Keith Michell

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.

Known For

Love/Loss 2010

The Prince and the Pauper 1996 ★ 9.0

Captain James Cook 1988 ★ 8.7

The Deceivers 1988 ★ 5.2

Murder, She Wrote 1984 ★ 7.5

The Gondoliers 1982 ★ 10.0

Ruddigore 1982 ★ 10.0

The BBC Television Shakespeare 1978 ★ 6.0

The Story of David 1976

The Story of Jacob and Joseph 1974 ★ 7.0

Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 ★ 5.8

The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970 ★ 8.1

The Executioner 1970 ★ 5.9

House of Cards 1968 ★ 4.9

Prudence and the Pill 1968 ★ 5.7

BBC Play of the Month 1965 ★ 5.3

Thirty-Minute Theatre 1965 ★ 4.3

Theatre 625 1964 ★ 7.2

The Spread of the Eagle 1963

Seven Seas to Calais 1962 ★ 5.5

The Hellfire Club 1961 ★ 5.4

Armchair Theatre 1956 ★ 6.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951 ★ 8.8

Sunday Night Theatre 1950 ★ 3.5