Keith Michell

Actor

Born: December 1, 1926 (88 years old)

Died: November 20, 2015

Place of birth: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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.

Filmography (18)

• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951, ★ 8.6)
• The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970, ★ 8.1)
• All Night Long (1962, ★ 6.7)
• Murder, She Wrote (1984, ★ 7.5)
• Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972, ★ 5.6)
• The Executioner (1970, ★ 5.7)
• Dangerous Exile (1957, ★ 6.2)
• The Day Christ Died (1980, ★ 5.8)
• Armchair Theatre (1956, ★ 5.8)
• House of Cards (1968, ★ 4.6)
• Prudence and the Pill (1968, ★ 5.4)
• The Deceivers (1988, ★ 5.3)
• Moments (1974, ★ 4.9)
• The Hellfire Club (1961, ★ 4.7)
• The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958, ★ 5.5)
• Seven Seas to Calais (1962, ★ 5.2)
• BBC Play of the Month (1965, ★ 5)
• Grendel Grendel Grendel (1981, ★ 3.9)