Acting

Keith Michell

Acting · Born 1926-12-01 · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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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The Prince and the Pauper
1996 · King Henry VIII
Film
The Deceivers
1988 · Colonel Wilson
Captain James Cook
1988 · James Cook
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Dennis Stanton
Memorial Day
Film
Memorial Day
1983 · Marsh
Film
The Gondoliers
1982 · Don Alhambra
Film
The Pirates of Penzance
1982 · The Major General
Film
Ruddigore
1982 · Robin Oakapple
Film
Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981 · The Shaper (voice)
Film
The Day Christ Died
1980 · Pontius Pilate
Film
The Tenth Month
1979 · Matthew Poole
Film
Julius Caesar
1979 · Marcus Antonius
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Marc Antony
Film
The Story of David
1976 · Older David
The Story of David
1976 · Older David
Film
Moments
1974 · Peter Samuelson
Film
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974 · Jacob
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972 · Self
Film
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972 · Henry VIII
Late Night Theatre
Late Night Theatre
1972 · Robert Browning
Film '72
Film '72
1971 · Self
Film
The Executioner
1970 · Adam Booth
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970 · Henry VIII of England
Film
An Ideal Husband
1969 · Sir Robert Chiltern
Film
House of Cards
1968 · Morillon
Film
Prudence and the Pill
1968 · Dr. Alan Huart
Film
Soldier in Love
1967 · John Churchill
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Caliban
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Geoffrey
Theatre 625
1964 · Kain Sutherland
Festival
Festival
1963 · Frederic - Hugo
The Spread of the Eagle
1963 · Mark Antony
Film
Seven Seas to Calais
1962 · Malcolm Marsh
Film
Wuthering Heights
1962 · Heathcliff
Film
All Night Long
1962 · Cass Michaels
Film
The Hellfire Club
1961 · Jason Caldwell
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960 · Baron Leopold von Ragastein / Sir Edward Dominey
Film
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958 · Paul Deverill
Film
Dangerous Exile
1957 · Colonel St. Gerard
Film
True as a Turtle
1957 · Harry Bell
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Paul de Lussac
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · John
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · Crown Prince Rudolf
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