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Keith Michell

Acting

Keith Michell

Born 1 December 1926 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia · Died 20 November 2015

47 credits

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

The Deceivers poster

The Deceivers

1988

Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

1984

The BBC Television Shakespeare poster

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978

Henry VIII and His Six Wives poster

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

1972

The Six Wives of Henry VIII poster

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

1970

BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

1965

Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625

1964

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Filmography from TMDB.