Keith Michell

Known for: Acting

Born: 1926-12-01 – 2015-11-20 (aged 88)

From: 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 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 (47)

MOVIE
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017
as Self
MOVIE
Love/Loss
2010
as Joe
TV★ 9.0
The Prince and the Pauper
1996
as King Henry VIII
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Deceivers
1988
as Colonel Wilson
TV★ 8.7
Captain James Cook
1988
as James Cook
MOVIE
My Brother Tom
1986
as Edward Quayle
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Dennis Stanton
MOVIE★ 6.0
Memorial Day
1983
as Marsh
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Gondoliers
1982
as Don Alhambra
MOVIE★ 9.5
The Pirates of Penzance
1982
as The Major General
MOVIE★ 10.0
Ruddigore
1982
as Robin Oakapple
MOVIE★ 4.6
Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981
as The Shaper (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Day Christ Died
1980
as Pontius Pilate
MOVIE★ 8.7
The Tenth Month
1979
as Matthew Poole
MOVIE★ 8.7
Julius Caesar
1979
as Marcus Antonius
TV★ 6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Marc Antony
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Story of David
1976
as Older David
TV
The Story of David
1976
as Older David
MOVIE★ 5.3
Moments
1974
as Peter Samuelson
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974
as Jacob
TV★ 8.0
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Henry VIII
TV
Late Night Theatre
1972
as Robert Browning
TV★ 4.7
Film '72
1971
as Self
MOVIE
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
1970
as George Leybourne
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Executioner
1970
as Adam Booth
TV★ 8.1
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
as Henry VIII of England
MOVIE★ 7.0
An Ideal Husband
1969
as Sir Robert Chiltern
MOVIE★ 4.9
House of Cards
1968
as Morillon
MOVIE★ 5.7
Prudence and the Pill
1968
as Dr. Alan Huart
MOVIE★ 7.0
Soldier in Love
1967
as John Churchill
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Caliban
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Geoffrey
TV★ 7.2
Theatre 625
1964
as Kain Sutherland
TV★ 8.0
Festival
1963
as Frederic - Hugo
TV
The Spread of the Eagle
1963
as Mark Antony
MOVIE★ 5.5
Seven Seas to Calais
1962
as Malcolm Marsh
MOVIE★ 9.5
Wuthering Heights
1962
as Heathcliff
MOVIE★ 6.8
All Night Long
1962
as Cass Michaels
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Hellfire Club
1961
as Jason Caldwell
TV★ 8.0
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960
as Baron Leopold von Ragastein / Sir Edward Dominey
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958
as Sir Paul Deverill
MOVIE★ 6.3
Dangerous Exile
1957
as Colonel St. Gerard
MOVIE★ 7.7
True as a Turtle
1957
as Harry Bell
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Paul de Lussac
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as John
TV★ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Crown Prince Rudolf