Keith Michell
Department: 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.
Known For
House of Cards
1968
Prudence and the Pill
1968
The Deceivers
1988
All Night Long
1962
The Story of David
1976
The Gondoliers
1982
The Pirates of Penzance
1982
Ruddigore
1982
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
Moments
1974
The Hellfire Club
1961
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958
Seven Seas to Calais
1962
The Executioner
1970
Wuthering Heights
1962
Julius Caesar
1979
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
1970
Dangerous Exile
1957
Love/Loss
2010
Soldier in Love
1967
An Ideal Husband
1969
My Brother Tom
1986
Memorial Day
1983
The Day Christ Died
1980
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017
The Tenth Month
1979
True as a Turtle
1957
Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
Captain James Cook
1988
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972
The Prince and the Pauper
1996
Armchair Theatre
1956
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
The Spread of the Eagle
1963
BBC Play of the Month
1965
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Festival
1963
Film '72
1971
Theatre 625
1964
The Story of David
1976