Keith Skinner

Keith Skinner

Known for

Acting

Biography

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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...

Best known work

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
1968
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
1963
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Ripper Street
Ripper Street
2012
The Slipper and the Rose
The Slipper and the Rose
1976
Mademoiselle
Mademoiselle
1966
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
1985
Tales of the Tardis
Tales of the Tardis
2023
The Right Prospectus
The Right Prospectus
1970
Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt
Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt
1969

Filmography

  1. 2023

    Tales of the TardisTV

    as Rondel (1 episode)

  2. 2012

    Ripper StreetTV

    as Skinner (1 episode)

  3. 1985

  4. 1977

    Jesus of NazarethTV

    as Obsessed Boy (4 episodes)

  5. 1976

  6. 1971

    Taste of Evil

    as Sinclair

  7. 1970

  8. 1970

  9. 1969

  10. 1968

    The Jazz AgeTV

    as Mitka (1 episode)

  11. 1968

    Romeo and Juliet

    as Balthazar

  12. 1966

    Mademoiselle

    as Bruno

  13. 1963

    Doctor WhoTV

    as Rondel (2 episodes)

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