Keith Michell

Keith Michell

Birthday: 1926-12-01

Place of Birth: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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.

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House of Cards
House of Cards

In 1960s Paris, an American boxer stumbles upon an international fascist conspiracy that aims to cre...

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Prudence and the Pill
Prudence and the Pill

Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin f...

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The Deceivers
The Deceivers

India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit ...

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All Night Long
All Night Long

Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic par...

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The Story of David
The Story of David

The "David and Goliath" legend is presented as credibly as possible, while David's later disastrous ...

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The Gondoliers
The Gondoliers

A couple of happy-go-lucky Venetian gondoliers discover that one of them is heir to the throne of a ...

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The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance

As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been appr...

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Ruddigore
Ruddigore

The Baronet of Ruddigore, Sir Despard Murgatroyd, has inherited a family curse which forces him to c...

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Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a t...

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Moments
Moments

A depressed middle-aged man, revisiting the seaside resort he often vacationed at as a child, encoun...

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The Hellfire Club
The Hellfire Club

Years after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason returns home to claim his birthright, ...

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The Story of Jacob and Joseph
The Story of Jacob and Joseph

This film recounts the tales of the Biblical figures, Jacob and Joseph. The first part tells the sto...

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The Gypsy and the Gentleman
The Gypsy and the Gentleman

A lusty Gypsy gold digger marries a Regency aristocrat, then learns he has no money....

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Seven Seas to Calais
Seven Seas to Calais

Sir Francis Drake fights to take over Spain's treasure routes for Queen Elizabeth I....

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The Executioner
The Executioner

A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent....

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Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights

Foundling Heathcliff is raised by the wealthy Earnshaws in Yorkshire but in later life launches a ve...

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Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic conseq...

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Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town

An evening at Wilton's Music-Hall, Grace's Alley, Wellclose Square, London, 1860 starring Peter Sel...

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Dangerous Exile
Dangerous Exile

Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring...

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Love/Loss
Love/Loss

A chance meeting reunites Mary and Joe, childhood sweethearts from the 1940s. But after 60 years apa...

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Soldier in Love
Soldier in Love

The story of the Churchills in the court of Queen Anne....

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An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband

Set during the London season of 1895, An Ideal Husband is a dazzling blend of farce and morality tha...

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My Brother Tom
My Brother Tom

Set in Australia, against the backdrop of World War II, this epic miniseries centers on the religiou...

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Memorial Day
Memorial Day

An attorney finds himself at the center of a surprise reunion with the veterans of his platoon from ...

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The Day Christ Died
The Day Christ Died

A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Cruc...

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Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

Documentary about the life and career of Australian actor Rod Taylor....

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The Tenth Month
The Tenth Month

An unmarried, middle-aged woman accidentally gets pregnant by an internationally renowned pianist an...

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True as a Turtle
True as a Turtle

Tony Hudson offers his young wife Jane a cruise on a yacht as a honeymoon trip. Although Jane suffer...

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Grendel Grendel Grendel
Grendel Grendel Grendel

This is an animated story covering the ancient legend of Beowulf, as narrated by Grendel himself, th...

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