Paul O'Keefe (born April 27, 1951) 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
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, and
Bob Hope
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. At the age of 7 years, he played Winthrop Paroo in the 1959 musical ''
The Music Man
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'' 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.
['']Playbill
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'', a weekly magazine for theatregoers, Vol. 3, No. 24, June 15, 1959.
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 Show''s main cast.
Filmography
References
External links
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1951 births
Living people
People from Everett, Massachusetts
Male actors from Boston
American male television actors
American male child actors
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