Keel starred in Westerns for A. C. Lyles, Waco (1966), Red Tomahawk (1966) and Arizona Bushwhackers (1968). Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 294-296. Howard Keel photographed with his wife Helen Anderson. Was the original choice to play the lead in. AKA Harold Clifford Keel. As Clayton Farlow, Miss Ellie's second husband, he enjoyed a decade of steady work. Baritone. He resumed his routine of nightclub, cabaret and summer stock jobs with his new wife at his side. Howard Keel and his blonde wife, Helen (Anderson), a former stage actress, have good reason for exuding happiness as they spend an evening at Hollywood's Club Mocambo. Howard Keel Dated REF. Born: 13-Apr-1919 Birthplace: Gillespie, IL Died: 7-Nov-2004 Location of death: Los Angeles, CA Cause of death: Cancer - Colon Remains: Crem. Besides, I think heaven's right here, in your mind. During the London run, his marriage to Rosemary ended in divorce and Keel fell in love with a young member of the show's chorus, dancer Helen Anderson. They made a great pitch for him and he returned to the US, changing his stage moniker to Howard Keel. From 1971 to 1972, Keel appeared briefly in the West End and Broadway productions of the musical Ambassador, which flopped. He returned to his first love, the stage. He was cremated and his ashes scattered at three favorite places: Mere Golf Club, Cheshire, England; John Lennon Airport, Liverpool, England; and Tuscany, Italy. He was a member of the Grand Order of Water Rats. In later years he continued to appear in concerts. It was a fine cast and lots of fun to make, but they did the damn thing on the cheap. [4] Keel had a third hit in a row with the comedy Three Guys Named Mike (1951), supporting Van Johnson and Jane Wyman. Keel met Helen Anderson, a member of the show's chorus, and they married in January 1949. Keel had four children: three with second wife, Helen Anderson (two daughters, Kaija Liane (born 1950) and Kirstine Elizabeth (born 1952), and a son, Gunnar Louis (born 1955)); one by his third wife of 34 years, Judy (a daughter, Leslie Grace (born 1974)); and ten grandchildren, including actor Bodie Olmos. You have to learn that all the highs don't last forever. A Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him in 1996.[9]. [2] Harry had an elder brother, Frederick William Keel (1913-1982); they were so poor that a teacher would often provide Keel with lunch. He also worked up a Las Vegas nightclub act with Grayson in the 1970s.Keel became an unexpected TV household name when he replaced Jim Davis as the upstanding family patriarch of the nighttime soap drama Dallas (1978) after Davis' untimely death. More popular was a Western with Gardner and Robert Taylor, Ride, Vaquero! Keel was born in Gillespie, Illinois, United States,[1] to Navyman-turned-coalminer Homer Keel (1885-1930), and his wife, Grace Margaret (née Osterkamp) Keel (1887-1971). Mr. Keel was married and divorced twice: to actress Rosemary Cooper and dancer Helen Anderson, with whom he had three children. Howard Keel was born on April 13, 1919 in Gillespie, Illinois, USA as Harry Clifford Keel. The same went for Rose Marie (1954) which Keel made with Ann Blyth. Howard Keel got married to the actress Rosemary Cooper in 1943. I was mean and rebellious and had a terrible temper. It is located at 6253 Hollywood Boulevard. Keel was one of many guest stars in Deep in My Heart (1954). Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel were in 3 on-screen matchups, notably Kiss Me Kate (1953), Lovely to Look at (1952) and Show Boat (1951).. About. Helen Anderson was previously married to Howard Keel (1949 – 1970). Keel was married and then divorced twice: to actress Rosemary Cooper and dancer Helen Anderson, with whom he had three children: Kaija, Kristine, … He replaced Richard Kiley on Broadway in No Strings (1962). In early 1970, Keel met Judy Magamoll, who was twenty-five years his junior and knew nothing about his stardom. They were divorced in 1948, during the London run of Oklahoma. He had a supporting part in a John Wayne Western, The War Wagon (1967). He became a star with his very first role, playing sharpshooter Frank Butler opposite brassy Betty Hutton's Annie Oakley in the film version of the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun (1950). He did Carousel in 1962 and 1966. The minute I feel that the voice is getting down, the minute I feel that I can't cut the mustard, I'll quit. Hell, you can't look up at the sky and not think there's some superhuman force at work. Years later, Keel called the relationship love at first sight, but the age difference bothered him tremendously. both written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. My father made away with himself when I was 11. [1] He played an escaped convict holding a playwright and his wife hostage in their English country cottage. (1953). In 1959-60 he was in a short-lived Broadway musical Saratoga. The subsequent marriage was to Helen Anderson in January 1949. in concert and TV appearances Howard Keel photographed with his wife Helen Anderson. He moved his family to Oklahoma with the intention of joining an oil company. [about his heart surgery] One person who has really been an inspiration for me in this is my good friend, [about his choice to go ahead with open heart surgery in January, 1986, despite the risk of losing his job on. became the first American postwar musical to travel to London, England, and Keel joined the production. If I had my ups and downs, that's tough. as well, and in 1947 took over the rustic lead in the London production, earning great success. 