Actor
Keenan Wynn
Born 27 July 1916 · New York City, New York, USA — died 14 October 1986
Keenan Wynn was an American character actor whose expressive face and gruff, versatile presence enriched more than a hundred films and many television roles. Starting in MGM musicals and comedies, he later became a familiar supporting player in Westerns, Disney films and thrillers across four decades.
Key films
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)On Cinespective
Played Colonel Bat Guano in Kubrick's celebrated Cold War satire, one of his most memorable roles.
Touch of Evil (1958)
Supporting role in Orson Welles's celebrated film noir.
Point Blank (1967)
Played a key supporting part in John Boorman's stylish crime thriller.
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)On Cinespective
Appeared in Sergio Leone's epic Western, showing his range in later-career character work.
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Played one of the comic gangsters in the MGM musical, typical of his work in studio-era musicals.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 189
- 1942For Me and My Gal · as Eddie Milton (uncredited)Actor
- 1942Somewhere I'll Find You · as Tom PurdyActor
- 1942Northwest Rangers · as 'Slip' O'MaraActor
- 1943Lost Angel · as Packy RoostActor
- 1944Since You Went Away · as Lieutenant SolomonActor
- 1944Marriage Is a Private Affair · as Maj. Bob WiltonActor
- 1944See Here, Private Hargrove · as Pvt. MulvehillActor
- 1944Twenty Years After · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1945Ziegfeld Follies · as Caller (segment "Number Please")Actor
- 1945The Clock · as The DrunkActor
- 1945Without Love · as Quentin LaddActor
- 1945Week-End at the Waldorf · as Oliver WebsonActor
- 1945What Next, Corporal Hargrove? · as Private MulvehillActor
- 1945Between Two Women · as TobeyActor
- 1946Easy to Wed · as Warren HaggertyActor
- 1946The Cockeyed Miracle · as Ben GriggsActor
- 1946The Thrill of Brazil · as Steve FarraughActor
- 1946No Leave, No Love · as SlinkyActor
- 1947Song of the Thin Man · as Clarence 'Clinker' KrauseActor
- 1947The Hucksters · as Buddy HareActor
- 1948The Three Musketeers · as PlanchetActor
- 1948My Dear Secretary · as Ronnie HastingsActor
- 1948B.F.'s Daughter · as Martin Delwyn 'Marty' AinsleyActor
- 1948Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 1 · as SelfActor
- 1949Neptune's Daughter · as Joe BackettActor
- 1949That Midnight Kiss · as Artie Geoffrey GlensonActor
- 1950Annie Get Your Gun · as Charlie DavenportActor
- 1950Three Little Words · as Charlie KopeActor
- 1950Love That Brute · as Bugsy WelchActor
- 1951Royal Wedding · as Irving Klinger / Edgar KlingerActor
- 1951Angels in the Outfield · as Fred BaylesActor
- 1951Kind Lady · as Mr. EdwardsActor
- 1951It's a Big Country · as Michael FisherActor
- 1951Texas Carnival · as Dan SabinasActor
- 1952Phone Call from a Stranger · as Eddie HokeActor
- 1952The Belle of New York · as Max FerrisActor
- 1952Desperate Search · as BrandyActor
- 1952Holiday for Sinners · as Joe PiaviActor
- 1952Fearless Fagan · as Sgt. KellwinActor
- 1952Skirts Ahoy! · as Keenan Wynn (uncredited)Actor
- 1952Sky Full of Moon · as AlActor
- 1953Kiss Me Kate · as LippyActor
- 1953Battle Circus · as Sgt. Orvil StattActor
- 1953All the Brothers Were Valiant · as SilvaActor
- 1953Code Two · as Police Sgt. Jumbo CuldaneActor
- 1954The Long, Long Trailer · as PolicemanActor
- 1954Men of the Fighting Lady · as Lt. Cmdr. DodsonActor
- 1954Tennessee Champ · as Willy WurbleActor
