| birth_place = [[Harwell, Oxfordshire|Harwell]], [[Berkshire]], England | death_place = [[Woodley, Berkshire|Woodley]], Berkshire, England

Keen was born in [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]], Berkshire, England, the son of stage actor [[Malcolm Keen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https ...shment figures, including government ministers, senior police officers and military figures, though he also appeared in working class roles in ''[[Chance of a

...most prominently associated with the [[BBC]] during a career which lasted from 1946 until his death in January 1994. ...ugust 1922), p. 15.</ref> In 1924, his mother married one of her husband's military colleagues, Captain Marcus Scully, who became his stepfather. After the mar

...greying, Vernon settled into playing archetypal middle-aged [[lord]]s and military types while still in his 30s.<ref name="Independent 13 Dec 1997"/> He is pe ...tended [[Reading School]] and [[Leighton Park School]] (both in [[Reading, Berkshire]]).<ref>Richard Vernon: Theatre & Performance Biographical File</ref> Durin