Keith Michell
Acting
Born: 1926-12-01 · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died: 2015-11-20
Biography
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.
🎬 Movies (20)
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017
Self
Love/Loss
2010
Joe
The Deceivers
1988
Colonel Wilson
My Brother Tom
1986
Edward Quayle
Memorial Day
1983
Marsh
The Gondoliers
1982
Don Alhambra
The Pirates of Penzance
1982
The Major General
Ruddigore
1982
Robin Oakapple
Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981
The Shaper (voice)
The Day Christ Died
1980
Pontius Pilate
The Tenth Month
1979
Matthew Poole
Julius Caesar
1979
Marcus Antonius
The Story of David
1976
Older David
Moments
1974
Peter Samuelson
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974
Jacob
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
Henry VIII
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
1970
George Leybourne
The Executioner
1970
Adam Booth
An Ideal Husband
1969
Sir Robert Chiltern
House of Cards
1968
Morillon
📺 TV Shows (16)
The Prince and the Pauper
1996
King Henry VIII
Captain James Cook
1988
James Cook
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Dennis Stanton
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Marc Antony
The Story of David
1976
Older David
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972
Self
Film '72
1971
Self
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
Henry VIII of England
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Caliban
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Sir Robert Chiltern
Theatre 625
1964
Kain Sutherland
Festival
1963
Frederic - Hugo
The Spread of the Eagle
1963
Mark Antony
Armchair Theatre
1956
Paul de Lussac
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
John
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Crown Prince Rudolf