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Keith Michell

1926 - 2015

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Keith Joseph Michell (1 December 1926 – 20 November 2015) 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. He was also known for illustrating a collection of Jeremy Lloyd's poems Captain Beaky, and singing the title song from the associated album. Michell was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Film for his performance as Harry Bell in True as a Turtle (1957). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Keith Michell is the 4,781st most popular actor (down from 4,518th in 2019), the 230th most popular biography from Australia (down from 193rd in 2019) and the 48th most popular Australian Actor.

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Among actors, Keith Michell ranks 4,781 out of 13,578. Before him are Anthony LaPaglia, Robert Carradine, Jenny Agutter, Marília Pêra, Alice Braga, and Sydney Greenstreet. After him are Will Geer, Kim Hyun-joong, André Hennicke, Li Li-hua, Edie McClurg, and Phyllis Diller.

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Among people born in 1926, Keith Michell ranks 360. Before him are Dharamvir Bharati, Leonie Rysanek, Kazuhiko Nishijima, Egisto Pandolfini, Ray McAnally, and Ali Javan. After him are Garret FitzGerald, Metaksia Simonyan, Brita Borg, Pedro Dellacha, Uttam Kumar, and Rosa Taikon. Among people deceased in 2015, Keith Michell ranks 324. Before him are Bengt Berndtsson, Loris Campana, Willi Fuggerer, Ángel Atienza, Mária Gulácsy, and Marília Pêra. After him are Gunther Schuller, Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Henry Carr, Csaba Fenyvesi, Eric Arturo Delvalle, and Zhanna Yorkina.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Keith Michell ranks 230 out of 1,143. Before him are Luke Hemsworth (1980), Lleyton Hewitt (1981), Ian Thorpe (1982), Miles Franklin (1879), Joseph Jacobs (1854), and Anthony LaPaglia (1959). After him are Emilie de Ravin (1981), Greg Egan (1961), May Robson (1858), Brenda Jones (1936), Helen Reddy (1941), and Lauren Jackson (1981).

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Among ACTORS In Australia

Among actors born in Australia, Keith Michell ranks 48. Before him are Ben Mendelsohn (1969), Rose Byrne (1979), Barry Humphries (1934), Radha Mitchell (1973), Luke Hemsworth (1980), and Anthony LaPaglia (1959). After him are Emilie de Ravin (1981), May Robson (1858), Costas Mandylor (1965), Abbie Cornish (1982), Portia de Rossi (1973), and Mia Wasikowska (1989).

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