Portrait of Keith Michell

Keith Michell

Acting

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.

Born: December 1, 1926

Place of Birth: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Filmography

2010
Love/Loss

as Joe

1996
The Prince and the Pauper

as King Henry VIII

1988
The Deceivers

as Colonel Wilson

1988
Captain James Cook

as James Cook

1986
My Brother Tom

as Edward Quayle

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Dennis Stanton

1982
The Pirates of Penzance

as The Major General

1982
The Gondoliers

as Don Alhambra

1982
Ruddigore

as Robin Oakapple

1981
Grendel Grendel Grendel

as The Shaper (voice)

1980
The Day Christ Died

as Pontius Pilate

1979
The Tenth Month

as Matthew Poole

1979
Julius Caesar

as Marcus Antonius

1976
The Story of David

as Older David

1974
Moments

as Peter Samuelson

1970
The Executioner

as Adam Booth

1970
The Six Wives of Henry VIII

as Henry VIII of England

1969
An Ideal Husband

as Sir Robert Chiltern

1968
House of Cards

as Morillon

1968
Prudence and the Pill

as Dr. Alan Huart

1967
Soldier in Love

as John Churchill

1965
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Sir Robert Chiltern

1964
Theatre 625

as Kain Sutherland

1963
1962
Seven Seas to Calais

as Malcolm Marsh

1962
All Night Long

as Cass Michaels

1961
1958
The Gypsy and the Gentleman

as Sir Paul Deverill

1957
Dangerous Exile

as Colonel St. Gerard

1957
True as a Turtle

as Harry Bell

1956
Armchair Theatre

as Paul de Lussac

1950
Sunday Night Theatre

as Crown Prince Rudolf