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==Film and television credits==
Keenan Wynn appeared in hundreds of movies and [[television]] shows between 1934 and 1986. Early notable Wynn performances can be seen in ''[[See Here Private Hargrove]]'', ''[[The Clock (film)|The Clock]]'', ''[[Week-End at the Waldorf]]'', ''[[Royal Wedding]]'', ''The Thrill of Brazil''<ref>{{cite news |work=Christian Science Monitor |title=Keenan Wynn, Evelyn Keyes In 'The Thrill of Brazil' |date=1946-09-27 |page=4 |quote=For those who like South American rhythms, enjoy vigorous Brazilian dancing, and the singing of Tito Guizar, "The Thrill of Brazil," a Columbia musical starring Keenan Wynn and Evelyn Keyes, at the State and Orpheum, is a fiesta.}}</ref>, and ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (film)|Annie Get Your Gun]]''. He had a featured role in ''[[Kiss Me, Kate (film)|Kiss Me, Kate]]'' and ''[[The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit]]''. A brief but memorable Wynn performance came as U.S. Army Colonel "Bat" Guano in [[Dr. Strangelove|''Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'']]. He appeared as villainous [[Alonzo Hawk|Alonzo P. Hawk]] in the "[[Flubber (film)|flubber]]" movies, ''[[The Absent-Minded Professor]]'' and ''[[Son of Flubber]]'', in which his father and eldest son appeared as well.He also appeared as Alonzo Hawk In Herbie Rides Again.
 
In 1956, Wynn co-starred in the episode "Death in the Snow" of the [[NBC]] [[anthology series]], ''[[The Joseph Cotten Show]]''. In the 1959-1960 television season, Wynn co-starred with [[Bob Mathias]] in NBC's ''[[The Troubleshooters (1959 TV series)|The Troubleshooters]]'', an [[adventure]] program centered about unusual events regarding an international construction company. Wynn played the role of Kodiak, the "troubleshooter", to Mathias's Frank Dugan. Stunt actor [[Carey Loftin]] and [[Chet Allen (actor)|Chet Allen]] also appeared in the 26-week series. At this time, Wynn also appeared with [[Vic Damone]] in the 1960 episode "Piano Man" of [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]'s [[anthology series]], ''[[The DuPont Show with June Allyson]]''.
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In 1963, Wynn guest starred as John Clayton in the NBC [[medical drama]] about [[psychiatry]], ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' in the episode "Where Armies Clash". In 1967, he appeared in the episode "No Sanctuary" of NBC's ''[[The Road West]]'', starring [[Barry Sullivan (actor)|Barry Sullivan]].
 
Wynn took a dramatic turn as Yost in ''[[Point Blank (film)|Point Blank]]'' with [[Lee Marvin]]. He played Hezakiah in the 1965 movie, ''[[The Great Race]]''. He was the voice of the Winter Warlock in the holiday classic ''[[Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (TV special)|Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]'' and was in several [[Walt Disney|Disney]] films, including ''[[Herbie Rides Again]]'' (curiously, as Alonzo ''A''. Hawk, although the character is virtually identical to the ''Flubber'' versions), ''[[Snowball Express]]'', and ''[[The Shaggy D.A.]]''. He had an uncredited role in ''[[Touch of Evil]]''. He also appeared in ''[[Phone Call from a Stranger]]'', ''[[Promise Her Anything]]'', ''[[Finian's Rainbow (film)|Finian's Rainbow]]'', ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]'', ''[[Laserblast]]'', [[Joe Dante]]'s ''[[Piranha (1978 film)|Piranha]]'', [[Robert Altman]]'s ''[[Nashville (film)|Nashville]]'', [[Dino De Laurentiis]]' ''[[Orca (film)|Orca]]'', [[Sidney Lumet]]'s ''[[That Kind of Woman]]'' and ''[[Just Tell Me What You Want]]'', and the cult favorite ''[[Parts: The Clonus Horror]]''.
 
He was a regular on ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'' from 1979-1980, playing the part of former Ewing family partner-turned-enemy [[Willard "Digger" Barnes|"Digger Barnes"]]. Both ''[[Laserblast]]'' and ''[[Parts: The Clonus Horror]]'' would later be featured on the American movie-mocking television series ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]].'' He guest-starred as a quarrelsome aging actor on an episode of ''[[Quincy ME]]''. In the second season (1975) of the [[NBC]] series ''[[Movin' On (TV series)|Movin' On]]'' ([[Claude Akins]]-[[Frank Converse]]) Wynn starred as a stow-a-way in a semi-trailer hauling an elephant. Wynn co-starred with [[David Janssen]] in the 1972 made-for-TV movie Hijack! about two truck drivers hired to haul a secret cargo across the country. He appeared over the years in many television series, including the [[crime drama]] ''[[Target: The Corruptors!]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], CBS's ''[[Bearcats!]]'', and ''[[The Quest (TV series)|The Quest]]'' on NBC.
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