
ActingBorn: 1926-12-01 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Keith Michell
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.
Featured Movies (28)

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10.0The Gondoliers
1982

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10.0Ruddigore
1982

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9.5The Pirates of Penzance
1982

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9.5Wuthering Heights
1962

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8.7Julius Caesar
1979

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8.7The Tenth Month
1979

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7.7True as a Turtle
1957

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7.0The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974

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7.0Soldier in Love
1967

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7.0An Ideal Husband
1969

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6.8All Night Long
1962

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6.3Dangerous Exile
1957

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6.3The Day Christ Died
1980

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5.9The Executioner
1970

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5.8Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972

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5.8The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958

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5.7Prudence and the Pill
1968

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5.5Seven Seas to Calais
1962
Television & Series (15)

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9.0The Prince and the Pauper
1996

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8.8Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

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8.7Captain James Cook
1988

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8.1The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970

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8.0The Julie Andrews Hour
1972

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7.5Murder, She Wrote
1984

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7.2Theatre 625
1964

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6.0Armchair Theatre
1956

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6.0The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978

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5.2BBC Play of the Month
1965

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5.2BBC Play of the Month
1965

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4.3Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965

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3.5Sunday Night Theatre
1950

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The Spread of the Eagle
1963

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The Story of David
1976