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Keith Michell
Born: 1926-12-01 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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.
Rated Filmography (24)
Sorted by Score10.0
The Gondoliers
1982
10.0
Ruddigore
1982
9.5
The Pirates of Penzance
1982
9.5
Wuthering Heights
1962
8.7
Julius Caesar
1979
8.7
The Tenth Month
1979
7.7
True as a Turtle
1957
7.0
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974
7.0
Soldier in Love
1967
7.0
An Ideal Husband
1969
6.8
All Night Long
1962
6.3
Dangerous Exile
1957
6.3
The Day Christ Died
1980
5.9
The Executioner
1970
5.8
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
5.8
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958
5.7
Prudence and the Pill
1968
5.5
Seven Seas to Calais
1962
5.4
The Hellfire Club
1961
5.3
Moments
1974
5.2
The Deceivers
1988
4.9
House of Cards
1968
4.8
Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981
4.5
The Story of David
1976