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Actor
Keith Michell
- Born December 1, 1926 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Died November 20, 2015
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.
Known for
Murder, She Wrote1984
The Deceivers1988
All Night Long1962
Henry VIII and His Six Wives1972
House of Cards1968
Prudence and the Pill1968
The Six Wives of Henry VIII1970
The Executioner1970
Filmography
- 2017Rod Taylor: Pulling No PunchesFilmSelf
- 2010Love/LossFilmJoe
- 1996The Prince and the PauperSeriesKing Henry VIII
- 1988The DeceiversFilmColonel Wilson
- 1988Captain James CookSeriesJames Cook
- 1986My Brother TomFilmEdward Quayle
- 1984Murder, She WroteSeriesDennis Stanton
- 1983Memorial DayFilmMarsh
- 1982The Pirates of PenzanceFilmThe Major General
- 1982The GondoliersFilmDon Alhambra
- 1982RuddigoreFilmRobin Oakapple
- 1981Grendel Grendel GrendelFilmThe Shaper (voice)
- 1980The Day Christ DiedFilmPontius Pilate
- 1979Julius CaesarFilmMarcus Antonius
- 1979The Tenth MonthFilmMatthew Poole
- 1978The BBC Television ShakespeareSeriesMarc Antony
- 1976The Story of DavidFilmOlder David
- 1976The Story of DavidSeriesOlder David
- 1974MomentsFilmPeter Samuelson
- 1974The Story of Jacob and JosephFilmJacob
- 1972Henry VIII and His Six WivesFilmHenry VIII
- 1972The Julie Andrews HourSeriesSelf
- 1972Late Night TheatreSeriesRobert Browning
- 1971Film '72SeriesSelf
- 1970The Six Wives of Henry VIIISeriesHenry VIII of England
- 1970The ExecutionerFilmAdam Booth
- 1970Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in TownFilmGeorge Leybourne
- 1969An Ideal HusbandFilmSir Robert Chiltern
- 1968House of CardsFilmMorillon
- 1968Prudence and the PillFilmDr. Alan Huart
- 1967Soldier in LoveFilmJohn Churchill
- 1967KainFilmKain
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthSeriesCaliban, Sir Robert Chiltern
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreSeriesGeoffrey
- 1964Theatre 625SeriesKain Sutherland
- 1963FestivalSeriesFrederic - Hugo
- 1963The Spread of the EagleSeriesMark Antony
- 1962All Night LongFilmCass Michaels
- 1962Seven Seas to CalaisFilmMalcolm Marsh
- 1962Wuthering HeightsFilmHeathcliff
- 1961The Hellfire ClubFilmJason Caldwell
- 1960The Dow Hour of Great MysteriesSeriesBaron Leopold von Ragastein / Sir Edward Dominey
- 1958The Gypsy and the GentlemanFilmPaul Deverill
- 1957Dangerous ExileFilmColonel St. Gerard
- 1957True as a TurtleFilmHarry Bell
- 1956Armchair TheatreSeriesPaul de Lussac
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeriesJohn
- 1950Sunday Night TheatreSeriesCrown Prince Rudolf