Acting
Community Rating
5.4
TMDB estimate
Born
August 4, 1915
Died
May 23, 1992 (age 76)
Born in
Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
William Joseph Keene was an American radio and television actor who appeared on several popular television shows more than one separate occasion as a different character. He appeared in shows more than once as a different character such as The Andy Griffith Show, Perry Mason and Mayberry R.F.D.. In 1958, he played the banker Mr. Botkin in the Gunsmoke episode "Kitty Caught" (Season 3, Episode 19). In 1961 he appeared on the television show Twilight Zone in the episodes "The Midnight Sun" and "The Prime Mover", and in an episode of The Asphalt Jungle. He also appeared in "Lamb to the Slaughter", a classic 1958 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Among his five appearances on Perry Mason, the last two were as Judge Seymour in the show's final season. He died in Los Angeles on May 23, 1992. He was buried in Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery.
Herowork
as Judge
1977

Big John, Little John
as Doctor
1976

Little House on the Prairie
1974

Heavy Traffic
as (voice)
1973

Mayberry R.F.D.
as Reverend Tucker
1968

Speedway
as Taxpayer (uncredited)
1968

Ironside
1967

Mission: Impossible
as Janos Karq
1966

Get Smart
as Newfield
1965

Honey West
as Granville Manners
1965

Green Acres
1965

The Addams Family
as Dr. Motley
1964

Honeymoon Hotel
as Mr. Johnson
1964

Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Captain
1963

The Fugitive
as Dr. Garber
1963

The Virginian
as Minister
1962

87th Precinct
1961

The Asphalt Jungle
1961

The Andy Griffith Show
as Reverend Tucker
1960

My Three Sons
1960