- 1955The Glass Slipper · as KovinActor
- 1955Shack Out on 101 · as GeorgeActor
- 1955The Marauders · as HookActor
- 1955Running Wild · as Ken OsangerActor
- 1955A Midsummer Daydream · as GamblerActor
- 1956The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit · as Sgt. Caesar GardellaActor
- 1956The Naked Hills · as Sam WilkinsActor
- 1956The Great Man · as Sid MooreActor
- 1956Johnny Concho · as Barney ClarkActor
- 1956Requiem for a Heavyweight · as Maish RennickActor
- 1957Don't Go Near the Water · as Gordon RipwellActor
- 1957The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown · as DandyActor
- 1957Joe Butterfly · as Harold HathawayActor
- 1957The Last Tycoon · as Lou MyrickActor
- 1957The Troublemakers · as Mr. SprockActor
- 1958Touch of Evil · as Bartender (uncredited)Actor
- 1958A Time to Love and a Time to Die · as ReuterActor
- 1958The Perfect Furlough · as Harvey FranklinActor
- 1958The Deep Six · as Lt. Cmdr. Mike EdgeActor
- 1958No Time at All · as Marshall KeatsActor
- 1959A Hole in the Head · as Jerry MarksActor
- 1959That Kind of Woman · as Harry CorwinActor
- 1959The Scarface Mob · as Joe FuselliActor
- 1960The Crowded Sky · as Nick HylandActor
- 1960The Man in the Funny Suit · as SelfActor
- 1961The Absent-Minded Professor · as Alonzo P. HawkActor
- 1961King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein · as Tom FowlerActor
- 1961Black City · as Di GennaroActor
- 1963Son of Flubber · as Alonzo P. HawkActor
- 1963The Power and the Glory · as Wine MerchantActor
- 1963The Bay of St. MichelActor
- 1963The Losers · as Burgundy SmithActor
- 1964Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · as Colonel Bat GuanoActor
- 1964The Americanization of Emily · as Old SailorActor
- 1964The Patsy · as Harry SilverActor
- 1964Bikini Beach · as Harvey Huntington HoneywagonActor
- 1964Man in the Middle · as Lieut. WinstonActor
- 1964Honeymoon Hotel · as Mr. SampsonActor
- 1964Stage to Thunder Rock · as Ross SawyerActor
- 1965The Great Race · as HezekiahActor
- 1965Around the World Under the Sea · as Hank StahlActor
- 1965Nightmare in the Sun · as Junk dealerActor
- 1966Stagecoach · as Luke PlummerActor
- 1966The Night of the Grizzly · as Jed CurryActor
- 1966Promise Her Anything · as Angelo CarelliActor
- 1966Outlaw MotorcyclesActor
- 1967Point Blank · as YostActor
- 1967The War Wagon · as Wes FletcherActor
- 1967Warning Shot · as Sgt. Ed MussoActor
- 1967Welcome to Hard Times · as ZarActor
- 1967The Rock · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1967Run Like a Thief · as Willy GoreActor
- 1968Once Upon a Time in the West · as SheriffActor
- 1968Finian's Rainbow · as Senator Billboard RawkinsActor
- 1968Shoot, Gringo... Shoot! · as Major Charlie DoneghanActor
- 1968The Magic Pear Tree · as MarquisActor
- 1968Frame Up · as Inspector DonaldActor
- 1969Mackenna's Gold · as SanchezActor
- 1969Smith! · as Vince HeberActor
- 1969Viva Max! · as General LacomberActor
- 1969The Monitors · as General BlackwishActor
- 196980 Steps to Jonah · as Barney GloverActor
- 1969The Young Lawyers · as Frank BarronActor
- 1970Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town · as Winter Warlock (voice)Actor
- 1970Loving · as EdwardActor
- 1970The Animals · as Pudge ElliottActor
- 1970House on Greenapple Road · as Sgt. Charles WilentzActor
- 1971Pretty Maids All in a Row · as Chief John PoldaskiActor
- 1971The Man with Icy Eyes · as Harry DavisActor
- 1971The Manipulator · as Old CharlieActor
- 1971Terror in the Sky · as MiltonActor
