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Keith Skinner

ActorBorn January 1, 1949 (75 years)
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Keith Skinner (born 1949) is a British actor who worked in cinema and television.

His career began when he starred as Bruno in the 1966 film Mademoiselle, and more notably perhaps in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film Romeo and Juliet as Balthasar, Romeo's manservant and trusted friend. He appears at various stages in the film including galloping on horseback to tell Romeo (played by Leonard Whiting) of Juliet's "death" and accompanies Romeo back to Verona again on horseback towards the end of the film.

Skinner starred in one episode of The Jazz Age in 1968, he played Harry Lampton in five episodes of the early seventies' TV series Man at the Top, as well as appearing in three episodes of Z Cars from 1969 to 1972. He went on to appear in an episode of Play for Today, one episode of Out of the Unknown in 1971, in two episodes of So it Goes in 1973, in two episodes of Beryl's Lot (1973-1976) and then in 1976 in the film The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella.

In 1977, Skinner played the obsessed boy in the TV mini series Jesus of Nazareth. In 1980, he starred in John Loesser's musical Guys and Dolls. In 1985, Skinner appeared in an episode of Doctor Who.

In 2001, Skinner worked on the film From Hell as an historical consultant.

In 2004, Skinner gave up acting and is now a crime historian.

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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Jesus of Nazareth
  • The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella
Known For
  • Mademoiselle
  • The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella
  • Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson

Filmography

2023
Tales of the Tardis (TV Series) · as Rondel
2012
Ripper Street (TV Series) · as Skinner
2012
1985
1981
The Borgias (1981) (TV Series) · as Tommasino
1980
A Tale of Two Cities (TV Series) · as Young Man
1980
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (TV Series) · as John
1977
Jesus of Nazareth (TV Series) · as Obsessed Boy
1976
1970
Man At The Top (TV Series) · as Harry Lampton
1970
Play for Today (TV Series) · as Partridge
1969
1968
Romeo and Juliet · as Balthazar
1966
Mademoiselle · as Bruno
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Miller
1965
Out of the Unknown (TV Series) · as Sinclair
1963
Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Rondel
1962
Z Cars (TV Series) · as Brian Fraser

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