Keith Faulkner

Keith Faulkner (born 25 July 1936) is a British-born Australian actor.[1]

This article is about the English actor. For the British academic, see Keith W. Faulkner. For the English bass-baritone singer, see Keith Falkner.

Early life

Faulkner was born in Richmond, Surrey. He started his career at Corona Academy at the age of eleven and moved on to a career in film and television in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Career

Faulkner later left acting and moved to Australia, where he worked for a telecommunications company. In the late-1940s, he appeared at the London Coliseum in Annie Get Your Gun playing Annie Oakley's brother Little Jake. In 1951, he appeared at Stratford-upon-Avon's Memorial Theatre during the Festival of Britain Season, playing Falstaff's Page in Henry IV and the Boy in Henry V.[2] This was followed by an extensive tour of Britain with the Elizabethan Theatre Company, performing various Shakespearean productions. In the 1950s, Keith Faulkner was known for his roles as Ginger in Just William and Bob Cherry in Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (both BBC TV series) and also featured in juvenile roles in a number of feature films. In the early 1960s, he appeared in several B-film thrillers and crime films and starred in The Man in the Back Seat, and Strongroom.[3] His last screen credit was in 1963.[4]\

Personal life

Faulkner and his wife, Pat, have two sons.

Partial filmography

References
  1. "Keith Faulkner". Archived from the original on August 7, 2017.
  2. "Keith Faulkner - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  3. McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
  4. "Keith Faulkner - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.



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