David Keith Net Worth

Interesting Facts about David Keith

1. He is on the national advisory board for the National Association to Protect Children (http://www.protect.org) and lobbies on behalf of stronger penalties for crimes against children.
2. Not to be confused with actor Keith David.
3. He was college friends with Bill Bates, who played sixteen years for the Dallas Cowboys. He was seen on the sidelines of many Cowboys games during Bates's career.
4. He owns a cattle ranch in Tellico Plains, Tennessee.
5. Has starred in two unrelated adaptations of Stephen King novels, both focusing on girls with supernatural powers: Firestarter (1984) and the television remake Carrie (2002).
6. His father, Lemuel Grady Keith Jr., was a personnel division worker for the Tennessee Valley Authority. His mother, Hilda Earle, was a worker for the Knox County Board of Education.
7. He has portrayed a sailor in the US Navy as a midshipman/naval aviation officer candidate, an enlisted man, and a commissioned officer.
8. Born on exactly the same date as Stephen Furst (of St. Elsewhere (1982), National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), and Babylon 5 (1993) fame).
9. No relation to actor Brian Keith. When Brian Keith, died a reporter walked up to him and asked him about the passing of his father. Not realizing the reporter was mistaken, he ran out of the room and called his mother to find out what had happened.