answers: Brian Keith
context: Susanne Benton Susanne Benton (née Hildur; born February 3, 1948) is a retired Canadian actress known for her film roles as General Dreedle's WAC in "Catch-22" (1970) and Quilla June Holmes in "A Boy and His Dog" (1975). In 1972, she appeared in the Andy Griffith film "The Strangers in 7A", credited under her birth name, Susanne Hildur. She also used that name when appearing in an episode of "Barnaby Jones" a year later in 1973. Susanne Hildur was born in Canada. Her father, who raised her, was a jazz pianist. Benton's mother left the family after she separated from </s> The twins were portrayed by Lindsay Lohan. "The Parent Trap" is a film directed by David Swift for Walt Disney Pictures released in 1961. It was based on the book "Das Doppelte Lottchen" written by Erich Kästner. The film stars Hayley Mills who plays the roles of the thirteen-year-old twin girls, Sharon and Susan. Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith play the twins’ parents, Maggie and Mitch. The film is about the two girls who meet at a summer camp as strangers and realize that they are identical twins. They switch places so that each can meet the parent they don't </s> The Parent Trap (1998 film) The Parent Trap is a 1998 American romantic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Nancy Meyers, and produced and co-written by Charles Shyer. It is a remake of the 1961 film of the same name and an adaptation of Erich Kästner's German novel "Lottie and Lisa" ("Das doppelte Lottchen"). Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson star as a divorced couple who separated shortly after their identical twin daughters' birth; Lindsay Lohan stars (in her film debut) as both twins, Hallie Parker and Annie James, who are fortuitously reunited at summer camp after being separated at birth.
question: who played the dad in the original parent trap