
Keith Michell
Acting
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
2017Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Self
2010Love/Loss
Joe
1988The Deceivers
Colonel Wilson
1986My Brother Tom
Edward Quayle
1982The Gondoliers
Don Alhambra
1982Ruddigore
Robin Oakapple
1982The Pirates of Penzance
The Major General
1981Grendel Grendel Grendel
The Shaper (voice)
1980The Day Christ Died
Pontius Pilate
1979Julius Caesar
Marcus Antonius
1979The Tenth Month
Matthew Poole
1976The Story of David
Older David
1974Moments
Peter Samuelson
1974The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Jacob
1972Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Henry VIII
1970The Executioner
Adam Booth
1970Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
George Leybourne
1969An Ideal Husband
Sir Robert Chiltern
1968House of Cards
Morillon
1968Prudence and the Pill
Dr. Alan Huart
1967Soldier in Love
John Churchill
1962All Night Long
Cass Michaels
1962Seven Seas to Calais
Malcolm Marsh
1962Wuthering Heights
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