David Keir

{{Short description|British actor (1884–1971)}}

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David Keir (1884–1971) was a British film actor,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baa9e78f8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912003134/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baa9e78f8|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 September 2018|title=David Keir|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/david-keir-p37376|title=David Keir | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&q=david+keir+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA4-PA1933|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|date=May 16, 2016|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}} who also appeared on stage.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/ncb/david-keir|title=David Keir | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}

Selected filmography

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Year

! Title

! Role

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1936

|The Howard Case

| Barnes

1938

| The Return of the Frog

| Number 23

|

rowspan=2|1939

| The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

|

|

Trunk Crime

| Quiney

|

rowspan=2|1940

| The Girl Who Forgot

| Drawbridge

|

Two for Danger

| Professor Shaw

|

rowspan=2|1941

| The Ghost of St. Michael's

| Mr Humphries

|

The Farmer's Wife

| Auctioneer

|

rowspan=3|1942

| Salute John Citizen

| Turner

|

Let the People Sing

| Mr. Finningley

|

Front Line Kids

| The Parson

|

rowspan=2|1943

| Variety Jubilee

| Theatre Bar Patron

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The Shipbuilders

|

|

rowspan=2|1945

| Meet Sexton Blake

|

|

Pink String and Sealing Wax

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|

rowspan=3|1946

| Under New Management

| Colonel

|

I'll Turn to You

| Estate agent

|

The Captive Heart

| Mr. McDougall

|

rowspan=2|1947

| Code of Scotland Yard

| Gentleman Customer

|

The Brothers

| Postman

|

1949

| A Man's Affair

| Curly

|

1951

| Smart Alec

| Mr. Guppy

|

1951

|Honeymoon Deferred

| Professore

|

1952

| The Happy Family

| Process Server

|

1953

| Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue

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