Keith Michell
Australian actor (1926-2015) · Australia · On the map · Actors · Died at 88
Keith Joseph Michell was an Australian actor who worked primarily in the United Kingdom, and was best known for his television and film portrayals of King Henry VIII. He appeared extensively in Shakespeare and other classics and musicals in Britain, and was also in several Broadway productions.
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Love/LossFilm, Joe1996
The Prince and the PauperSeries, King Henry VIII1986
My Brother TomFilm, Edward Quayle1984
Murder, She WroteSeries, Dennis Stanton1983Memorial DayFilm, Marsh1981
Grendel Grendel GrendelFilm, The Shaper (voice)1980
The Day Christ DiedFilm, Pontius Pilate1978
The BBC Television ShakespeareSeries, Marc Antony1976
The Story of DavidFilm, Older David1974
MomentsFilm, Peter Samuelson1972Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieAwardLate Night TheatreSeries, 1972Robert Browning1971British Academy Television AwardsAwardFilm '72Series1970
The ExecutionerFilm, Adam Booth1969
An Ideal HusbandFilm, Sir Robert Chiltern1967
KainFilm, Kain1965
BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Caliban1964
Theatre 625Series, Kain Sutherland1962
All Night LongFilm, Cass Michaels1960The Dow Hour of Great MysteriesSeries, Baron Leopold von Ragastein / Sir Edward Dominey1958
The Gypsy and the GentlemanFilm, Paul Deverill1957
Dangerous ExileFilm, Colonel St. Gerard1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, Paul de Lussac1950
Sunday Night TheatreSeries, Crown Prince Rudolf1926Born1 December 1926People around Keith
Waris Hussein Directed The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)
George Peppard Also in The Executioner and House of Cards
Joseph Losey Directed The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
Brian Blessed Also in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)- Michalis Cacoyannis Directed The Story of Jacob and Joseph (1974)
Virginia McKenna Also in Love/Loss and Julius Caesar
Jane Asher Also in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)- John Guillermin Directed House of Cards (1969)
Ismail Merchant Produced The Deceivers (1989)- Rudolph Maté Directed Seven Seas to Calais (1962)
Robin Sachs Also in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)
Barbara Leigh-Hunt Also in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)- Paolo Moffa Produced Seven Seas to Calais (1962)
Fielder Cook Directed Prudence and the Pill (1968)
Frances Cuka Also in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)- Rudolph Cartier Directed Wuthering Heights and An Ideal Husband
Damien Thomas Also in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)- June Thorburn Also in True as a Turtle and Wuthering Heights
- Basil Dignam Also in The Six Wives of Henry VIII
David Collings Also in The Story of David and Julius Caesar- Garfield Morgan Also in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)
Herbert Wise Directed Julius Caesar (1979)
Jacques Brunius Also in Dangerous Exile and True as a Turtle- Peter Madden Also in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)
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He was an artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre in the 1970s and later had a recurring role on Murder, She Wrote as the charming thief Dennis Stanton. He was also known for illustrating a collection of Jeremy Lloyd's poems Captain Beaky, and singing the title song from the associated album.
