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Tom Keene was an American actor known mostly for his roles in B Westerns. During his almost 40 year career in motion pictures Tom Keene worked under three different names. From 1923, when he made his first picture, until 1930 he worked under his real name George Duryea. The last film he made under this name was Pardon My Gun. Beginning with the 1930 film Tol'able David, he used Tom Keene as his moniker. This name he used up to 1944 when he changed it to Richard Powers. The first film he used this name in was Up in Arms. He continued to use this name for the rest of his film career.
Birth Name
George Duryea
Born
Wednesday, 30 December 1896
Died
Sunday, 04 August 1963
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Forsaken Westerns | (archive footage) / Victor Gerard | 2017 |
Hollywood Mavericks | John Sims | 1990 |
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | 1976 |
Plan 9 from Outer Space | Col. Tom Edwards / Colonel Tom Edwards | 1959 |
U.S. Marshal | Riley | 1958 |
Once Upon a Horse... | Tom Keene | 1958 |
Casey Jones | John Pattrick | 1957 |
Whirlybirds | Sergeant Patterson | 1957 |
Tension at Table Rock | Man Killed by Sam | 1956 |
Wetbacks | Highway Patrol Inspector | 1956 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Forsaken Westerns | (archive footage) / Victor Gerard | 2017 |
Hollywood Mavericks | John Sims | 1990 |
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | 1976 |
Plan 9 from Outer Space | Col. Tom Edwards / Colonel Tom Edwards | 1959 |
U.S. Marshal | Riley | 1958 |
Once Upon a Horse... | Tom Keene | 1958 |
Casey Jones | John Pattrick | 1957 |
Whirlybirds | Sergeant Patterson | 1957 |
Tension at Table Rock | Man Killed by Sam | 1956 |
Wetbacks | Highway Patrol Inspector | 1956 |
Corky and White Shadow | Sheriff Martin | 1956 |
Dig That Uranium | Frank Loomis | 1955 |
Fury | Sheriff / Sheriff Davis | 1955 |
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | Captain Higsby / Rev. Aurthur Thomas / Rev. John Furman | 1955 |
Judge Roy Bean | Raymond Murton / Kenyon / Ab Hanlon | 1955 |
Tales of the Texas Rangers | Morgan Thorpe | 1955 |
The Mickey Mouse Club | Sheriff Martin / serial 'Corky and White Shadow' | 1955 |
Buffalo Bill, Jr. | Jim Burke / J.L. Jeffers | 1955 |
The Millionaire | Attorney Marlowe | 1955 |
The Outlaw's Daughter | Bank Manager | 1954 |
The Moonlighter | Sheriff | 1953 |
General Electric Theater | Slocum | 1953 |
The Abbott and Costello Show | Joe | 1952 |
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Police Sergeant / Sergeant / TV Man / Dining Room Steward / Mr. Jenkins / Officer | 1952 |
Adventures of Superman | Major Lee | 1952 |
Hopalong Cassidy | Bill Bricker | 1952 |
Red Planet Mars | Maj. Gen. George Burdette | 1952 |
Death Valley Days | Sheriff / Charlie Duff | 1952 |
Mark Saber | Riley | 1951 |
Sky King | Sheriff | 1951 |
Racket Squad | (as Richard Powers) | 1951 |
The Fat Man | Mac | 1951 |
Home Town Story | Abbott | 1951 |
The Range Rider | Lang | 1951 |
Texans Never Cry | Tracy Wyatt | 1951 |
The Living Christ Series | Priest | 1951 |
The Sun Was Setting | Paul | 1951 |
Trail of Robin Hood | Tom Keene | 1950 |
The Stu Erwin Show | Arthur Hale | 1950 |
The Milkman | Duzik | 1950 |
Desperadoes of the West | Ward Gordon | 1950 |
Storm Over Wyoming | Tug Caldwell / Tug Caldwell (as Richard Powers) | 1950 |
Brothers in the Saddle | Nash Prescott | 1949 |
