Keith Michell

Dec 01, 1926 - Nov 20, 2015 (88 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Murder, She Wrote

Dennis Stanton

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BBC Play of the Month

Caliban

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Theatre 625

Kain Sutherland

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Love/Loss

Joe

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The Deceivers

Colonel Wilson

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Sunday Night Theatre

Crown Prince Rudolf

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Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff

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Moments

Peter Samuelson

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Memorial Day

Marsh

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Film '72

Self

Credits

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches 2017

Self

★ NR
Love/Loss 2010

Joe

★ NR
The Prince and the Pauper 1996

King Henry VIII

★ NR
The Deceivers 1988

Colonel Wilson

★ 5.3
Captain James Cook 1988

James Cook

★ 9
My Brother Tom 1986

Edward Quayle

★ NR
Murder, She Wrote 1984

Dennis Stanton

★ 7.5
Memorial Day 1983

Marsh

★ 5.3
The Gondoliers 1982

Don Alhambra

★ NR
The Pirates of Penzance 1982

The Major General

★ 9
Ruddigore 1982

Robin Oakapple

★ NR
Grendel Grendel Grendel 1981

The Shaper (voice)

★ 3.9
The Day Christ Died 1980

Pontius Pilate

★ 5.8
The Tenth Month 1979

Matthew Poole

★ 8
Julius Caesar 1979

Marcus Antonius

★ 8.5
The Story of David 1976

Older David

★ 3
Moments 1974

Peter Samuelson

★ 4.9
The Story of Jacob and Joseph 1974

Jacob

★ 6
The Julie Andrews Hour 1972

Self

★ 6
Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972

Henry VIII

★ 5.6
Film '72 1971

Self

★ 4.7
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town 1970

George Leybourne

★ NR
The Executioner 1970

Adam Booth

★ 5.8
The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970

Henry VIII of England

★ 8.1
An Ideal Husband 1969

Sir Robert Chiltern

★ 6
House of Cards 1968

Morillon

★ 4.7
Prudence and the Pill 1968

Dr. Alan Huart

★ 5.4
Soldier in Love 1967

John Churchill

★ NR
BBC Play of the Month 1965

Caliban

★ 5
Theatre 625 1964

Kain Sutherland

★ 7.2
Festival 1963

Frederic - Hugo

★ 8
The Spread of the Eagle 1963

Mark Antony

★ NR
Seven Seas to Calais 1962

Malcolm Marsh

★ 5.2
Wuthering Heights 1962

Heathcliff

★ 10
All Night Long 1962

Cass Michaels

★ 6.7
The Hellfire Club 1961

Jason

★ 4.7
The Gypsy and the Gentleman 1958

Sir Paul Deverill

★ 5.5
Dangerous Exile 1957

Colonel St. Gerard

★ 6.2
True as a Turtle 1957

Harry Bell

★ 7
Armchair Theatre 1956

Paul de Lussac

★ 5.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

John

★ 8.6
Sunday Night Theatre 1950

Crown Prince Rudolf

★ 3.5