Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 1, 1926
Place of Birth:
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Keith Michell
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches | Self |
| 2010 | Love/Loss | Joe |
| 1988 | The Deceivers | Colonel Wilson |
| 1986 | My Brother Tom | Edward Quayle |
| 1983 | Memorial Day | Marsh |
| 1982 | The Gondoliers | Don Alhambra |
| 1982 | The Pirates Of Penzance | The Major General |
| 1982 | Ruddigore | Robin Oakapple |
| 1981 | Grendel Grendel Grendel | The Shaper (voice) |
| 1980 | The Day Christ Died | Pontius Pilate |
| 1979 | Julius Caesar | Marcus Antonius |
| 1979 | The Tenth Month | Matthew Poole |
| 1976 | The Story of David | Older David |
| 1974 | Moments | Peter Samuelson |
| 1974 | The Story of Jacob and Joseph | Jacob |
| 1972 | Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Henry VIII |
| 1970 | The Executioner | Adam Booth |
| 1970 | Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town | George Leybourne |
| 1969 | An Ideal Husband | Sir Robert Chiltern |
| 1968 | House of Cards | Morillon |
| 1968 | Prudence and the Pill | Dr. Alan Huart |
| 1967 | Soldier in Love | John Churchill |
| 1962 | All Night Long | Cass Michaels |
| 1962 | Seven Seas to Calais | Malcolm Marsh |
| 1962 | Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff |
| 1961 | The Hellfire Club | Jason |
| 1958 | The Gypsy and the Gentleman | Sir Paul Deverill |
| 1957 | Dangerous Exile | Colonel St. Gerard |
| 1957 | True as a Turtle | Harry Bell |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The Prince and the Pauper | King Henry VIII |
| 1988 | Captain James Cook | James Cook |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Dennis Stanton |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Marcus Antonius |
| 1972 | The Julie Andrews Hour | Self |
| 1970 | The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Henry VIII of England |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Paul de Lussac |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | John |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Crown Prince Rudolf |