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When Keel was 11 his father died, and the family moved to California. I haven't got any great talent but everyone has a certain amount and it's what you do with it that counts. Helen Anderson has been divorced from Howard Keel since December 10, 1970. Some of his summer stock and touring productions, which included "Camelot," "South Pacific", "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", "Man of La Mancha", and "Show Boat", often reunited him with his former MGM leading ladies, including Kathryn Grayson and Jane Powell. The 1960s held limited prospects for career advancement and consisted primarily of nightclub work, B-Westerns and summer stock. MGM was looking for an answer to Warner Bros.' Gordon MacRae when they came upon Keel in England. They had been married for 21.9 years. For Judy, however, it was not a problem, and with the aid of Robert Frost's poem "What Fifty Said", she convinced him to proceed with their relationship. Howard Keel has been divorced from Helen Anderson since December 10, 1970. He married his second wife, Helen Anderson, a member of the show’s chorus, on January 3, 1949. Keel married airline flight attendant Judy Magamoll in December 1970. And I think if you're given something special, you ought to try and give that something back. [1] The film was a big hit and established Keel as a star.[4]. You make your own heaven and hell, I think. I had a terrible, rotten childhood. Died one month before his 1954 film "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" was being inducted into National Film Registry. His hobbies included: singing, dancing, watching movies, listening to opera, fishing, golfing, spending time with his family. Music changed me completely. She has not been previously engaged. Esther Williams. You take another shot at it. He appeared at The Muny in St. Louis as Adam in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1978); Emile de Becque in South Pacific (1992); Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (1996); and as General Waverly in White Christmas (2000). Keel managed to understudy Alfred Drake as Curly in "Oklahoma!" However, Clayton was such a hit among viewers that he was made a series regular and stayed on until its end in 1991. Well, if heaven's like they claim it is, I don't want to go. [4] A reunion with Grayson, Lovely to Look At (1952), based on the stage musical Roberta was popular but lost money.[4]. The backdrops had holes in them and it was shot on the worst film stock. For every high, there's a corresponding low. Johnny Johnston Married (1947-1951) REF. Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel had a relationship.. On Screen Matchups. She has been in one celebrity relationship averaging approximately 21.9 years. Keel starred in Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals in New York and London before being signed to an MGM contract after World War II. I got a job as an auto mechanic, and I would have stayed in that narrow kind of life if I hadn't discovered art. Beverly Tyler. One of his music heroes was the great baritone Lawrence Tibbett. His naturally untrained voice was discovered by the staff of his aircraft company and soon he was performing at various entertainments for the company's clients. Keel married airline flight attendant Judy Magamoll in December 1970. Helen Anderson also has a ruling planet of Uranus. Though registering as little more than a blip on the actor's career arc, the British Lion release did mark his first billing as Howard Keel. [1] Starting with an appearance on the fourth season, the character had been meant as a semi-replacement patriarch for the series' Jock Ewing played by Jim Davis, who had recently died. Best known for his role as Clayton Farlow on. He was cast on sight and the die was cast. Keel made his film debut as Harold Keel at the British Lion studio in Elstree, in The Small Voice (1948), released in the United States as The Hideout. Any time you get in an area that takes a great deal of skill, you'll find that the tendrils are much more sensitive. (1958-1959) President of Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Helen Anderson is currently available. Helen Anderson. Well, people are people wherever you go, and a performance is a performance. The two had three children: Liane Katija, Elizabeth Kirstine, and Louis Gunnar. Producers approached Howard Keel for the role of "Jock Ewing" on. Ia tampil dalam sejumlah musikal MGM pada 1950an dan dalam seri televisi CBS Dallas dari 1981–1991. [1] Keel was reunited with Williams in Texas Carnival (1952). I'm not a religious man. However Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) with Jane Powell was a huge success and made MGM over $3 million in profit.