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Keith Michell

Acting

BornDecember 1, 1926
DiedNovember 20, 2015 · 88
FromAdelaide, South Australia, Australia
GenderMale

30

Movies

19

TV Shows

67

Years Active

★ 1

Popularity

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

Top 8 by popularity

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

★ 7.51984

Murder, She Wrote

1984★ 7.5

as Dennis Stanton

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

★ 5.21965

BBC Play of the Month

1965★ 5.2

as Caliban

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

★ 4.21965

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965★ 4.2

as Geoffrey

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

★ 7.21964

Theatre 625

1964★ 7.2

as Kain Sutherland

Sunday Night Theatre

Sunday Night Theatre

★ 3.51950

Sunday Night Theatre

1950★ 3.5

as Crown Prince Rudolf

The BBC Television Shakespeare

The BBC Television Shakespeare

★ 6.01978

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978★ 6.0

as Marc Antony

The Julie Andrews Hour

The Julie Andrews Hour

★ 8.01972

The Julie Andrews Hour

1972★ 8.0

as Self

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

★ 8.01970

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

1970★ 8.0

as Henry VIII of England

Filmography

30 titles

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches2017Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punchesas Self Watch House of Cards1968House of Cardsas Morillon ★ 5.0 Watch An Ideal Husband1969An Ideal Husbandas Sir Robert Chiltern ★ 7.0 Watch The Gondoliers1982The Gondoliersas Don Alhambra ★ 10.0 Watch The Executioner1970The Executioneras Adam Booth ★ 5.9 Watch Prudence and the Pill1968Prudence and the Pillas Dr. Alan Huart ★ 5.7 Watch The Hellfire Club1961The Hellfire Clubas Jason Caldwell ★ 5.4 Watch Kain1967Kainas Kain Watch Ruddigore1982Ruddigoreas Robin Oakapple ★ 10.0 Watch The Deceivers1988The Deceiversas Colonel Wilson ★ 5.2 Watch Henry VIII and His Six Wives1972Henry VIII and His Six Wivesas Henry VIII ★ 5.8 Watch Grendel Grendel Grendel1981Grendel Grendel Grendelas The Shaper (voice) ★ 4.8 Watch Soldier in Love1967Soldier in Loveas John Churchill ★ 7.0 Watch Seven Seas to Calais1962Seven Seas to Calaisas Malcolm Marsh ★ 5.5 Watch The Story of Jacob and Joseph1974The Story of Jacob and Josephas Jacob ★ 7.0 Watch All Night Long1962All Night Longas Cass Michaels ★ 6.8 Watch The Day Christ Died1980The Day Christ Diedas Pontius Pilate ★ 6.3 Watch The Story of David1976The Story of Davidas Older David ★ 4.5 Watch Julius Caesar1979Julius Caesaras Marcus Antonius ★ 8.7 Watch Love/Loss2010Love/Lossas Joe Watch Wuthering Heights1962Wuthering Heightsas Heathcliff ★ 9.5 Watch My Brother Tom1986My Brother Tomas Edward Quayle Watch The Gypsy and the Gentleman1958The Gypsy and the Gentlemanas Paul Deverill ★ 5.8 Watch The Pirates of Penzance1982The Pirates of Penzanceas The Major General ★ 9.5 Watch Dangerous Exile1957Dangerous Exileas Colonel St. Gerard ★ 6.3 Watch Moments1974Momentsas Peter Samuelson ★ 5.2 Watch Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town1970Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Townas George Leybourne Watch

Memorial Day

1983Memorial Dayas Marsh ★ 6.0 Watch True as a Turtle1957True as a Turtleas Harry Bell ★ 7.7 Watch The Tenth Month1979The Tenth Monthas Matthew Poole ★ 8.7 Watch

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