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Keith Michell

1926–2015

Metamorphosis 1973
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14 artworks by Keith Michell
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Biography

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). He later won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for playing Henry VIII in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970).

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Artworks

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  • I ‘What is your substance, whereof are you made’

    Keith Michell
    1975
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  • II ‘Not marble, nor the gilded monuments’

    Keith Michell
    1975
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  • III ‘When I consider everything that grows’

    Keith Michell
    1975
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  • IV ‘Mine eye hath play’d the painter and hath ...’

    Keith Michell
    1975
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  • V ‘When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes’

    Keith Michell
    1975
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  • VI ‘How heavy do I journey on the way’

    Keith Michell
    1975
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  • VII ‘Since I have left you, mine eye is in my mind’

    Keith Michell
    1975
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  • VIII ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day’

    Keith Michell
    1975
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