DAVID KEITH

'David Keith' (born May 8, 1954) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor and director. He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Career

Child advocacy

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Career

Keith had an early supporting role in the prison film ''Brubaker'' and later co-starred with Richard Gere in ''An Officer and a Gentleman''. Keith also played a local thug in ''The Great Santini'', starred in ''The Lords of Discipline'' and ''White of the Eye'', and held a prominent supporting role in ''U-571'' opposite Matthew McConaughey. He played opposite child-star Drew Barrymore in the 1984 hit ''Firestarter'' and Brooke Shields in 1992's ''Running Wild''. Keith played Elvis Presley in the 1988 film ''Heartbreak Hotel''. He directed ''The Curse'' and ''The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck'' (in which he also starred). He also co-starred in ''The Class'', an American sitcom, as Yonk Allen, a retired professional football player. Other roles include parts in ''Daredevil'' and television shows such as ''Navy NCIS'', '' , '' and ''High Incident''.

Child advocacy

Keith was present during the sentencing phase for John Couey, who was convicted by a jury of his peers for kidnapping, raping, and murdering Jessica Lunsford. Keith said that he was planning on going to Washington D.C. with Mark Lunsford after the sentencing, to lobby congress for more support of child sexual predator laws.
Keith gave an interview with Tampa Bay ABC affiliate WFTS-TV and was quoted saying this:
Keith is an active member for PROTECT.org which is The National Association to Protect Children association.

External links

★ Biography at CBS's ''The Class''

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