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.
Acted in 41
2010s
- 2010
Love/Loss
Joe
1990s
- 1996
The Prince and the Pauper
King Henry VIII · 6 episodes
1980s
- 1988
The Deceivers
Colonel Wilson
Captain James Cook
James Cook · 4 episodes
- 1986
My Brother Tom
Edward Quayle
- 1984
- 1982
The Gondoliers
Don Alhambra
The Pirates of Penzance
The Major General
Ruddigore
Robin Oakapple
- 1981
Grendel Grendel Grendel
The Shaper (voice)
- 1980
The Day Christ Died
Pontius Pilate
1970s
- 1979
The Tenth Month
Matthew Poole
Julius Caesar
Marcus Antonius
- 1978
- 1976
The Story of David
Older David
The Story of David
Older David · 2 episodes
- 1974
Moments
Peter Samuelson
- 1972
- 1970
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
George Leybourne
The Executioner
Adam Booth
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England · 6 episodes
1960s
- 1969
An Ideal Husband
Sir Robert Chiltern
- 1968
House of Cards
Morillon
Prudence and the Pill
Dr. Alan Huart
- 1967
Soldier in Love
John Churchill
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
The Spread of the Eagle
Mark Antony · 6 episodes
- 1962
Seven Seas to Calais
Malcolm Marsh
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
All Night Long
Cass Michaels
- 1961
The Hellfire Club
Jason Caldwell
1950s
- 1958
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
Paul Deverill
- 1957
Dangerous Exile
Colonel St. Gerard
True as a Turtle
Harry Bell
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Paul de Lussac · 1 episode
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
John · 1 episode
- 1950
Appearances2
2010s
- 2017
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Self
