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Keith Michell
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How Did Keith Michell Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 88
GenderMaleNationalityAustraliaBorn01/12/1926Born inAdelaide, South Australia, AustraliaDied20/11/2015 (aged 88)Died inChichester, HampsteadCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ948246 ↗Buried atSt John-at-HampsteadTMDb#40159 ↗

Keith Joseph Michell was an Australian actor who worked primarily in the United Kingdom, and was best known for his television and film portrayals of King Henry VIII. He appeared extensively in Shakespeare and other classics and musicals in Britain, and was also in several Broadway productions. He was an artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre in the 1970s and later had a recurring role on Murder, She Wrote as the charming thief Dennis Stanton.

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Filmography35 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2010Love/LossMovieJoe84
1996The Prince and the PauperSeriesKing Henry VIII70
1988Captain James CookSeriesJames Cook62
1988The DeceiversMovieColonel Wilson62
1984Murder, She WroteSeriesDennis Stanton58
1983Memorial DayMovieMarsh57
1981Grendel Grendel GrendelMovieThe Shaper (voice)55
1979Julius CaesarMovieMarcus Antonius53
1979The Tenth MonthMovieMatthew Poole53
1978The BBC Television ShakespeareSeriesMarc Antony52
1974MomentsMoviePeter Samuelson48
1974The Story of Jacob and JosephMovieJacob48
1972Henry VIII and His Six WivesMovieHenry VIII46
1972Late Night TheatreSeriesRobert Browning46
1972The Julie Andrews HourSeriesSelf46
1971Film '72SeriesSelf45
1970The Six Wives of Henry VIIISeriesHenry VIII of England44
1970Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in TownMovieGeorge Leybourne44
1970The ExecutionerMovieAdam Booth44
1968House of CardsMovieMorillon42
1968Prudence and the PillMovieDr. Alan Huart42
1967Soldier in LoveMovieJohn Churchill41
1967KainMovieKain41
1965BBC Play of the MonthSeriesSir Robert Chiltern39
1965BBC Play of the MonthSeriesCaliban39
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreSeriesGeoffrey39
1964Theatre 625SeriesKain Sutherland38
1963FestivalSeriesFrederic - Hugo37
1962Seven Seas to CalaisMovieMalcolm Marsh36
1962Wuthering HeightsMovieHeathcliff36
1961The Hellfire ClubMovieJason Caldwell35
1957Dangerous ExileMovieColonel St. Gerard31
1956Armchair TheatreSeriesPaul de Lussac30
1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeriesJohn25
1950Sunday Night TheatreSeriesCrown Prince Rudolf24