Keith Michell
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
2017
as Self
Love/Loss
2010
as Joe
The Prince and the Pauper
1996
as King Henry VIII
The Deceivers
1988
as Colonel Wilson
Captain James Cook
1988
as James Cook
My Brother Tom
1986
as Edward Quayle
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Dennis Stanton
Memorial Day
1983
as Marsh
The Gondoliers
1982
as Don Alhambra
Ruddigore
1982
as Robin Oakapple
The Pirates of Penzance
1982
as The Major General
Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981
as The Shaper (voice)
The Day Christ Died
1980
as Pontius Pilate
Julius Caesar
1979
as Marcus Antonius
The Tenth Month
1979
as Matthew Poole
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Marc Antony
The Story of David
1976
as Older David
The Story of David
1976
as Older David
Moments
1974
as Peter Samuelson
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974
as Jacob
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Henry VIII
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972
as Self
Late Night Theatre
1972
as Robert Browning
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Executioner
1970
as Adam Booth
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
1970
as George Leybourne
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
as Henry VIII of England
An Ideal Husband
1969
as Sir Robert Chiltern
House of Cards
1968
as Morillon
Prudence and the Pill
1968
as Dr. Alan Huart
Soldier in Love
1967
as John Churchill
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Caliban
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Sir Robert Chiltern
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Geoffrey
Theatre 625
1964
as Kain Sutherland
The Spread of the Eagle
1963
as Mark Antony
Festival
1963
as Frederic - Hugo
All Night Long
1962
as Cass Michaels
Seven Seas to Calais
1962
as Malcolm Marsh
Wuthering Heights
1962
as Heathcliff
The Hellfire Club
1961
as Jason Caldwell
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960
as Baron Leopold von Ragastein / Sir Edward Dominey
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958
as Paul Deverill
Dangerous Exile
1957
as Colonel St. Gerard
True as a Turtle
1957
as Harry Bell
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Paul de Lussac
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as John
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Crown Prince Rudolf