McCandless	4 episodes
2014	Killer Kids	Himself	Episode: "Raging Hormones"
2019	Wedding at Graceland	Laurel's Father	Television film
2021	Paper Empire	Al Scoggins	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	OverBlood	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Voice

External links

• Biography at CBS's The Class
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