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| name   = Alan Keith
| honorific_suffix = '''[[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]'''
| birth_name   = Alexander Kossoff
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| birth_date  = ((birth date|1908|10|19|df=y))
| birth_place = [[Hackney, London|Hackney]], London, England
| death_date  = ((death date and age|2003|03|17|1908|10|19|df=y))
| death_place = London, England
| occupation  = Actor, [[disc jockey]], radio presenter
| spouse      = ((marriage|Pearl Rebuck|1941))
| children    = [[Brian Keith (judge)|Brian]]<br>[[Linda Keith|Linda]]
| relatives   = [[David Kossoff]] (brother)<br>[[Paul Kossoff]] (nephew)
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'''Alan Keith''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born '''Alexander Kossoff'''; 19 October 1908 – 17 March 2003) was a British actor, [[disc jockey]] and radio presenter, noted for being the longest-serving and eldest presenter on British radio by the time of his death aged 94.

==Background==
Alexander "Alec" Kossoff was born in [[Hackney, London]], the eldest of three children of [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russian-Jewish]]<ref name="Behr1">((cite news|title=Variety Club - Jewish Chronicle colour supplement "350 years"|date=2006-12-15|publisher=The Jewish Chronicle|pages=28–29))<!--| accessdate =2006-12-24--></ref> parents. He was educated at [[Dame Alice Owen's School]] in [[Islington]], and in 1926 he won a scholarship to the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], where he anglicised his name to Alan Keith. He graduated in 1928 with the silver medal, and spent the next eight years on the [[West End theatre|West End]] and [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] stage.

==Career==
By 1935, Alan Keith was already an established voice on [[BBC]] radio, appearing in dozens of radio plays as a member of the drama [[stock company (acting)|stock company]] and spending three years as an interviewer for ''[[In Town Tonight]]''. He also acted in films, appearing in ''[[Dangerous Moonlight]]'' (1941), ''[[The World Owes Me a Living]]'' (1945), ''[[The Long Knife]]'' (1958) and ''[[Yesterday's Enemy]]'' (1959). In pre-war [[television]] broadcasts, he discovered he had a facility with [[United States|American]] accents, and he continued to play American characters on television and radio through the 1940s and 1950s.

===''Your Hundred Best Tunes''===
Beginning in the early 1950s, he devoted time to devising and presenting music programmes for the BBC. In 1959, he devised ''[[Your Hundred Best Tunes]]'', a programme of famous [[classical music|classical]] music, operetta and ballads. Keith chose the original 100 pieces himself. Many works were suggested by listeners and played in the programme. Thus a good many more than 100 works were played and the list evolved. Therefore, in subsequent years, a 100 Best were periodically voted for by listeners. Keith was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in 1991 for services to broadcasting. In early March 2003, at the age of 94, he recorded an announcement that he intended to retire from the programme after 44 years. However, he fell ill almost immediately afterward, and before long died; his final programme was broadcast 12 days after his death.

==Family==
Keith married Pearl Rebuck in 1941.<ref>''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' obituary, 19 March 2003</ref> Their son Sir [[Brian Keith (judge)|Brian Keith]] was for some years from 2001 a judge in the [[High Court of England and Wales]];<ref>''Who's Who'' (1992 and annually); ''Whitaker's Almanack'', annually</ref> their daughter [[Linda Keith]] was formerly a [[Bohemian style|bohemian]] [[socialite]], and is known for her associations with [[the Rolling Stones]] and [[Jimi Hendrix]].

Alan Keith was the elder brother of fellow actor [[David Kossoff]],<ref>((citation |last=Barnes |first=Anthony |title=Keith; The radio broadcaster who brought the best tunes to the nation over six decades |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/309392501.html?dids=309392501:309392501&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+19,+2003&author=ANTHONY+BARNES&pub=The+Herald |work=The Herald |date=19 March 2003)); ''[[The Guardian]]'' obituary, 19 March 2003</ref> whose son [[Paul Kossoff]] was guitarist with the rock band [[Free (band)|Free]].

==Partial filmography==
*''[[The Avenging Hand]]'' (1936) - Receptionist (uncredited)
*''[[Dangerous Moonlight]]'' (1941) - (uncredited)
*''[[Give Us the Moon]]'' (1944) - Raphael
*''[[The World Owes Me a Living]]'' (1945) - Flying circus manager (uncredited)
*''[[The Long Knife]]'' (1958) - Dr. Ian Probus
*''[[Yesterday's Enemy]]'' (1959) - Bendish (uncredited)
*''[[80,000 Suspects]]'' (1963) - Health Inspector Sanders (uncredited)

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20030319/ai_n12677238 Obituary], ''[[The Independent]]'', 19 March 2003
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080218062545/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2003%2F03%2F19%2Fdb1902.xml Obituary], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 19 March 2003

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