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Keith Michell
Keith Michell

Keith Michell

ActingBorn December 1, 1926Died November 20, 2015 (age 88)Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Biography

Keith Michell (born 1 December 1928, died 20 November 2015) was an Australian actor most famous for playing Henry VIII on several occasions; in the epic 1970 BBC drama The Six Wives of Henry VIII, the 1972 movie Henry VIII and his Six Wives and the 1996 BBC drama The Prince and the Pauper. In 1980 he scored a number 5 UK chart hit with Captain Beaky, a recital of a Jeremy Lloyd poem.

Filmography

2010
Love/Loss

as Joe

Movie
1996
The Prince and the Pauper

as King Henry VIII

TV
1988
The Deceivers

as Colonel Wilson

Movie
1988
Captain James Cook

as James Cook

TV
1986
My Brother Tom

as Edward Quayle

Movie
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Dennis Stanton

TV
1983
Memorial Day

as Marsh

Movie
1982
The Gondoliers

as Don Alhambra

Movie
1982
The Pirates of Penzance

as The Major General

Movie
1982
Ruddigore

as Robin Oakapple

Movie
1981
Grendel Grendel Grendel

as The Shaper (voice)

Movie
1980
The Day Christ Died

as Pontius Pilate

Movie
1979
The Tenth Month

as Matthew Poole

Movie
1979
Julius Caesar

as Marcus Antonius

Movie
1978TV
1976
The Story of David

as Older David

Movie
1976
The Story of David

as Older David

TV
1974
Moments

as Peter Samuelson

Movie
1972Movie
1971
Film '72

as Self

TV
1970Movie
1970
The Executioner

as Adam Booth

Movie
1970
The Six Wives of Henry VIII

as Henry VIII of England

TV
1969
An Ideal Husband

as Sir Robert Chiltern

Movie
1968
House of Cards

as Morillon

Movie
1968
Prudence and the Pill

as Dr. Alan Huart

Movie
1967
Soldier in Love

as John Churchill

Movie
1965TV
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Sir Robert Chiltern

TV
1965TV
1964
Theatre 625

as Kain Sutherland

TV
1963
Festival

as Frederic - Hugo

TV
1963TV
1962
Seven Seas to Calais

as Malcolm Marsh

Movie
1962
Wuthering Heights

as Heathcliff

Movie
1962
All Night Long

as Cass Michaels

Movie
1961
The Hellfire Club

as Jason Caldwell

Movie
1960
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries

as Baron Leopold von Ragastein / Sir Edward Dominey

TV
1958
The Gypsy and the Gentleman

as Sir Paul Deverill

Movie
1957
Dangerous Exile

as Colonel St. Gerard

Movie
1957
True as a Turtle

as Harry Bell

Movie
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Paul de Lussac

TV
1950
Sunday Night Theatre

as Crown Prince Rudolf

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayDecember 1, 1926
Day of DeathNovember 20, 2015
Place of BirthAdelaide, South Australia, Australia
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