Keenan Wynn
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Filmography
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Kiss Me Kate
(1953)One of the greatest Broadway musicals of all time comes to the screen in this star-studded adaptation of Kiss Me Kate.

Without Love
(1945)Academy Award winners Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy star as two single people who decide to live together and marry for the sake of propriety in this witty romantic comedy.
Easy to Wed
(1946)
Piranha
(1978)When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

Desperate Search
(1952)A passenger flight out of Vancouver crashes in remote mountains. On the ground, two lone survivors, a brother and sister perhaps 9 and 7 years old, gather food and blankets. In the air, bush pilot Vince Heldon (Howard Keel), the children’s father, guides his plane in a quest to find the downed aircraft. Meanwhile, against this backdrop of search and survival, another drama unfolds: pilot Nora Stead (Patricia Medina) arrives to join the search. She’s the ex-Mrs. Heldon, and her presence brings unresolved issues of that broken marriage to the surface while also creating problems for Vince and his new wife (Jane Greer). Joseph Lewis, who grabbed notice with his shoestring noir Gun Crazy, here guides another film admired for getting much from a small budget. Lee Aakers, soon to be famed for his role on TV’s The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, portrays the boy whose survivalist adventure includes confrontations with a mountain lion.

Snowball Express
(1972)A New York accountant moves west when he inherits a dilapidated ski resort.

The Shaggy D.A.
(1976)A District Attorney candidate finds himself transformed into a sheepdog.

The Quest: The Longest Drive
(1976)To save an old friend's ranch, the Beaudine brothers round up a gang of misfits to drive a huge herd to market. Join the epic action when a stableman, a retired gunslinger, a dried-out drunk and two sneaky rustlers, hit the dusty trail.

Smith!
(1969)An Indian boy flees when he is accused of murder.

The Belle of New York
(1952)Despite his aunt's repeated demands, Charlie refuses to change his ways until he meets a young woman named Angela and falls in love.
Promise Her Anything
(1966)A widow develops a love-hate relationship with her upstairs neighbour when she asks him to watch her child as she tries to woo her boss who hates kids.

Three Little Words
(1950)Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen and Red Skelton star in this musical biography based on the lives and career of one of the United States' greatest songwriting teams--Three Little Words.

The Great Race
(1965)Set in 1908, dastardly, black-garbed Professor Fate dares the world's greatest hero, The Great Leslie, to race 22,000 miles from New York to Paris.

Royal Wedding
(1951)Tom and Ellen Bowen are a brother and sister dance act whose show closes in New York.

The War Wagon
(1967)John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Bruce Dern star in this classic Western about an ex-con who joins forces with a hired gun to steal gold from the corrupt tycoon who double-crossed them both.

Neptune's Daughter
(1949)Mistaken identity complicates a polo player’s romance with a bathing suit designer.

The Patsy
(1964)When a popular entertainer meets with an untimely death, his shocked showbiz associates scramble desperately to find a quick replacement. That replacement is Stanley Belt (Jerry Lewis), a meek hotel employee who suddenly finds himself plucked from obscurity and hilariously groomed for stardom. Stanley may have no business being in show business, but that’s not going to stop his determined mentors from trying to mold him into a musical superstar! This frenzied comedy’s all-star supporting cast includes Everett Sloane, Phil Harris, Keenan Wynn, Ed Wynn, Peter Lorre, John Carradine, Hans Conried, Nancy Kulp, Richard Deacon, Scatman Crothers, Rhonda Fleming, George Raft and Mel Tormé.

Finian's Rainbow
(1968)Screen legend Fred Astaire is an Irish rogue whose leprechaun comes to life in the American South. A whimsical, musical fantasy directed by mastermind Francis Ford Coppola ("Bram Stoker's Dracula," "The Godfather") and co-starring pop star/actress Petula Clark ("Goodbye, Mr. Chips"), this story is pure enchantment. Leonard Maltin calls this "elegant and witty... the best movie musical of its era."

Orca
(1977)The terrifying tale of man versus beast. Initially on the hunt for a great white shark, the obsessive Captain Nolan accidentally kills a pregnant orca. Seeking vengeance, her mate begins to terrorise the nearby fishing village in a rampage of death and destruction. Realising that only he can bring an end to the carnage, Nolan sets out on a deadly quest to face his enemy from the deep...

Don't Go Near the Water
(1957)On an idyllic South Pacific island thousands of miles from the fighting, United States Navy public relations officers write colorful--if entirely fictitious--stories about World War II and the life of the native peoples freed by the Allies as they cope with military bureaucracy and plot to get back to the war in this lighthearted comedy.