Keith Michell

Acting

Keith Michell

Born December 1, 1926 · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Died November 20, 2015 · aged 88

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

Henry VIII and His Six WivesHenry VIII and His Six Wives · 1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
★ 5.81972
MovieDramaHistory
Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.
The Day Christ DiedThe Day Christ Died · 1980
The Day Christ Died
★ 6.31980
MovieDramaTV Movie
A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion.
The ExecutionerThe Executioner · 1970
The Executioner
★ 5.91970
MovieThriller
A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
Seven Seas to CalaisSeven Seas to Calais · 1962
Seven Seas to Calais
★ 5.51962
MovieAdventure
Sir Francis Drake fights to take over Spain's treasure routes for Queen Elizabeth I.
The DeceiversThe Deceivers · 1988
The Deceivers
★ 5.21988
MovieAdventure
India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, an English military man, Captain William Savage, conceives a hazardous plot to stop them. In disguise, he plans to himself become a “Deceiver” and infiltrate their numbers. Ever present in Savage’s adventures is a sense of dread; he is in constant fear of betrayal and vengeance and also undergoes a disturbing psychological transformation as he experiences the cult’s blood lust firsthand.
The Story of Jacob and JosephThe Story of Jacob and Joseph · 1974
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
★ 7.01974
MovieDramaTV Movie
This film recounts the tales of the Biblical figures, Jacob and Joseph. The first part tells the story of Jacob fleeing his tribe when he cheats his brother out of his birthright, gets cheated himself in his exile years while learning of the need to make amends. The second part is of the story of Jacob's favorite son, Joseph. Betrayed and sold into slavery by his brothers, he meets and overcomes all adversity to become the Prime Minister of Egypt, second only to the Pharaoh.
House of CardsHouse of Cards · 1968
House of Cards
★ 5.01968
MovieDramaThriller
In 1960s Paris, an American boxer stumbles upon an international fascist conspiracy that aims to create a new world order.
Prudence and the PillPrudence and the Pill · 1968
Prudence and the Pill
★ 5.71968
MovieComedyRomance
Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin for their pills. Is it the teenage niece, the maid, the chauffeur, a lover, Prudence's husband Gerald, or all of the above?

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Sunday Night TheatreSunday Night Theatre · 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
★ 3.51950
SeriesDrama
Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, partly because of technical limitations in this era, and the theatrical basis of early television drama. Some of the earliest collaborations between Rudolph Cartier and Nigel Neale were produced for this series, including Arrow to the Heart and Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Sunday night drama slot was subsequently renamed The Sunday-Night Play which ran for four seasons between 1960 and 1963. ITV transmitted its own unrelated run of Sunday Night Theatre between 1971 and 1974.

Crown Prince Rudolf

The BBC Television ShakespeareThe BBC Television Shakespeare · 1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
★ 6.01978
SeriesDramaComedy
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985 and spanned seven series. Development of the series began in 1975 when Messina saw that Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's play As You Like It. On returning to London, he envisioned an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. After encountering numerous problems trying to produce the series, Messina eventually pitched the idea to the BBC’s departmental heads and the series was greenlighted. The series as a whole received generally negative reviews from critics.

Marc Antony