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.
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Acting History
2017
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches as Self
2010Love/Loss as Joe
1996The Prince and the Pauper as King Henry VIII
1988The Deceivers as Colonel Wilson
1988Captain James Cook as James Cook
1986My Brother Tom as Edward Quayle
1984Murder, She Wrote as Dennis Stanton
1983Memorial Day as Marsh
1982The Pirates of Penzance as The Major General
1982The Gondoliers as Don Alhambra
1982Ruddigore as Robin Oakapple
1981Grendel Grendel Grendel as The Shaper (voice)
1980The Day Christ Died as Pontius Pilate
1979The Tenth Month as Matthew Poole
1979Julius Caesar as Marcus Antonius
1976The Story of David as Older David
1974Moments as Peter Samuelson
1974The Story of Jacob and Joseph as Jacob
1972The Julie Andrews Hour as Self
1972Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Henry VIII
1971Film '72 as Self
1970Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town as George Leybourne
1970The Executioner as Adam Booth
1970The Six Wives of Henry VIII as Henry VIII of England
1969An Ideal Husband as Sir Robert Chiltern
1968House of Cards as Morillon
1968Prudence and the Pill as Dr. Alan Huart
1967Soldier in Love as John Churchill
1965BBC Play of the Month as Caliban
1965BBC Play of the Month as Sir Robert Chiltern
1964Theatre 625 as Kain Sutherland
1963Festival as Frederic - Hugo
1963The Spread of the Eagle as Mark Antony
1962Seven Seas to Calais as Malcolm Marsh
1962Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff
1962All Night Long as Cass Michaels
1961The Hellfire Club as Jason
1958The Gypsy and the Gentleman as Sir Paul Deverill
1957Dangerous Exile as Colonel St. Gerard
1957True as a Turtle as Harry Bell
1956Armchair Theatre as Paul de Lussac
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as John
1950Sunday Night Theatre as Crown Prince Rudolf