Charles Keating (actor)
Charles Keating | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 October 1941 |
| Died | 8 August 2014 (aged 72) Weston, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse |
Mary Keating (m. 1963) |
| Children | 2 |
Charles Keating (22 October 1941 – 8 August 2014) was an English actor.
Background
[edit]Keating was born in London to Roman Catholic parents who had emigrated from Ireland, Charles James Keating and Margaret (née Shevlin) Keating,[1][2]
Keating moved to the United States via Canada with his family as a teenager.[3] He was working as a hairdresser in Buffalo, New York, when a customer suggested he try out for a local play,[4] making his stage debut in 1959 with the Buffalo Studio Theatre.[1]
Keating found steady work with the Cleveland Play House repertory company and was on tour when he met his future wife, actress Mary Chobody. The two were married in 1964 while Keating was serving in the United States Army and directing plays for its entertainment division at Fort Sill in Oklahoma.[1] Keating later acted at the Charles Playhouse in Boston before eventually joining the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis.[1] In 1971, Tyrone Guthrie asked him to move back to England and open the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.[4]
UK career
[edit]He appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon before turning to television (he was in the pilot episode of the long-running ITV series Crown Court in 1972), winning the roles of Ernest Simpson in Edward & Mrs. Simpson and Rex Mottram in ITV's Brideshead Revisited.[1] In 1978 on the BBC Shakespeare series, he played the role of Rutland, Duke of Aumerle, in Richard II.
US career
[edit]Television/soap operas
[edit]He is best known for his role as Carl Hutchins in the American soap opera Another World from 1983 to 1985, and again from 1991 to 1998 with a final appearance in 1999. He also played Charles in the satirical miniseries Fresno in 1986, which parodied the prime-time soaps of the day such as Dynasty and Dallas.[citation needed]
After Another World ended its run, he returned to stage acting and Shakespeare in a two-person show with former Another World co-star Victoria Wyndham.[5][6][7]
During 2001 and 2002, Charles played the part of James Richfield in Port Charles.
Between stints on Another World, he played Dr. Damon Lazarre on All My Children, and Niles Mason on As the World Turns. He also had a role as a professor at a Caribbean medical school that catered to Americans in the short-lived ABC sitcom Going to Extremes as well as a guest role on Sex and the City.[citation needed]
Feature films
[edit]In 1992, he appeared as Klingman in The Bodyguard. In 1999, he appeared as Freidrich Golchan in “The Thomas Crown Affair”. In 2005, he played the role of Gian-Carlo in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.[8]
Theatre
[edit]Broadway roles include Loot by Joe Orton (1986), for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play,[citation needed] The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1968) and The House of Atreus (1968), which comprised three classics: Agamemnon, Choephori, and Eumenides.[9]
In 2001, he played the role of Carney/Oscar Wilde in the Lincoln Center performance of A Man of No Importance. In 2007, he played the role of Clement O'Donnell in the Guthrie Theater production of Brian Friel's The Home Place.[10]
Awards
[edit]At the 23rd Daytime Emmy Awards, Keating won the 1996 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in the role of Carl Hutchins on Another World.[citation needed]
Death
[edit]Keating died of lung cancer at the age of 72 on 8 August 2014 in Weston, Connecticut. He was survived by his wife, Mary, and the couple's two sons.[11]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Funny Money | Ferguson | |
| 1990 | Awakenings | Mr. Kean | |
| 1992 | The Bodyguard | Klingman | |
| 1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Friedrich Golchan | |
| 1999 | Harlem Aria | Professor | |
| 2005 | Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | Gian-Carlo | |
| 2015 | Angelica | Dr. Miles | (final film role) |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Crown Court | James Elliot QC | Series regular |
| 1975 | Private Affairs | Ernest Hemingway | |
| 1976 | Life and Death of Penelope | Nigel Priestman | 4 episodes |
| 1977 | Supernatural | Andras | 2 episodes |
| 1978 | Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Ernest Simpson | 4 episodes |
| 1981 | Brideshead Revisited | Rex Mottram | 6 episodes |
| 1983 | A Talent for Murder | Lawrence McClain | TV film |
| 1983–1999 | Another World | Carl Hutchins | Contract role |
| 1985 | Hotel | Llewelyn Forbes | Episode: "Second Offense" |
| 1986 | Fresno | Charles | 6 episodes |
| 1987 | Miami Vice | Marty Glickberg | Episode: "Everybody's in Show Biz" |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | John J. Stewart | ||
| All My Children | Damon Lazarre | ||
| 1987–1988 | The Equalizer | Vincent Brennard/Kenneth Whitten | 2 episodes |
| 1989 | As the World Turns | Niles Mason | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Zeus | 1 episode |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Hayward, Anthony (15 August 2014). "Charles Keating: Actor who made his name as Rex Mottram in'Brideshead Revisited' before becoming a villainous star of US soaps". The Independent. London. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Charles Keating profile". FilmReference.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Charles Keating, Actor on TV and Stage, Dies at 72". The New York Times. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ a b Chawkins, Steve (10 August 2014). "Charles Keating, actor who played soap opera villain, dies at 72". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ Tarantola, Christina (28 January 1995). "This Couple Loves To Love on Screen, Stage". Daily Press. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Nicholson, David (15 September 1995). "An Evening of Love: Soap Opera Stars Bring 'Couplets' To W&m Theater". Daily Press. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Hershenson, Roberta (5 February 1995). "A Triangle Yields 'Couplets'". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Charles Keating, Shakespearian actor and soap star, dies". Entertainment & Arts. BBC. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Charles Keating at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ "Charles Keating". Lortel Archives. Lucille Lortel Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Charles Keating dies at the age of 72". The Baltimore Sun. Reuters. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
External links
[edit]- Charles Keating at IMDb
- TV Interview with Charles Keating about his role in the Guthrie Theater's July–August 2000 production of The Twelfth Night (28:40).
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1941 births
- 2014 deaths
- Deaths from lung cancer in Connecticut
- 20th-century English male actors
- 21st-century English male actors
- English male stage actors
- English male soap opera actors
- Daytime Emmy Award winners
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winners
- Male actors from London
- English expatriate male actors in the United States
- English people of Irish descent