Richard Keats

About Richard Keats

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota - Grew up in the idyllic land of 10,000 lakes and Hockey-filled winters. The call of the west lured him to Southern California, where he graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a Degree in Philosophy. Headed for law school, he took an acting class where the acting addiction began. Since, he continued his acting studies under the tutelage of Robert Cohen, the author of the acclaimed acting book: 'Acting Power'.Professional highlights include: Head-lining in the Cult feature film, "APEX" that received a U.S. nation-wide release from Republic Pictures. In it he first infected the world with a deadly virus and then time traveled to fight Robots and save the world, or something like that! From this he received his only 'Variety' review where his acting garnered his favorite acting adjective, "Compelling". At the same time he was seen around the world starring in "Canyon" Kellogg's most famous Crunchy Nut Commercial that ran for over 5 years world wide. These two roles were the answer to a Hard Rock Cafe 'London' napkin trivia question and made traveling a lot lighter on his pocket book (bar tabs) ...as soon as he mentioned the commercial, people would imitate him, "I'm coming' down!"One of those trips was to Cannes, as he starred in the short film, "The Beast" with Roscoe Lee Browne & Martha - the 'chimp' from the Clint Eastwood Movies. Mimi Rogers played Martha's voice. The short film was nominated as one of the five finalists in the Main Draw at the Cannes Film Festival. His stories of that trip are worthy of a Henry Miller-esque adventure.He also enjoyed shooting, 'I Got the Hook Up' with Master P & Joe Estevez. In it he played a black man undercover as a white FBI agent. He and Joe's parts grew dramatically during the shooting and Miramax picked it up for distribution.Perhaps his favorite role of all-time was in the German Feature film, 'Marlene', also known in Germany as Marlene Dietrich - where he played Travis Benton her flamboyant costume designer. The film was about Germany's most coveted star, Marlene Dietrich. Mostly shot in Berlin and Paramount Studios. In Berlin, he had a chauffeur and was treated like a real movie star. Boy did he feel like an imposter! On the first day of filming he pranced thru the long scene introducing his character and when he finally entered frame with Katja Flint who was playing Marlene, she spoke her lines in German!! where he thought: 'Oh My God! I have to Quit Lying on my Resume" When her mouth stopped moving he replied in English. Then, a tall hat he had just placed on a mannequin fell forward and he jumped. The director Joseph Vilsmaier (Golden globe nominee) clapped and everyone cheered as we got that intricate shot in one take. Later, after a screening of the film at AFM a viewer came up to him and said he spoke perfect German!He also enjoyed his time as Dr. Lockhart on the CW show "Arrow". He has played a doctor in over 20 episodes on various shows. He also had played in commercials (including Nestlé's worldwide dog & cat food Dr. Ballard's. He also modeled as a Doctor in many print ads and was the 'doctor face' of several hospitals.Fun Fact: The whole Doctor thing began in an Optometrist shop in the Fairfax District of Hollywood. Up until this point he have had no luck getting an agent in Hollywood. While a friend was trying on glasses, he picked up and put on a large round wire-rim pair when he heard: "Doc-ta? Doc-ta can you help us?" He turned t...

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January 12, 2021 - BCC Regular Meeting

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