- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 1, 1926
- Place of Birth
- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Died
- November 20, 2015
Keith Michell
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
movieRod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017 · Self
movieLove/Loss
2010 · Joe
tvThe Prince and the Pauper
1996 · King Henry VIII
movieThe Deceivers
1988 · Colonel Wilson
tvCaptain James Cook
1988 · James Cook
movieMy Brother Tom
1986 · Edward Quayle
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Dennis Stanton
Memorial Day
movieMemorial Day
1983 · Marsh
movieThe Gondoliers
1982 · Don Alhambra
movieRuddigore
1982 · Robin Oakapple
movieThe Pirates of Penzance
1982 · The Major General
movieGrendel Grendel Grendel
1981 · The Shaper (voice)
movieThe Day Christ Died
1980 · Pontius Pilate
movieThe Tenth Month
1979 · Matthew Poole
movieJulius Caesar
1979 · Marcus Antonius
tvThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Marc Antony
movieThe Story of David
1976 · Older David
tvThe Story of David
1976 · Older David
movieMoments
1974 · Peter Samuelson
movieThe Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974 · Jacob
tvThe Julie Andrews Hour
1972 · Self
movieHenry VIII and His Six Wives
1972 · Henry VIII
Late Night Theatre
tvLate Night Theatre
1972 · Robert Browning
Film '72
tvFilm '72
1971 · Self
movieWilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
1970 · George Leybourne
movieThe Executioner
1970 · Adam Booth
tvThe Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970 · Henry VIII of England
movieAn Ideal Husband
1969 · Sir Robert Chiltern
movieHouse of Cards
1968 · Morillon
moviePrudence and the Pill
1968 · Dr. Alan Huart
movieSoldier in Love
1967 · John Churchill
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Caliban, Sir Robert Chiltern
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Geoffrey
tvTheatre 625
1964 · Kain Sutherland
Festival
tvFestival
1963 · Frederic - Hugo
tvThe Spread of the Eagle
1963 · Mark Antony
movieSeven Seas to Calais
1962 · Malcolm Marsh
movieWuthering Heights
1962 · Heathcliff
movieAll Night Long
1962 · Cass Michaels
movieThe Hellfire Club
1961 · Jason Caldwell
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
tvThe Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960 · Baron Leopold von Ragastein / Sir Edward Dominey
movieThe Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958 · Sir Paul Deverill
movieDangerous Exile
1957 · Colonel St. Gerard
movieTrue as a Turtle
1957 · Harry Bell
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Paul de Lussac
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · John
tvSunday Night Theatre
1950 · Crown Prince Rudolf