Editing Howard Keel (section)

===Post-MGM===
He returned to his first love, the stage. In 1957, he was in a short-lived revival of ''Carousel.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/carousel-13514|title=Carousel – Broadway Musical – 1957 Revival |website=IBDb.com|access-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref> Keel's next film was made in Britain, the thriller ''[[Floods of Fear]]'' (1959). He returned to Hollywood to play [[Simon-Peter]] in the Biblical epic ''[[The Big Fisherman]]'' (1960). In 1959–1960, he was in the short-lived Broadway musical ''Saratoga.'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/saratoga-2804|title=Saratoga – Broadway Musical – Original|website=IBDb.com|access-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref> Keel went to Europe to make the low-budget film ''[[Armored Command]]'' (1961). In England, he starred in ''[[The Day of the Triffids (film)|The Day of the Triffids]]'' (1962) and reprised his lead role in BBC 2's ''[[Kiss Me Kate]]'', a black and white television production broadcast on 21 April 1964. 

As America's taste in entertainment changed, finding jobs became more difficult for Keel. The 1960s held limited prospects for career advancement and consisted primarily of nightclub work, B-Westerns and summer stock. He did ''Carousel'' in 1962 and 1966. He replaced [[Richard Kiley]] on Broadway in ''[[No Strings]]'' (1962). Keel starred in Westerns for [[A. C. Lyles]]: ''[[Waco (1966 film)|Waco]]'' (1966), ''[[Red Tomahawk]]'' (1966) and ''[[Arizona Bushwhackers]]'' (1968). He had a supporting part in the [[John Wayne]] movie ''[[The War Wagon]]'' (1967).

In early 1970, Keel met Judy Magamoll, who was 25 years younger than he and who knew nothing about his stardom. Years later, Keel called the relationship love at first sight, but the age difference bothered him tremendously. For Magamoll, however, it was not a problem, and with the aid of [[Robert Frost]]'s poem "What Fifty Said", she convinced him to proceed with their relationship. He resumed his routine of nightclub, [[cabaret]] and summer stock.

From 1971 to 1972, Keel appeared briefly in the West End and Broadway productions of the musical ''[[Ambassador (musical)|Ambassador]],'' which flopped. In 1974, Keel became a father for the fourth time with the birth of his daughter Leslie Grace. In January 1986, he underwent double [[heart bypass]] surgery.