Howard Keel
Howard Keel
Harry Clifford Keel, known professionally as Howard Keel was an American actor and singer. He starred in many film musicals of the 1950s. He is best known to modern audiences for his starring role in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991, as Clayton Farlow, opposite Barbara Bel Geddes's character. But to an earlier generation, with his rich bass-baritone singing voice, he was known as the star of some of the most famous MGM film musicals ever made...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth13 April 1919
CityGillespie, IL
CountryUnited States of America
The only way to enjoy golf is to be a masochist. Go out and beat yourself to death.
It was a fine cast and lots of fun to make, but they did the damn thing on the cheap. The backdrops had holes in them, and it was shot on the worst film stock.
When I found out that I could carry a tune, well, I came to realize that I had a gift, that it was a kind of a blessing. And I think if you're given something special, you ought to try and give that something back. If you don't, it's a sin. No question.
Wherever I went, crowds appeared again, and I started making solo albums for the first time in my career.
As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers to do and having a fine orchestra.
Dallas was enormous. I couldn't believe it. My life changed. From being out of it, I was suddenly a star, known to more people than ever before.
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. Music changed me completely.