Larry Keating - Turner Classic Movies

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Best known for playing next-door neighbor Roger Addison on the immensely popular 1960s sitcom "Mister Ed," Minnesota-born actor Larry Keating had a long and storied career in Hollywood. Getting his start in the business during the 1940s as a radio announcer for NBC, Larry then moved to ABC where he served as the narrator of the long-running serial "This is Your FBI." By 1953, he had alre...

Filmography

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The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)

Admiral Spewter

Boys' Night Out (1962)

Who Was That Lady? (1960)

The Wayward Bus (1957)

Elliott Pritchard

Stopover Tokyo (1957)

High commissioner

The Buster Keaton Story (1957)

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When Worlds Collide (1951) -- (Movie Clip) The World Prays

Inferno (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Made To Order

Biography

Best known for playing next-door neighbor Roger Addison on the immensely popular 1960s sitcom "Mister Ed," Minnesota-born actor Larry Keating had a long and storied career in Hollywood. Getting his start in the business during the 1940s as a radio announcer for NBC, Larry then moved to ABC where he served as the narrator of the long-running serial "This is Your FBI." By 1953, he had already appeared in over 30 movies, including the Howard Hawks-directed comedy "Monkey Business," starring Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe. But it was his turn as neighbor Harry Morton on "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" that really launched his career. Taking over the role from Fred Clark, Larry would be the last to play Morton; the "The George Burns Show" spin-off series was cancelled after only one season. But it didn't take him long to find another full-time gig: after appearances in the star-studded comedies "Who Was That Lady?" and "Boys' Night Out," Larry joined the cast of "Mister Ed" for what would be a nearly three-season run. His role as Admiral Spewter in "The Incredible Mr. Limpet," a hybrid of live action and animation, would be his final film performance. The well-respected actor died of leukemia at the age 66.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)

Admiral Spewter

Boys' Night Out (1962)

Who Was That Lady? (1960)

The Wayward Bus (1957)

Elliott Pritchard

Stopover Tokyo (1957)

High commissioner

The Buster Keaton Story (1957)

The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)

Winfield Sheehan

The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)

Daddy Long Legs (1955)

Alec Williamson

Gypsy Colt (1954)

Give a Girl a Break (1954)

A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)

Robert J. Castleberry

She's Back on Broadway (1953)

Above and Beyond (1953)

Maj. Gen. Vernon C. Brent

Something for the Birds (1952)

Carson City (1952)

Monkey Business (1952)

Bright Victory (1952)

About Face (1952)

Glory Alley (1952)

Philip Louis Bennson

Bannerline (1951)

Follow the Sun (1951)

The Mating Season (1951)

Mr. [George] Kalinger, Sr.

The Light Touch (1951)

Mr. R. F. Hawkley

Too Young to Kiss (1951)

Francis Goes to the Races (1951)

Come Fill the Cup (1951)

Julian Cuscaden

When Worlds Collide (1951)

Right Cross (1950)

Mister 880 (1950)

Three Secrets (1950)

I Was a Shoplifter (1950)

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)

Police lieutenant

My Blue Heaven (1950)

Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950)

Dancing in the Dark (1950)

When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)

Colonel Reeding

Whirlpool (1949)

Song of the Sarong (1945)

Editing (Feature Film)

I Eat Your Skin (1971)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Production Assistant

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

The Family Man (2000)

Life Events

Videos

When Worlds Collide (1951) -- (Movie Clip) The World Prays More momentous narration from Paul Frees, as world opinion has coalesced around predictions that planet Zyra, then a star, will overwhelm earth, Randall and Joyce (Richard Derr, Barbara Rush) in the control center with her scientist father (Larry Keating) and John Hoyt as the disabled unstable financier Stanton, the escape rocket ready, as producer George Pal lets loose the SFX, in When World’s Collide, 1951.

Inferno (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Made To Order Introduction of Larry Keating as Emory, manager of Carson enterprises, on the phone, who has no idea that secret lovers Gerry (Rhonda Fleming) and Joe (William Lundigan) have seized the unexpected opportunity to leave her husband and their boss (Robert Ryan) to die in the desert, early in Inferno, 1953.

Gypsy Colt (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Like Selling A Member Of The Family Opening MGM’s very family drama, local denizens are impressed that the horse from the title is so devoted to top-billed Donna Corcoran as Meg, her parents back home (Ward Bond, Frances Dee) considering how to break some bad news, in Gypsy Colt, 1954, from a story by Lassie author Eric Knight.

Whirlpool (1949) -- (Movie Clip) She's Probably Just Faking Typically polished opening from producer-director Otto Preminger, Gene Tierney an affluent LA housewife, Ian MacDonald a store detective, Larry Keating the manager and Jose Ferrer an opportunistic bystander, in Whirlpool, 1949, also starring Richard Conte.

Lion Is In The Streets, A -- (Movie Clip) High Type College People Kids rushing out of the rain into their bayou schoolhouse, new teacher Verity Wade (Barbara Hale) herding, when local peddler Hank (James Cagney) arrives, opening scenes in director Raoul Walsh's A Lion Is In The Streets, 1953, loosely based on the life of Louisiana governor Huey P. Long.

Lion Is In The Streets, A -- (Movie Clip) Right Pretty Weights Complex doings, Huey Long-like Louisiana lawyer Hank Martin (James Cagney) is undeterred by the arrival of cotton planter Castleberry (Larry Keating), as he goes through with an audacious scam to benefit the farmers he represents, in A Lion Is In The Streets, 1953, directed by Raoul Walsh.

Above And Beyond (1952) -- (Movie Cip) No Turning Back Pilot Tibbets (Robert Taylor) not knowing what's up as he's summoned before security boss Major Uanna (James Whitmore) then General Brent (Larry Keating), who reveals atomic bomb news, in Above And Beyond, 1952.

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