Keith Michell

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Keith Michell

Acting December 1, 1926

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 Wiv…

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Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5 1984 TV Show
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

5.2 1965 TV Show
The BBC Television Shakespeare

The BBC Television Shakespeare

6.0 1978 TV Show
Theatre 625

Theatre 625

7.2 1964 TV Show
Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

4.3 1965 TV Show
Sunday Night Theatre

Sunday Night Theatre

3.5 1950 TV Show
Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.8 1951 TV Show
The Deceivers

The Deceivers

5.2 1988 Movie
The Julie Andrews Hour

The Julie Andrews Hour

8.0 1972 TV Show
All Night Long

All Night Long

6.8 1962 Movie
The Six Wives of Henry VIII

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

8.1 1970 TV Show
Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

5.8 1972 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2017
    Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

    Movie Self

  2. 2010
    Love/Loss

    Movie Joe

  3. 1996
    The Prince and the Pauper

    TV show King Henry VIII

  4. 1988
    The Deceivers

    Movie Colonel Wilson

  5. 1988
    Captain James Cook

    TV show James Cook

  6. 1986
    My Brother Tom

    Movie Edward Quayle

  7. 1984
    Murder, She Wrote

    TV show Dennis Stanton

  8. 1983
    Memorial Day

    Movie Marsh

  9. 1982
    The Gondoliers

    Movie Don Alhambra

  10. 1982
    The Pirates of Penzance

    Movie The Major General

  11. 1982
    Ruddigore

    Movie Robin Oakapple

  12. 1981
    Grendel Grendel Grendel

    Movie The Shaper (voice)

  13. 1980
    The Day Christ Died

    Movie Pontius Pilate

  14. 1979
    The Tenth Month

    Movie Matthew Poole

  15. 1979
    Julius Caesar

    Movie Marcus Antonius

  16. 1978
    The BBC Television Shakespeare

    TV show Marc Antony

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  1. 1976
    The Story of David

    TV show Older David

  2. 1976
    The Story of David

    Movie Older David

  3. 1974
    Moments

    Movie Peter Samuelson

  4. 1974
    The Story of Jacob and Joseph

    Movie Jacob

  5. 1972
    The Julie Andrews Hour

    TV show Self

  6. 1972
    Henry VIII and His Six Wives

    Movie Henry VIII

  7. 1972
    Late Night Theatre

    TV show Robert Browning

  8. 1971
    Film '72

    TV show Self

  9. 1970
    Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town

    Movie George Leybourne

  10. 1970
    The Executioner

    Movie Adam Booth

  11. 1970
    The Six Wives of Henry VIII

    TV show Henry VIII of England

  12. 1969
    An Ideal Husband

    Movie Sir Robert Chiltern

  13. 1968
    House of Cards

    Movie Morillon

  14. 1968
    Prudence and the Pill

    Movie Dr. Alan Huart

  15. 1967
    Soldier in Love

    Movie John Churchill

  16. 1965
    BBC Play of the Month

    TV show Caliban

  17. 1965
    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    TV show Geoffrey

  18. 1964
    Theatre 625

    TV show Kain Sutherland

  19. 1963
    Festival

    TV show Frederic - Hugo

  20. 1963
    The Spread of the Eagle

    TV show Mark Antony

  21. 1962
    Seven Seas to Calais

    Movie Malcolm Marsh

  22. 1962
    Wuthering Heights

    Movie Heathcliff

  23. 1962
    All Night Long

    Movie Cass Michaels

  24. 1961
    The Hellfire Club

    Movie Jason Caldwell