He was the Errol Flynn and Clark Gable of "golden age" movie musicals back in the 1950s. With a barrel-chested swagger and cocky, confident air, not to mention his lusty handsomeness and obvious athleticism, 6'4" brawny baritone Howard Keel had MGM's loveliest songbirds swooning helplessly for over a decade in what were some of the finest musical films ever produced...See full bio »
1976That's Entertainment, Part II
(documentary)
(performer: "Lonesome Polecat" 1954 - uncredited, "There's No Business Like Show Business" 1946 - uncredited)
1954Rose Marie
(performer: "The Right Place For A Girl", "Mounties", "Rose Marie")
1953Kiss Me Kate
(performer: "So in Love" - uncredited, "Wunderbar" - uncredited, "We Open in Venice" - uncredited, "I've Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua" - uncredited, "Were Thine That Special Face" - uncredited, "Where Is the Life That Late I Led?" - uncredited, "Kiss Me Kate reprise" - uncredited)
1953Calamity Jane
(performer: "I CAN DO WITHOUT YOU", "HIGHER THAN A HAWK", "THE BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA")
1952Lovely to Look at
(performer: "Lovely To Look At" - uncredited, "You're Devastating" - uncredited, "Lafayette" - uncredited)
1951Texas Carnival
(performer: "Whoa, Emma!", "Young Folks Should Get Married", "Deep in the Heart of Texas" - uncredited)
1951Show Boat
(performer: "Where's the Mate For Me?" 1927 - uncredited, "Make Believe" 1927 - uncredited, "You Are Love" 1927 - uncredited, "Why Do I Love You?" 1927 - uncredited, "Make Believe" 1927 / reprise - uncredited)
1950Pagan Love Song
(performer: "The House of Singing Bamboo" - uncredited, "Pagan Love Song" - uncredited, "Singing in the Sun" - uncredited, "Why Is Love So Crazy?" - uncredited)
1950Annie Get Your Gun
(performer: "ANYTHING YOU CAN DO", "THEY SAY IT'S WONDERFUL", "MY DEFENSES ARE DOWN", "THE GIRL THAT I MARRY")
Once somebody said to me, "How can you stand to work in a tent?" Well, people are people wherever you go, and a performance is a performance. It's your job and it's not fair to let an audience down. I will not relax the standards of what I feel should be done.
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Trivia:
During the shooting of
Annie Get Your Gun, he broke his leg when his horse fell on him. He was laid up for six weeks.
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Trademark:
Performing a medley of songs from Oklahoma! in concert and TV appearances
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