Keith Michell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

38

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-12-01

Deathday

2015-11-20 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Keith Michell

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

Murder, She Wrote
7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

All Night Long
6.7%

All Night Long

Feb 6, 1962

The Deceivers
5.7%

The Deceivers

Sep 2, 1988

Prudence and the Pill
5.5%

Prudence and the Pill

May 23, 1968

House of Cards
4.9%

House of Cards

Sep 16, 1968

Seven Seas to Calais
5.2%

Seven Seas to Calais

Dec 22, 1962

The Executioner
5.8%

The Executioner

Sep 6, 1970

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7%

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Dec 24, 1951

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Acting

2017
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches as Self
2010
Love/Loss as Joe
1996
The Prince and the Pauper as King Henry VIII
1988
The Deceivers as Colonel Wilson
1988
Captain James Cook as James Cook
1986
My Brother Tom as Edward Quayle
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Dennis Stanton
1983
Memorial Day as Marsh
1982
The Pirates Of Penzance as The Major General
1982
The Gondoliers as Don Alhambra
1982
Ruddigore as Robin Oakapple
1981
Grendel Grendel Grendel as The Shaper (voice)
1980
The Day Christ Died as Pontius Pilate
1979
The Tenth Month as Matthew Poole
1979
Julius Caesar as Marcus Antonius
1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1976
The Story of David as Older David
1974
Moments as Peter Samuelson
1974
The Story of Jacob and Joseph as Jacob
1972
The Julie Andrews Hour as Self
1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Henry VIII
1970
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town as George Leybourne
1970
The Executioner as Adam Booth
1970
The Six Wives of Henry VIII as Henry VIII of England
1969
An Ideal Husband as Sir Robert Chiltern
1968
House of Cards as Morillon
1968
Prudence and the Pill as Dr. Alan Huart
1967
Soldier in Love as John Churchill
1962
Seven Seas to Calais as Malcolm Marsh
1962
Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff
1962
All Night Long as Cass Michaels
1961
The Hellfire Club as Jason
1958
The Gypsy and the Gentleman as Sir Paul Deverill
1957
Dangerous Exile as Colonel St. Gerard
1957
True as a Turtle as Harry Bell
1956
Armchair Theatre as Paul de Lussac
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as John
1950
Sunday Night Theatre as Crown Prince Rudolf
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