- 1971Cannon · as EddieActor
- 1971Assault on the Wayne · as Orville KellyActor
- 1972The Mechanic · as Harry McKennaActor
- 1972Snowball Express · as Martin RidgewayActor
- 1972Cancel My Reservation · as Sheriff 'Houndtooth' RileyActor
- 1972Wild in the Sky · as Gen. Harry GobohareActor
- 1972Panhandle 38 · as Billy Bronson / Kile RichardsActor
- 1973VD Attack Plan · as Contagion Corps Sergeant (Narrator)Actor
- 1973Hijack! · as Donny McDonaldActor
- 1973A Night Train to Terror · as Detective HanrattyActor
- 1974Herbie Rides Again · as Alonzo HawkActor
- 1974The Internecine Project · as E.J. FarnsworthActor
- 1974Hit Lady · as Buddy McCormackActor
- 1974The Legend of Earl Durand · as Col. NightingaleActor
- 1974Popcorn · as (voice)Actor
- 1975Nashville · as Mr. GreenActor
- 1975The Devil’s Rain · as Sheriff OwensActor
- 1975A Woman for All Men · as Walter McCoyActor
- 1975He Is My Brother · as Brother DaltonActor
- 1975Target Risk · as Simon CusackActor
- 1975The Man Who Would Not Die · as Victor SlidellActor
- 1976The Shaggy D.A. · as John SladeActor
- 1976That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1976The Killer Inside Me · as Chester ConwayActor
- 1976The Quest: The Longest Drive · as CoolerActor
- 1976The Quest · as H.H. SmallActor
- 1976High Velocity · as Mr. AndersenActor
- 1976Demon and the Mummy · as Capt. Joe “Mad Dog” SiskaActor
- 1977Orca · as NovakActor
- 1977Sex and the Married Woman · as Uncle JuneActor
- 1977Mission to Glory: A True Story · as Father at Trading MissionActor
- 1978Piranha · as JackActor
- 1978Laserblast · as Colonel FarleyActor
- 1978The Lucifer Complex · as U.S. Secretary of DefenseActor
- 1978Coach · as Fenton GrangerActor
- 1979Parts: The Clonus Horror · as Jake NobleActor
- 1979The Dark · as Sherman 'Sherm' MossActor
- 1979Sunburn · as Mark ElmesActor
- 1979The Glove · as Bill SchwartzActor
- 1979Hard Knocks · as JedActor
- 1979The Billion Dollar Threat · as ElyActor
- 1979Jamaican Gold · as Meat Cleaver StewartActor
- 1979A Touch of the Sun · as General SpelvinActor
- 1979Express to Terror · as Winfield RootActor
- 1979When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion · as SelfActor
- 1980Just Tell Me What You Want · as Seymour BergerActor
- 1980Mom, the Wolfman and Me · as Grandpa BergmanActor
- 1981Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission · as Stump HarrisActor
- 1982The Last Unicorn · as Captain Cully / Harpy (voice)Actor
- 1982Best Friends · as Tom BabsonActor
- 1982Hysterical · as Old FishermanActor
- 1982A Piano for Mrs. Cimino · as Barney FellmanActor
- 1982The Capture of Grizzly Adams · as Bert WoolmanActor
- 1983Wavelength · as DanActor
- 1983The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair · as Piers CastillianActor
- 1983Imps* · as CharlieActor
- 1984Call to Glory · as Carl SarnacActor
- 1985The Goonies · as Chester Copperpot (uncredited)Actor
- 1985Prime Risk · as Dr. LasserActor
- 1985Code of Vengeance · as WillisActor
- 1985Mirrors · as Reverend DahlstromActor
- 1986Black Moon Rising · as Iron JohnActor
- 1986Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star · as GrandpaActor
- 1986The Last Precinct · as ButchActor
- 1990Tales from the Darkside · as Duncan WilliamsActor
- 2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2016Naples '44 · as SelfActor
- 2017Mansfield 66/67Actor
- 2023Looking Back Before You Leap · as Sanger Rainsford (voice)Actor
- 2024Point Blank the Documentary · as SelfActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.