Keith Buckley (7 April 1941 – 1 December 2020) was an English actor who mostly appeared on television and films from 1958.

Career

Keith Buckley was born in April 1941 in

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and performed in school plays at Huddersfield College. He had many appearances in film and television, including '' The Avengers'' and '' Randall and Hopkirk'' in the 1960s and '' The New Avengers'' in the 1970s.

Personal life

Between the years 1959 and 1967, Keith Buckley was married to Bella Buckley, with whom he had two daughters. Then, he was in a partnership for nineteen years with the casting director

Mary Selway Mary Selway (14 March 1936 – 21 April 2004) was an English casting director. Life Selway was born in Norwich in 1936, daughter of a cinema manager and impresario. At the age of 13 she enrolled at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in Lon ...

, with whom he also had two daughters. In later years, he lived in the USA with author

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before returning home to live in UK. He died in December 2020 at the age of 79.Keith Buckley obituary
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Selected filmography

* ''

Shadow of the Boomerang ''Shadow of the Boomerang'' is a 1960 Australian drama film directed by Dick Ross and written by Dick Ross and John Ford. It was a 'Christian Western' about a cattle station manager who learns to overcome his prejudice against aboriginals. Plot ...

'' (1960) – Stockman * ''

King & Country ''King and Country'' (stylised as ''King & Country'') is a 1964 British war film directed by Joseph Losey, shot in black and white, and starring Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtenay. The film was adapted for the screen by British screenwriter Evan J ...

'' (1964) – Corporal of Guard * ''

Attack on the Iron Coast ''Attack on the Iron Coast'' is a 1967 DeLuxe Color Anglo-American Oakmont Productions international co-production war film directed by Paul Wendkos in the first of his five-picture contract with Mirisch Productions, and starring Lloyd Bridges, ...

'' (1968) – Commando No1 (uncredited) * ''

Alfred the Great Alfred the Great (alt. Ælfred 848/849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who bot ...

'' (1969) – Hadric * '' Spring and Port Wine'' (1970) – Arthur Gasket * ''

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moorland, moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their tur ...

'' (1970) * ''

The Go-Between ''The Go-Between'' is a novel by L. P. Hartley published in 1953. His best-known work, it has been adapted several times for stage and screen. The book gives a critical view of society at the end of the Victorian era through the eyes of a naïv ...

'' (1971) – Stubbs * ''

The Pied Piper The Pied Piper of Hamelin (german: der Rattenfänger von Hameln, also known as the Pan Piper or the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the title character of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany. The legend dates back to ...

'' (1972) – Mattio * ''

Virgin Witch ''Virgin Witch'' is a British horror sexploitation film directed by Ray Austin and starring Ann and Vicki Michelle, Patricia Haines and Neil Hallett. The plot concerns a prospective model and her sister who join a coven of white wizards. T ...

'' (1972) – Johnny * '' Dr. Phibes Rises Again'' (1972) – Stewart * ''

The 14 ''The 14'' is a 1973 British drama film directed by David Hemmings and starring Jack Wild and June Brown. It was also released as ''Existence'' and, in the United States, as ''The Wild Little Bunch''. It was entered into the 23rd Berlin Intern ...

'' (1973) – Mr. Whitehead * ''

Trial by Combat Trial by combat (also wager of battle, trial by battle or judicial duel) was a method of Germanic law to settle accusations in the absence of witnesses or a confession in which two parties in dispute fought in single combat; the winner of the ...

'' (1976) – Herald * '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1976) – Major Gericke * '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) – HMS Ranger Crewman * '' Hanover Street'' (1979) – Lieutenant Wells * ''

Tess Tess or TESS may refer to: Music * Tess (band), a Spanish pop band active from 2000 to 2005 * TESS (musician), a UK musician Film and theatre * ''Tess'' (1979 film), a 1979 film adaptation of '' Tess of the d'Urbervilles'' * ''Tess'' (2016 film) ...

'' (1979) – Postman * ''

Excalibur Excalibur () is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes also attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain. It was associated with the Arthurian legend very early on. Excalibur and the Sword in th ...

'' (1981) – Uryens * ''

The Star Chamber ''The Star Chamber'' is a 1983 American crime thriller film starring Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, Sharon Gless, James B. Sikking, and Joe Regalbuto. The film was written by Roderick Taylor and Peter Hyams and directed by Hyams. It ...

'' (1983) – Assassin * '' John Wycliffe: The Morning Star'' (1984) – John of Gaunt * ''

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'' (1985) – De Torres * '' Half Moon Street'' (1986) – Hugo Van Arkady * '' Sky Bandits'' (1986) – Von Schlussel * ''

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'' (1988) – Dutch Doctor

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* 1941 births 2020 deaths English male film actors English male television actors Male actors from Huddersfield {{England-actor-stub