Keith Michell
Known For
Acting
Born
1926-12-01 in 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.
Most Known For
Murder, She Wrote
as Dennis Stanton
BBC Play of the Month
as Caliban
BBC Play of the Month
as Sir Robert Chiltern
Theatre 625
as Kain Sutherland
Sunday Night Theatre
as Crown Prince Rudolf
Festival
as Frederic - Hugo
Film '72
as Self
Ruddigore
as Robin Oakapple
The Executioner
as Adam Booth
Captain James Cook
as James Cook
The Spread of the Eagle
as Mark Antony
The Julie Andrews Hour
as Self
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
as Henry VIII of England
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as John
House of Cards
as Morillon
The Gondoliers
as Don Alhambra
The Prince and the Pauper
as King Henry VIII
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Henry VIII
Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
Prudence and the Pill
as Dr. Alan Huart