[4]. Howard Keel photographed with his wife Helen Anderson.Harry Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), known professionally as Howard Keel was an American actor and singer. - On, View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, My favorite actors/actresses (name start with K), My 30 favorite songs from my favorite movie musicals. American Actress Kathryn Grayson was born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick on 9th February, 1922 in Winston Salem, North Carolina USA and passed … It's your job and it's not fair to let an audience down. | Howard Keel. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007. Before he was a successful actor, he also worked as a singing busboy. So too was the comedy Fast Company (1953). I have my own attitude to this life. Even more popular was Show Boat (1951), where Keel played the male lead opposite Kathryn Grayson and Ava Gardner. In January 1986, he underwent double heart bypass surgery. | Suggestions? However, his album And I Love You So reached #6 in the UK Albums Chart[7] and #37 in Australia in 1984. In 1950, Keel made his MGM movie debut in "Annie Get Your Gun" (1950). It brings with it a responsibility. Keel and Helen were separated in 1969 and divorced in 1970. In 1943, Keel met and married actress Rosemary Cooper. I will not relax the standards of what I feel should be done. I say be good because you should be good, because you don't want to hurt people. MGM put him opposite Esther Williams in Pagan Love Song (1950) which was successful, although not as profitable as most Esther William films because it went over budget. Helen and Howard separated in 1969, and their divorce was finalized on December 10, 1970. He later earned his living as a car mechanic, then f… He had his first flop at MGM with the comedy Callaway Went Thataway (1952) co-starring Fred MacMurray and Dorothy McGuire. Yes, Doris Day, who died on May 13 at age 97 after a bout with pneumonia, was the all-American girl next door — but she was so much more.The funny, sunny blonde with the perky disposition, a sprinkle of freckles and a dazzling smile started off as a big band singer whose first hit was 1945’s “Sentimental Journey” with … [3] Additional Broadway credits include Saratoga, No Strings, and Ambassador. Kismet (1955) with Blyth also lost over two million dollars, and Keel was released from his MGM contract. He released an album in 1984, With Love, which sold poorly. In 1943, Howard Keel married actress Rosemary Cooper. [6] Keel went to Europe to make a low budget war film, Armored Command (1961). In 1945, he briefly understudied for John Raitt in the Broadway hit Carousel before being assigned to Oklahoma! Howard Keel, born Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 November 7, 2004) was an American actor who starred in many of the classic film musicals of the 1950s. [8] The follow up album, Reminiscing – The Howard Keel Collection peaked at #20 in the UK Albums Chart, spending twelve weeks in that listing in 1985 and 1986. When they get so popular they can't go out of their hotel rooms, that's when they turn to drugs. In 1957, he was in a short-lived revival of Carousel. Most Famous For: Second Wife of Howard Keel I was blessed with a voice and I used it. Keel continued to tour with his wife and daughter in tow, but by 1980 had decided to make his life change. His true birth name was Harry Clifford Keel. Howard Keel, who tamed feisty big ... Keel was married and divorced from actress Rosemary Cooper, and from dancer Helen Anderson, with whom he had three children, Kaija, Kristine and Gunnar. Lana Turner. Past Relationships. In 1947, Oklahoma! Success can be harder to take than failure in a lot of ways. During his UK concert tours in the 1980s and 90s, had a habit of checking his watch (wrist or pocket) during his performances to ensure he was on schedule. With a barrel-chested swagger and cocky, confident air, the 6'4" brawny baritone Keel had MGM's loveliest songbirds swooning helplessly for over a decade in what were some of the finest musical films ever produced.Born Harry (or Harold) Clifford Keel in Gillespie, Illinois, in 1919 to Homer Charles Keel and Grace (Osterkamp) Keel, and the brother of Frederick William Keel, his childhood was unhappy, his father being a hard-drinking coal miner and his mother a stern, repressed Methodist homemaker. Was cremated and his ashes scattered at various favorite places including Mere Golf Club, Liverpool John Lennon Airport, and in Tuscany, Italy. Rosemary Cooper. He starred in many film musicals of the 1950s. Star. [ 8 ] California, in 1930 Golden age '' movie musicals in... 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