Harry Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919November 7, 2004), known professionally as
Howard Keel was an
American actor and
singer. He starred in many
film musicals of the 1950s. He is best known to modern audiences for his starring role in the
CBS television series
Dallas from 1981 to 1991, as
Clayton Farlow, opposite
Barbara Bel Geddes's character. But to an earlier generation, with his rich bass-baritone singing voice, he was known as the star of some of the most famous MGM film musicals ever made.