Personal Info
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.
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
as Self
Love/Loss
as Joe
The Deceivers
as Colonel Wilson
My Brother Tom
as Edward Quayle
Memorial Day
as Marsh
Ruddigore
as Robin Oakapple
The Gondoliers
as Don Alhambra
The Pirates of Penzance
as The Major General
Grendel Grendel Grendel
as The Shaper (voice)
The Day Christ Died
as Pontius Pilate
TV Shows
The Prince and the Pauper
as King Henry VIII · 6 ep.
Captain James Cook
as James Cook · 4 ep.
Murder, She Wrote
as Dennis Stanton · 9 ep.
The Story of David
as Older David · 2 ep.
The Julie Andrews Hour
as Self · 2 ep.
Film '72
as Self · 1 ep.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
as Henry VIII of England · 6 ep.
BBC Play of the Month
as Sir Robert Chiltern · 1 ep.
Theatre 625
as Kain Sutherland · 1 ep.
Festival
as Frederic - Hugo · 1 ep.