Keith Michell

Acting

Keith Michell

Born 1 December 1926 · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia · Died 20 November 2015 at 88

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

Highlights

Murder, She Wrote1984 · Series · Dennis Stanton
All Night Long1962 · Film · Cass Michaels
The Six Wives of Henry VIII1970 · Series · Henry VIII of England
The Deceivers1988 · Film · Colonel Wilson
Henry VIII and His Six Wives1972 · Film · Henry VIII
Prudence and the Pill1968 · Film · Dr. Alan Huart

Filmography

Movies

28 films

Love/Loss2010 · Film · Joe
The Deceivers1988 · Film · Colonel Wilson
My Brother Tom1986 · Film · Edward Quayle
The Gondoliers1982 · Film · Don Alhambra
The Pirates of Penzance1982 · Film · The Major General
Ruddigore1982 · Film · Robin Oakapple
Grendel Grendel Grendel1981 · Film · The Shaper (voice)
The Day Christ Died1980 · Film · Pontius Pilate
The Tenth Month1979 · Film · Matthew Poole
Julius Caesar1979 · Film · Marcus Antonius
The Story of David1976 · Film · Older David
Moments1974 · Film · Peter Samuelson
The Story of Jacob and Joseph1974 · Film · Jacob
Henry VIII and His Six Wives1972 · Film · Henry VIII
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town1970 · Film · George Leybourne
The Executioner1970 · Film · Adam Booth
An Ideal Husband1969 · Film · Sir Robert Chiltern
House of Cards1968 · Film · Morillon
Prudence and the Pill1968 · Film · Dr. Alan Huart
Soldier in Love1967 · Film · John Churchill
Kain1967 · Film · Kain
Seven Seas to Calais1962 · Film · Malcolm Marsh
Wuthering Heights1962 · Film · Heathcliff
All Night Long1962 · Film · Cass Michaels
The Hellfire Club1961 · Film · Jason Caldwell
The Gypsy and the Gentleman1958 · Film · Paul Deverill
Dangerous Exile1957 · Film · Colonel St. Gerard
True as a Turtle1957 · Film · Harry Bell

Filmography

Series

12 shows

The Prince and the Pauper1996 · Series · King Henry VIII
Captain James Cook1988 · Series · James Cook
Murder, She Wrote1984 · Series · Dennis Stanton
The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · Series · Marc Antony
The Story of David1976 · Series · Older David
The Six Wives of Henry VIII1970 · Series · Henry VIII of England
BBC Play of the Month1965 · Series · Caliban
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · Series · Geoffrey
Theatre 6251964 · Series · Kain Sutherland
The Spread of the Eagle1963 · Series · Mark Antony
Armchair Theatre1956 · Series · Paul de Lussac
Sunday Night Theatre1950 · Series · Crown Prince Rudolf