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Brian Kieth Born Robert Kieth Richey, Jr. in Bayonne, N.J. to actor Robert Kieth and stage actress Helena Shipman. He made his acting debut at the age of 3 years old in a silent film named, "Pied Piper Malone", (1924). After high school he joined the U.S. Marines (1942-1945) where he served during WWII as an aerial gunner and received an Air Medal. After the war he became a stage actor, branching into television and films in the late 1940's. During the later part of his life he suffered from emphysema and lung cancer. He was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on June 24, 1997, at the age of 75, just 2 months after his daughter had committed suicide. He was best known for his role as "Uncle Bill" on the TV series "Family Affair".