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George Keymas (November 18, 1925 – January 17, 2008) was an American film and television actor.[1]

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George Keymas
Born	November 18, 1925 Springfield, Ohio, U.S.
Died	January 17, 2008 (aged 82) Palm Beach, Florida U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950–1977 (film)

Keymas graduated from Springfield High School.[2]

Keymas began his Hollywood career in 1950, mainly in Westerns. His first screen appearance was in an uncredited role in the 1950 B-feature film, I Shot Billy the Kid, with lead Don "Red" Barry. Due to his rugged looks, Keymas was cast in ethnic, often Native-American characters, or cow-punching, at times ruthless, cowboys, in countless film/TV westerns.

Oddly, likely his most recognizable role was the brief and unrecognizable character as ‘The Leader’ in the classic TV The Twilight Zone episode "Eye of the Beholder", which originally aired November 11, 1960. His freakish ambiguous character was seen throughout the episode on a futuristic big-screen monitor as background sub-plot to the story.

In 1962, he played a murderer in “The Nancy Davis Story” on the TV Western Wagon Train (S5E33).

Keymas's ‘Indian’ roles came in many other popular TV westerns series of the day such as: Daniel Boone, “Death Valley Days”, The High Chaparral, Gunsmoke, and Bonanza among many others.

Keymas retired in 1977.[2]

Selected filmography

References

Bibliography

• Martin, Len. The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959. McFarland.

External links

• George Keymas at IMDb

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