Keith Michell

Keith Michell

Nascimento : 1926-12-01, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Morte : 2015-11-20

História

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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Keith Michell

Filmes

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Himself
Documentary about the life and career of Australian actor Rod Taylor.
Love/Loss
Joe
A chance meeting reunites Mary and Joe, childhood sweethearts from the 1940s. But after 60 years apart, is there still love between them? How have their separate experiences shaped their lives over this long period apart, and is there still time for them to share the happiness that has so long been denied? As Mary and Joe confront the mistakes of their past and share memories of a previously unspoken love, their reunion appears to take them on a path to happiness. But the gentle narrative hides a twist that will challenge any preconceptions of love and loss.
The Deceivers
Colonel Wilson
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.
Memorial Day
Marsh
An attorney finds himself at the center of a surprise reunion with the veterans of his platoon from Vietnam.The reunion stirs up painful memories and disturbing secrets for all involved.
Ruddigore
Robin Oakapple
The Baronets of Ruddigore have been cursed by a witch. Each Baronet, in his turn, must commit a crime a day - or die in torture. To escape his dreadful fate, the latest Baronet, Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, disguises himself as Robin Oakapple, a farmer. Only two people know his true identity - his faithful servant, Old Adam Goodheart, and his adopted brother, Richard Dauntless, a seaman. Robin Oakapple is in love with the beautiful Rose Maybud and wants to marry her - but his future plans appear doomed when his true identity is revealed.
The Pirates Of Penzance
The Major General
As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st year, Frederic's indentures are at last over and he happily leaves the service of the pirates. When Frederic meets the beautiful Mabel, one of the many daughters (or wards in Chancery) of Major-General Stanley, they fall in love and decide to marry. However, complications arise when the pirates decide to marry the rest of the Major-General's daughters, themselves - and Frederic's birthdate turns out to be not all it seems.
The Gondoliers
Don Alhambra
Marco and Giuseppe marry their sweethearts Gianetta and Tessa, but neither couple is allowed to leave for their honeymoon, because there is a problem. They are informed that one of the bridegrooms is really the King of Barataria, but nobody knows which. Gianetta and Tessa are delighted with the idea of one of them being Queen, but upset when they are told that women are not allowed to accompany their husbands to Barataria and that they will have to stay behind in Venice
Grendel Grendel Grendel
The Shaper (voice)
This is an animated story covering the ancient legend of Beowulf, as narrated by Grendel himself, the "monster" in the legend. Aimed more at adults than children, this version holds some interesting twists on the traditional tale, and is based on a novel by American critic and academic John Gardner.
The Day Christ Died
Pontius Pilate
A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion.
The Tenth Month
Matthew Poole
An unmarried, middle-aged woman accidentally gets pregnant by an internationally renowned pianist and decides to keep and raise the baby on her own.
Julius Caesar
Marcus Antonius
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.
Moments
Peter Samuelson
A depressed middle-aged man, revisiting the seaside resort he often vacationed at as a child, encounters a highly optimistic and carefree young woman who attempts to reason him out of following through on his suicidal thoughts.
A História de José e Jacó
Jacob
A clássica história de inveja e egoísmo que assola a vida de dois irmãos. Collen Dewhurst estrela como Rebekah, mãe dos dois irmãos: Esau e Jacó (Keith Michell) . Esau, por ser o filho mais velho herdaria todas as riquezas da família, mas sua mãe tem um plano astuto para tirar-lhe o direito à herança, e passá-la a seu filho predileto, Jacó. As lágrimas de decepção dividiram a família por 20 anos, mas junto com a reconciliação de Esau e Jacó, chega também uma nova geração tomada de inveja. José, um dos filhos de Jacó, era invejado por seus irmãos que decidem vendê-lo como um escravo para uma caravana que passava. José (Tony Lo Bianco) é acorrentado e levado para o Egito onde surpreendentemente torna-se o conselheiro chefe do Faraó. Porém José não consegue esquecer sua família e seu perdão se tornará uma lição de moral que viverá para sempre.
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
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.
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
George Leybourne
An evening at Wilton's Music-Hall, Grace's Alley, Wellclose Square, London, 1860 starring Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Keith Michell, Pat Kirkwood, Warren Mitchell, Ronnie Barker, Bill Fraser, Gina Astralita, Eric Robinson. Introduced by Billy Russell. Tonight, 90 years after it closed, this famous Music-Hall opens again to bring you a picture of the stars, the singers, the dancers, and the people who once went there.
Julgamento de um Traidor
Adam Booth
A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
An Ideal Husband
Sir Robert Chiltern
Adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde.
House of Cards
Morillon
In 1960s Paris, an American boxer stumbles upon an international fascist conspiracy that aims to create a new world order.
Sarilhos Conjugais
Dr. Alan Huart
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?
Soldier in Love
John Churchill
The story of the Churchills in the court of Queen Anne.
O Pirata Real
Malcolm Marsh
Sir Francis Drake fights to take over Spain's treasure routes for Queen Elizabeth I.
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
Adaptation of the novel by Emily Brontë.
Noite Insana
Cass Michaels
Este filme, baseado em Othello, de William Shakespeare, está bem posicionado como um veículo para mostrar alguns dos melhores músicos de jazz da época, incluindo Dave Brubeck e Charles Mingus. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
O Espadachim do Diabo
Jason
Years after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason returns home to claim his birthright, only to find his way blocked by his evil cousin Thomas. In order to reclaim his title, Jason must do battle with his cousin, who calls upon the members of the deadly Hellfire Club to stop him.
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
Sir Paul Deverill
About to enter a marriage he wants no part of, rich nobleman Mitchell takes up with gypsy Mecouri. They marry, but she soon discovers he's deeply in debt. (TCM)
O Príncipe Lendário
Colonel St. Gerard
Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and Richard O'Sullivan. It concerns the fate of Louis XVII, who died in 1795 as a boy, yet was popularly believed to have escaped from his French revolutionary captors.
True as a Turtle
Harry Bell
Tony Hudson offers his young wife Jane a cruise on a yacht as a honeymoon trip. Although Jane suffers from chronic seasickness, she accepts and one day they go on board the Turtle, a fine yacht owned by an industrialist friend, Dudley Partridge. A lot of misadventures await them before they finally reach France.