Person

Keith Michell

Acting · 1926–2015 · 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.

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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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  Thirty-Minute Theatre

  Geoffrey

• Film '72

  Self

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  Sunday Night Theatre

  Crown Prince Rudolf

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  The BBC Television Shakespeare

  Marc Antony

• Festival

  Frederic - Hugo

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  The Julie Andrews Hour

  Self

• The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries

  Baron Leopold von Ragastein / Sir Edward Dominey

• 2017Rod Taylor: Pulling No PunchesSelf
• 2010Love/LossJoe
• 1996The Prince and the PauperKing Henry VIII
• 1988The DeceiversColonel Wilson
• 1988Captain James CookJames Cook
• 1986My Brother TomEdward Quayle
• 1984Murder, She WroteDennis Stanton
• 1983Memorial DayMarsh
• 1982The GondoliersDon Alhambra
• 1982The Pirates of PenzanceThe Major General
• 1982RuddigoreRobin Oakapple
• 1981Grendel Grendel GrendelThe Shaper (voice)
• 1980The Day Christ DiedPontius Pilate
• 1979The Tenth MonthMatthew Poole
• 1979Julius CaesarMarcus Antonius
• 1978The BBC Television ShakespeareMarc Antony
• 1976The Story of DavidOlder David
• 1976The Story of DavidOlder David
• 1974MomentsPeter Samuelson
• 1974The Story of Jacob and JosephJacob
• 1972The Julie Andrews HourSelf
• 1972Henry VIII and His Six WivesHenry VIII
• 1972Late Night TheatreRobert Browning
• 1971Film '72Self
• 1970Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in TownGeorge Leybourne
• 1970The ExecutionerAdam Booth
• 1970The Six Wives of Henry VIIIHenry VIII of England
• 1969An Ideal HusbandSir Robert Chiltern
• 1968House of CardsMorillon
• 1968Prudence and the PillDr. Alan Huart
• 1967Soldier in LoveJohn Churchill
• 1965BBC Play of the MonthCaliban
• 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreGeoffrey
• 1964Theatre 625Kain Sutherland
• 1963FestivalFrederic - Hugo
• 1963The Spread of the EagleMark Antony
• 1962Seven Seas to CalaisMalcolm Marsh
• 1962Wuthering HeightsHeathcliff
• 1962All Night LongCass Michaels
• 1961The Hellfire ClubJason Caldwell
• 1960The Dow Hour of Great MysteriesBaron Leopold von Ragastein / Sir Edward Dominey
• 1958The Gypsy and the GentlemanSir Paul Deverill
• 1957Dangerous ExileColonel St. Gerard
• 1957True as a TurtleHarry Bell
• 1956Armchair TheatrePaul de Lussac
• 1951Hallmark Hall of FameJohn
• 1950Sunday Night TheatreCrown Prince Rudolf