Keith Michell

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Keith Michell

Born 1 December 1926 Died 20 November 2015, aged 88 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia TMDB ↗

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.

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The numbers

Computed from the record
23age in their first credit on record (1950)
60years on screen and counting
3credits in 1982, their busiest year
45dated credits on record
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Movie credits

Newest first
Love/Loss poster Age: 83

Love/Loss

2010
as Joe
The Deceivers poster Age: 61

The Deceivers

1988
as Colonel Wilson
My Brother Tom poster Age: 59

My Brother Tom

1986
as Edward Quayle
No poster
Age: 56

Memorial Day

1983
as Marsh
The Gondoliers poster Age: 55

The Gondoliers

1982
as Don Alhambra
The Pirates of Penzance poster Age: 55

The Pirates of Penzance

1982
as The Major General
Ruddigore poster Age: 55

Ruddigore

1982
as Robin Oakapple
Grendel Grendel Grendel poster Age: 54

Grendel Grendel Grendel

1981
as The Shaper (voice)
The Day Christ Died poster Age: 53

The Day Christ Died

1980
as Pontius Pilate
The Tenth Month poster Age: 52

The Tenth Month

1979
as Matthew Poole
Julius Caesar poster Age: 52

Julius Caesar

1979
as Marcus Antonius
The Story of David poster Age: 49

The Story of David

1976
as Older David
Moments poster Age: 47

Moments

1974
as Peter Samuelson
The Story of Jacob and Joseph poster Age: 47

The Story of Jacob and Joseph

1974
as Jacob
Henry VIII and His Six Wives poster Age: 45

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

1972
as Henry VIII
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town poster Age: 44

Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town

1970
as George Leybourne
The Executioner poster Age: 43

The Executioner

1970
as Adam Booth
An Ideal Husband poster Age: 42

An Ideal Husband

1969
as Sir Robert Chiltern
House of Cards poster Age: 41

House of Cards

1968
as Morillon
Prudence and the Pill poster Age: 41

Prudence and the Pill

1968
as Dr. Alan Huart
Soldier in Love poster Age: 40

Soldier in Love

1967
as John Churchill
Seven Seas to Calais poster Age: 36

Seven Seas to Calais

1962
as Malcolm Marsh
Wuthering Heights poster Age: 35

Wuthering Heights

1962
as Heathcliff
All Night Long poster Age: 35

All Night Long

1962
as Cass Michaels
The Hellfire Club poster Age: 34

The Hellfire Club

1961
as Jason Caldwell
The Gypsy and the Gentleman poster Age: 31

The Gypsy and the Gentleman

1958
as Sir Paul Deverill
Dangerous Exile poster Age: 31

Dangerous Exile

1957
as Colonel St. Gerard
True as a Turtle poster Age: 30

True as a Turtle

1957
as Harry Bell
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TV credits

Newest first
The Prince and the Pauper poster Age: 69

The Prince and the Pauper

1996
as King Henry VIII
Captain James Cook poster Age: 61

Captain James Cook

1988
as James Cook
Murder, She Wrote poster Age: 57

Murder, She Wrote

1984
as Dennis Stanton
The BBC Television Shakespeare poster Age: 52

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978
as Marc Antony
The Story of David poster Age: 49

The Story of David

1976
as Older David
No poster
Age: 45

Late Night Theatre

1972
as Robert Browning
The Six Wives of Henry VIII poster Age: 43

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

1970
as Henry VIII of England
BBC Play of the Month poster Age: 38

BBC Play of the Month

1965
as Caliban
BBC Play of the Month poster Age: 38

BBC Play of the Month

1965
as Sir Robert Chiltern
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster Age: 38

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965
as Geoffrey
Theatre 625 poster Age: 37

Theatre 625

1964
as Kain Sutherland
No poster
Age: 36

Festival

1963
as Frederic - Hugo
The Spread of the Eagle poster Age: 36

The Spread of the Eagle

1963
as Mark Antony
No poster
Age: 33

The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries

1960
as Baron Leopold von Ragastein / Sir Edward Dominey
Armchair Theatre poster Age: 29

Armchair Theatre

1956
as Paul de Lussac
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster Age: 25

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951
as John
Sunday Night Theatre poster Age: 23

Sunday Night Theatre

1950
as Crown Prince Rudolf
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