Paul O'Keefe


Paul O'Keefe is an American actor best known for his work as Ross Lane, the younger brother of Patty Duke's character Patty Lane in the television series The Patty Duke Show and for the movie The Daydreamer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he began his schooling at the Immaculate Conception School and at the New England Conservatory of Music. He appeared on television with such actors as Sid Caesar, Sarah Vaughan, and Bob Hope. At the age of 7 years, he played Winthrop Paroo in the 1959 musical The Music Man on Broadway. Prior to his engagement for The Music Man, he played Little Jake to Dolores Gray's Annie Get Your Gun at the Carousel Theatre in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Since the deaths of Jean Byron in 2006 and Patty Duke, William Schallert and Eddie Applegate in 2016, O'Keefe is now the only surviving member of The Patty Duke Shows main cast.

Filmography

YearTitleRole
1999The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn HeightsRoss Lane
1999Celebrity ProfileHimself
1979Hot Hero Sandwich
1972Child's PlayBanks
1967My Three SonsNorman
1966The DaydreamerChris
1963Best of Patty DukeRoss Lane
1963–1966The Patty Duke ShowRoss Lane
1963Cowboy and the TigerHenry
1963Naked CityJack Johannis
1962–1963Car 54, Where Are You?Marvin
1962 - 1963
1967 - 1968
As the World TurnsDr. Dan 'Danny' Stewart/Tom Hughes
1959Toast of the TownHimself