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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Keith Baxter Biography (1935?-)
Full name, Keith Stanley Baxter-Wright; born April 29, 1935 (one source says1933), in Newport, Wales, England; son of Stanley (a dockmaster) and Emily Marian (maiden name, Howell) Baxter-Wright.
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, director, writer
- Birth Details
- April 29, 1935?
- Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
- (London debut) Ralph, Tea and Sympathy, Comedy Theatre, 1957
- Hippolytus, Phedre, Theatre in the Round, London, 1958
- Vasse, Change of Tune, Strand Theatre, London, 1959
- Prince Hal, King Henry IV, parts I and II, produced in Belfast, then Dublin, Ireland, 1960
- (Broadway debut) Henry VIII, A Man for All Seasons, American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1961
- Roger Balion, Time and Yellow Roses, St. Martin's Theatre, London,1961
- David Glyn, Unfinished Journey, Pembroke Theatre, Croydon, England, 1961
- Donald Howard, The Affair, Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City,1962
- Gino Carella, Where Angels Fear to Tread, Arts Theatre, London, then St. Martin's Theatre, 1963
- Valentine, You Never Can Tell, Haymarket Theatre, London, 1966
- Bob Acres, The Rivals, Haymarket Theatre, 1966
- Baldassare Pantaleone, Avanti!, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1968
- Horner, The Country Wife, Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester,England, 1969
- Octavius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1969
- Milo Tindle, Sleuth, St. Martin's Theatre, then Music Box Theatre,New York City, 1970-1971
- Title role, Macbeth, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, England, 1972
- Vershinin, Three Sisters, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1973
- Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh,Scotland, 1973
- Ricco Verri, Tonight We Improvise, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1974
- Dead poet, preacher, and politician, Sap, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, Wales, 1974
- Antony, Antony and Cleopatra, Stratford Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario, 1976
- Witwoud, The Way of the World, Stratford Festival Theatre, 1976
- Vershinin, Three Sisters, Stratford Festival Theatre, 1976
- King, The Red Devil Battery Sign, Round House Theatre, then Phoenix Theatre, both London, 1977
- Lord Illingworth, A Woman of No Importance, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1978
- Dorante, The Inconstant Couple, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1978
- Patrick, A Meeting by the River, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1979
- Bill Cardew, Home and Beauty, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1979
- Title role, Hamlet, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1979
- Ken Harrison, Whose Life Is It, Anyway?, Parker Playhouse, Fort Lauderdale, FL, then Gussman Theatre, Miami, FL, 1979
- Sherlock Holmes, The Penultimate Case of Sherlock Holmes, Hudson Guild Theatre, New York City, 1980
- Jason Carmichael, Romantic Comedy, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, then Royal Alexandria Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, later Auditorium, Denver, CO, all 1980
- Friedrich, Undiscovered Country, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford,CT, 1981
- Antony, Antony and Cleopatra, Hartford Stage Company, 1981
- Edmund Kean, Kean, Hartford Stage Company, 1981
- Gwilym, 56 Duncan Terrace, produced in Edmonton, 1982
- Narrator, Oedipus Rex (opera), Philadelphia Opera Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1982
- Antony, Antony and Cleopatra, Young Vic Theatre, London, 1982
- Sherlock Holmes, Murder, Dear Watson, Bromley Theatre, Kent, England, 1983
- Evelyn and Rupert, Corpse!, Apollo Theatre, London, 1984 then Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1986
- Elyot, Private Lives, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1990
- Cassius, Julius Caesar, Hartford Stage Company, 1990-1991
- Arthur Kipps, The Woman in Black, Minetta Lane Theatre, New York City, 2001
- Also appeared in Light Up the Sky;
Measure for Measure, Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC; The Merchant of Venice, ShakespeareTheatre, Washington, DC.
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Major Tours
- Sanyamo, South Sea Bubble, British cities, 1957
- Evelyn and Rupert, Corpse!, U.S. and Australian cities, 1985-1986
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Stage Director
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The Red Devil Battery Sign, Round House Theatre, then Phoenix Theatre, both London, 1977
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Rope, Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, England, 1993 thenWyndham's Theatre, London, 1994
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Dangerous Corner, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1994 then WhithallTheatre, London, 1995
- Also directed Gaslight,
Time and the Conways,
After October, and Silhouette, all London productions; The Country Wife, Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC.
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Film Appearances
- Charles Moulton-Barrett, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1957
- Alexander, Family Doctor, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957
- Young detective, Peeping Tom (also known as Face of Fear and The Fotographer of Panic), Rank, 1960
- Prince Hal, Chimes at Midnight (also known as Campanadas a medianoche and Falstaff), Welles, 1966
- Tony, With Love in Mind, Associated British, 1969
- David, Ash Wednesday, Paramount, 1973
- Magistral, La regenta (also known as The Regent's Wife), 1974
- Preston, Golden Rendezvous (also known as Nuclear Terror),1977
- Professor Huessler, Berlin Blues, Emiliano Piedra, 1988
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Earl of Essex, Life of Shakespeare (also known as William Shakespeare, His Life & Times), 1978
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Miniseries
- Sir Hector, Merlin, NBC, 1998
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Specials
- Thomas, She Stoops to Conquer, BBC, 1956
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Man and Superman, 1958
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The Reward of Silence, BBC, 1963
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For Tea on Sunday, BBC, 1963
- Dunois, Saint Joan, BBC, 1968
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Love Story, 1968
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Orson Welles Great Mysteries, 1973
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The Vineyard, BBC, 1974
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Orson Welles: What Went Wrong? (also known as Crazy about the Movies), Cinemax, 1992
- (Uncredited; includes unused production footage) Himself, Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood, 2001
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Episodic
- Dunbar, "Homicide and Old Lace," The Avengers, 1969
- Tony, "Nightmare for a Nightingale," Thriller, 1975 broadcast in the U.S. as Melody of Hate, ABC, 1976
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Other
- Appeared in The Miracle Man;
The Bonus;
Hold My Hand, Soldier.
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WRITINGS
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Plays
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Cavell, produced at Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, England, 1982
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56 Duncan Terrace, produced in Edmonton, Alberta, 1982
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Barnaby and the Old Boys, produced at Theatre Clwyd, Wales, 1987 then Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1989
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Memoirs
- Published My Sentiments Exactly.
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