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Howard Keel

Howard Keel, American actor and singer (died 2004)

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Born
April 13, 1919
Died
November 7, 2004
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1919

About Howard Keel

Harold Clifford Keel, professionally Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s, including Show Boat (1951). He played the role of oil baron Clayton Farlow in the television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991. Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), professionally Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice. He and Williams made Jupiter's Darling (1955), which lost MGM over $2 million - the first Williams movie to lose money. In 1947, Oklahoma! became the first American postwar musical to travel to London, England, and Keel joined the production.

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Howard Keel timeline

  1. Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), professionally Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice.
  2. In 1947, Oklahoma! became the first American postwar musical to travel to London, England, and Keel joined the production.
  3. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s, including Show Boat (1951).
  4. He and Williams made Jupiter's Darling (1955), which lost MGM over $2 million - the first Williams movie to lose money.

The world when Howard Keel was born

Howard Keel was born in 1919. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1919

  • Best-selling book"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" – Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBlack Sox scandal — 1919 World Series fixed
  • Top headlineTreaty of Versailles signed — 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
  • Technology milestoneFirst nonstop transatlantic flight (Alcock & Brown)
  • Defining fadOuija boards
  • Notable inventionPop-up toaster
  • World population~1.79B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population103.2M

1919 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Howard Keel's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19192026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Average home$5,000$435,000
Average income$2,000$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population103.2M341 million

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