- Born: Feb 22, 1913 in Los Angeles, California
- Died: Jan 19, 1987 in Los Angeles, California
- Occupation: Director
- Active: '40s-'60s
- Major Genres: Western, Action
- Career Highlights: Mirage, Six Black Horses, My Pal Trigger
- First Major Screen Credit: Inside Information (1939)
Biography
An editor in the late '30s, Keller began directing in 1949 with
The Blonde Bandit. Over the next two decades he helmed numerous low-budget films, mostly actioners and romantic comedies. His notable efforts include the alcoholism drama Voice in the Mirror and the
Audie Murphy westerns
Seven Ways from Sundown and
Six Black Horses. Keller began producing films in the mid '60s, and made such memorable films as
Kitten with a Whip starring
Ann-Margret; director
Norman Jewison's farce
Send Me No Flowers, with
Rock Hudson and Doris Day; and the comic western
Skin Game. In the late '60s Keller turned his attention to television, but returned to editing in the late '70s and early '80s, cutting the
Bill Murray comedy
Stripes and director
Sidney Poitier's Stir Crazy,
Hanky Panky, and
Fast Forward. ~ All Movie Guide