Keith Michell
ActingKeith 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
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Henry VIII
The Day Christ Died
Pontius Pilate
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Jacob
All Night Long
Cass Michaels
The Deceivers
Colonel Wilson
The Hellfire Club
Jason
The Tenth Month
Matthew Poole
House of Cards
Morillon
The Story of David
Older David
Prudence and the Pill
Dr. Alan Huart
Filmography — Acting
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Henry VIII
The Day Christ Died
Pontius Pilate
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Jacob
All Night Long
Cass Michaels
The Deceivers
Colonel Wilson
The Hellfire Club
Jason
The Tenth Month
Matthew Poole
House of Cards
Morillon
The Story of David
Older David
Prudence and the Pill
Dr. Alan Huart
Love/Loss
Joe
The Executioner
Adam Booth
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Self
True as a Turtle
Harry Bell
Seven Seas to Calais
Malcolm Marsh
Dangerous Exile
Colonel St. Gerard
Grendel Grendel Grendel
The Shaper (voice)
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
Sir Paul Deverill
Memorial Day
Marsh
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
George Leybourne
The Pirates of Penzance
The Major General
Julius Caesar
Marcus Antonius
Soldier in Love
John Churchill
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
Moments
Peter Samuelson
An Ideal Husband
Sir Robert Chiltern
Ruddigore
Robin Oakapple
The Gondoliers
Don Alhambra
My Brother Tom
Edward Quayle