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- Birth nameDonald Hood Keefer
- Don Keefer was born on August 18, 1916 in Highspire, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Death of a Salesman (1951). He was married to Catherine McLeod. He died on September 7, 2014 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
- SpouseCatherine McLeod(May 7, 1950 - May 11, 1997) (her death, 3 children)
- A founding member of New York's Actor's Studio.
- Last surviving cast member of the original award-winning Broadway production of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman", directed by Elia Kazan and starring Lee J. Cobb.
- He considered himself "semi-retired" after the death of his wife, Catherine McLeod, and his last credited role in Liar Liar (1997).
- Will always be remembered by Baby Boomers as Dan Hollis, townsman from Peaksville Ohio who had bad thoughts about 6 year old Anthony Fremont in the Twilight Zone episode a It's Good Life. He was turned into a Jack-in-the-box head. ...... which was quickly wished away into the cornfield by Anthony in order to spare Dan's wife the horror.
- Father, with Catherine McLeod, of three sons: Don Keefer Jr. (born in 1953), John Keefer (born in 1955) and Tom Keefer (born in 1962).
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