Keith Michell
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.
Movie Appearances
House of Cards
as Morillon
1968
Prudence and the Pill
as Dr. Alan Huart
1968
The Deceivers
as Colonel Wilson
1988
All Night Long
as Cass Michaels
1962
The Story of David
as Older David
1976
The Gondoliers
as Don Alhambra
1982
The Pirates of Penzance
as The Major General
1982
Ruddigore
as Robin Oakapple
1982
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Henry VIII
1972
Moments
as Peter Samuelson
1974
The Hellfire Club
as Jason
1961
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
as Jacob
1974
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
as Sir Paul Deverill
1958
Seven Seas to Calais
as Malcolm Marsh
1962
The Executioner
as Adam Booth
1970
Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
1962
Julius Caesar
as Marcus Antonius
1979
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
as George Leybourne
1970
Dangerous Exile
as Colonel St. Gerard
1957
Love/Loss
as Joe
2010
TV Appearances
Murder, She Wrote
as Dennis Stanton
1984
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as John
1951
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
as Henry VIII of England
1970
Captain James Cook
as James Cook
1988
The Julie Andrews Hour
as Self
1972
The Prince and the Pauper
as King Henry VIII
1996
Armchair Theatre
as Paul de Lussac
1956
Sunday Night Theatre
as Crown Prince Rudolf
1950
The Spread of the Eagle
as Mark Antony
1963
BBC Play of the Month
as Caliban
1965
BBC Play of the Month
as Sir Robert Chiltern
1965
Festival
as Frederic - Hugo
1963