Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
December 1, 1926
Died
November 20, 2015
Age
88
Place of Birth
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Popularity
1.1
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.
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Known For
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV
5.1
Film '72
1971 · TV
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · TV
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · TV
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV
7.2
Theatre 625
1964 · TV
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · TV
8.0
Festival
1963 · TV
0.0
Late Night Theatre
1972 · TV
8.0
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960 · TV
8.0
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972 · TV
8.1
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970 · TV
Filmography
2017
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Movie · Self
0.0
2010
Love/Loss
Movie · Joe
0.0
1996
The Prince and the Pauper
TV · King Henry VIII
9.0
1988
The Deceivers
Movie · Colonel Wilson
5.2
1988
Captain James Cook
TV · James Cook
8.7
1986
My Brother Tom
Movie · Edward Quayle
0.0
1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV · Dennis Stanton
7.5
1983
Memorial Day
Movie · Marsh
6.0
1982
The Gondoliers
Movie · Don Alhambra
10.0
1982
The Pirates of Penzance
Movie · The Major General
9.5
1982
Ruddigore
Movie · Robin Oakapple
10.0
1981
Grendel Grendel Grendel
Movie · The Shaper (voice)
4.6
1980
The Day Christ Died
Movie · Pontius Pilate
6.3
1979
The Tenth Month
Movie · Matthew Poole
8.7
1979
Julius Caesar
Movie · Marcus Antonius
8.7
1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV · Marc Antony
6.0
1976
The Story of David
Movie · Older David
4.5
1976
The Story of David
TV · Older David
0.0
1974
Moments
Movie · Peter Samuelson
5.3
1974
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Movie · Jacob
7.0
1972
The Julie Andrews Hour
TV · Self
8.0
1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Movie · Henry VIII
5.8
1972
Late Night Theatre
TV · Robert Browning
0.0
1971
Film '72
TV · Self
5.1