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Keith Michell was an Emmy Award-winning Australian stage, television, and film actor. Born 1 December 1926 in Adelaide, South Australia, he was brought up some 150 miles away, in Warnertown, on the Augusta Highway between Crystal Brook and Port Pirie. He taught art until he made his debut on the Adelaide stage in 1947, following that up with his first appearance in London in 1951.

Michell was a member of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company. From 1974-77, he was the artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre. He has starred in several musicals, including the first London production of Man of La Mancha (1972). In addition to his stage work, he appeared extensively in film and television in Australia and the UK, most notably as King Henry VIII in the six-part 1970 BBC series The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), for which he won an Emmy Award. A movie version was made in 1972. On US television, he appeared in various episodes of Murder, She Wrote (1984). In addition to acting, he wrote a musical adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 'Peer Gynt', called "Pete McGynty and the Dreamtime". He also paints and illustrates books, as well as written and illustrated cookbooks.

Michell married the Anglo-Czech actress Jeanette Sterke in 1957; they had two children: actor Paul Michell and actress Helena Michell. He died on 20 November 2015, aged 88, in Hampstead, London, England. A theater in Port Pirie, the Keith Mitchell Theatre-Northern Festival Centre, was founded in his honor.

Was considered for the role of &quot;Captain Von Trapp&quot; in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0059742/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">The Sound of Music (1965)</a>.

The Keith Michell Theatre in Port Pirie, South Australia, was named
after him, as he grew up in the area.

He has a son, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0585007/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Paul Michell</a>, and a daughter, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0585002/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Helena Michell</a>.

Played <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm3430975/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Henry VIII</a> in four separate productions, the most famous is the 1970 miniseries <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0066714/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)</a>.

He did many paintings based on his plays such as Hamlet, Don Quixote and Abelard and Heloise.

He became a reluctant pop star as the voice behind Captain Beaky with the record reaching number 5 in the charts.

His son Paul became lead singer with the Roaring Boys pop group.

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