Keith Michell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 1, 1926
- Died
- November 20, 2015 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Movie · as Self
Love/Loss
Movie · as Joe
The Prince and the Pauper
TV · as King Henry VIII · 6 eps
The Deceivers
Movie · as Colonel Wilson
Captain James Cook
TV · as James Cook · 4 eps
My Brother Tom
Movie · as Edward Quayle
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Dennis Stanton · 9 eps
Memorial Day
Movie · as Marsh
The Gondoliers
Movie · as Don Alhambra
The Pirates of Penzance
Movie · as The Major General
Ruddigore
Movie · as Robin Oakapple
Grendel Grendel Grendel
Movie · as The Shaper (voice)
The Day Christ Died
Movie · as Pontius Pilate
Julius Caesar
Movie · as Marcus Antonius
The Tenth Month
Movie · as Matthew Poole
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV · as Marc Antony · 1 ep
The Story of David
Movie · as Older David
The Story of David
TV · as Older David · 2 eps
Moments
Movie · as Peter Samuelson
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Movie · as Jacob
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Movie · as Henry VIII
The Julie Andrews Hour
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Late Night Theatre
TV · as Robert Browning · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Executioner
Movie · as Adam Booth
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
Movie · as George Leybourne
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
TV · as Henry VIII of England · 6 eps
An Ideal Husband
Movie · as Sir Robert Chiltern
House of Cards
Movie · as Morillon
Prudence and the Pill
Movie · as Dr. Alan Huart
Soldier in Love
Movie · as John Churchill
Kain
Movie · as Kain
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Caliban, Sir Robert Chiltern · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Geoffrey · 1 ep
Theatre 625
TV · as Kain Sutherland · 1 ep
The Spread of the Eagle
TV · as Mark Antony · 6 eps
Festival
TV · as Frederic - Hugo · 1 ep
All Night Long
Movie · as Cass Michaels
Seven Seas to Calais
Movie · as Malcolm Marsh
Wuthering Heights
Movie · as Heathcliff
The Hellfire Club
Movie · as Jason Caldwell
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
TV · as Baron Leopold von Ragastein / Sir Edward Dominey · 1 ep
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
Movie · as Paul Deverill
Dangerous Exile
Movie · as Colonel St. Gerard
True as a Turtle
Movie · as Harry Bell
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Paul de Lussac · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as John · 1 ep
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Crown Prince Rudolf · 1 ep