Indian Agent | Morty Hutchins / Monty Hutchins | 1948 |
Blood on the Moon | Ted Elser | 1948 |
Return of the Bad Men | Jim Younger | 1948 |
Race Street | Al | 1948 |
Berlin Express | Major | 1948 |
Western Heritage | Spade Thorne | 1948 |
The Judge Steps Out | Mrs. Winthrop's Attorney | 1947 |
Wild Horse Mesa | Hod Slack | 1947 |
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome - Ralph Byrd As Dick Tracy, Featuring Boris Karloff | Dr. Frankey | 1947 |
Crossfire | Detective | 1947 |
Under the Tonto Rim | John Dennison / Dennison | 1947 |
Seven Keys to Baldpate | Steve Bland | 1947 |
Thunder Mountain | Johnny Blue | 1947 |
Dick Tracy's Dilemma | Fred | 1947 |
San Quentin | Hal Schaeffer, Robbery Detail / Hal Schaeffer | 1946 |
Girls of the Big House | Barton Sturgis | 1945 |
Dangerous Intruder | Curtis | 1945 |
Sergeant Mike | Reed | 1944 |
Lights of Old Santa Fe | Frank Madden | 1944 |
San Diego I Love You | Reporter | 1944 |
Port of 40 Thieves | Scott Barton | 1944 |
Goodnight, Sweetheart | Reporter | 1944 |
Jungle Woman | Joe - Fingerprint Man / Joe, the Fingerprint Man | 1944 |
The Great Alaskan Mystery | Burger [Ch. 11] / Burger | 1944 |
Up in Arms | Ashley's Aide | 1944 |
The Navy Way | Steve Appleby | 1944 |
Where Trails End | Tom Kenyon | 1942 |
Arizona Roundup | Tom Kenyon | 1942 |
Western Mail | Tom Allen | 1942 |
Lone Star Law Men | Tom Sterling | 1941 |
Riding the Sunset Trail | Tom Sterling | 1941 |
The Driftin' Kid | Jim Vernon / Tom Sterling | 1941 |
Dynamite Canyon | Marshal Tom Evans Posing as Ed 'Trigger' Jones / Tom Evans | 1941 |
Wanderers of the West | Tom Mallory posing as The Arizona Kid / Tom Mallory posing as Arizona | 1941 |
The Painted Trail | Tom Gray Posing as the Pecos Kid / Tom Gray / Pecos Kid | 1938 |
Romance of the Rockies | Dr. Tom Foster | 1937 |
Where Trails Divide | Tom Allen | 1937 |
God's Country and the Man | Jim Reid | 1937 |
Raw Timber | Tom Corbin | 1937 |
Drums of Destiny | Capt. Jerry Crawford | 1937 |
The Law Commands | Dr. Keith Kenton | 1937 |
Under Strange Flags | Tom Kenyon | 1937 |
Old Louisiana | John Colfax | 1937 |
Battle of Greed | John Storm | 1937 |
Rebellion | Captain John Carroll | 1936 |
The Glory Trail | Captain John Morgan | 1936 |
Desert Gold | Randolph Gale | 1936 |
Drift Fence | Jim Travis | 1936 |
Timothy's Quest | David Masters | 1936 |
Hong Kong Nights | Tom Keene / Himself | 1935 |
Our Daily Bread | John Sims | 1934 |
Cross Fire | Tom 'Jack' Allen / Tom "Jack" Allen | 1933 |
Sunset Pass | Jack Rock / Jim Collins | 1933 |
Son of the Border | Tom Owens | 1933 |
Scarlet River | Tom Baxter | 1933 |
The Cheyenne Kid | Tom Larkin | 1933 |
Renegades of the West | Tom Bagby | 1932 |
Come on Danger! | Larry Madden - Texas Ranger | 1932 |
Beyond the Rockies | Blackjack | 1932 |
Ghost Valley | Jerry Long | 1932 |
The Saddle Buster | Montana aka Monty / Montana - aka Monty | 1932 |
Partners | Dick Barstow | 1932 |
Suicide Fleet | Lt. James Keene / James Keene | 1931 |
Freighters of Destiny | Steve Macey | 1931 |
Sundown Trail | Buck Sawyer | 1931 |
Tol'able David | Alan Kinemon | 1930 |
Pardon My Gun | Ted Duncan | 1930 |
Night Work | Harvey Vanderman | 1930 |
Beau Bandit | Bill Howard | 1930 |
Honky Tonk | Freddie Gilmore | 1929 |
Thunder | Jim Anderson / Jim | 1929 |
Tide of Empire | Dermod D'Arcy | 1929 |
Marked Money | Clyde | 1928 |
The Godless Girl | Bob Hathaway - The Boy / Bob Hathaway | 1928 |