Keith Alexander (actor)

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Keith Alexander
Born
Keith Alexander Buckley

(1930-02-03) 3 February 1930 (age 94)
Occupation(s)Actor
Voiceover artist

Keith Alexander (born Keith Buckley; sometimes credited as Keith Alexander Buckley) [2] is an Australian actor and voiceover artist. [3]

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Early life

Originally from Sydney, [4] Alexander studied engineering and law at Adelaide University before deciding to pursue acting as a career. [5] He worked extensively in theatre, [6] but moved to London in 1965, disillusioned with the state of Australian politics. He took on the professional stage name 'Keith Alexander' as there was already an actor known as 'Keith Buckley' in the UK. [7]

Career

Film and television

Alexander is best known for his work in the United Kingdom, in particular his voice work, due to his specialty in reproducing accents. [8]

Alexander's UK television credits include Softly, Softly (1966), The New Avengers (1976), Minder (1979) and The Day of the Triffids (1981). On the big screen, he had roles in Submarine X-1 (1968), Superman (1978), Hanover Street (1979) and All About a Prima Ballerina (1980).

He featured in productions by Gerry Anderson, voicing John Tracy in the 1968 puppet film Thunderbird 6 (in addition to serving as the film's narrator). [9] He voiced regular character Sam Loover and numerous guest characters in the TV series Joe 90 (1968–69). His other Anderson appearances were in the film Doppelgänger (1969) and the TV series The Secret Service and UFO – the latter, as recurring character Lieutenant Keith Ford.

Alexander also spent time the United States, where he worked on The Ed Sullivan Show providing the English-language voice of the Italian puppet mouse Topo Gigio. [10]

Alexander moved back to Australia in the early 1990s, where he continues to act in Australian productions. [11]

Book

Alexander wrote and self-published the "love crime war drama" novel "Not Just Another Love Story" in 2023. [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1957In the ZoneScottyTV movie
1957 Ending It WaiterTV movie
1960 Shadow of the Boomerang StockmanFeature film
1961 The Big Client Geoff ManningTV movie
1965 Moby Dick Rehearsed StarbuckTV movie
1966Topo Gigio Comes to TownTopo Gigio (voice)TV movie [13]
1967Toppo Jîjo no botan sensôNarrator
1969 Submarine X-1 Sub. Lt. X-3Feature film
1968 Thunderbird 6 John Tracy / Carter / NarratorPuppet feature film [14]
1969 Doppelgänger (aka Journey to the Far Side of the Sun)EUROSEC Launch Controller (uncredited)Feature film
1978 Superman NewscasterFeature film [15]
1979 Hanover Street Soldier in BarnFeature film
1980All About a Prima BallerinaPeter - The Agent
2009The Dark Side of WarShort film
2013Finding BennelongVoiceShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1958 Killer in Close-Up TV series, 1 episode
1964 The Stranger John RobinsonTV miniseries
1964 Tribunal Andrew VolsteadTV series, 1 episode
1966 Mrs Thursday PC MatthewsTV series, 1 episode
1966 Softly, Softly PC DownerTV series, 1 episode
1967 No Hiding Place 1st Customs OfficerTV series, 1 episode
1967 Vendetta Sgt BristowTV series, 1 episode
1968 Merry-Go-Round ReaderTV series, 1 episode
1968–69 Joe 90 Sam Loover / various charactersTV series, 30 episodes [16]
1969HeritageAlcinousTV series, 1 episode
1969 The Secret Service Various characters (voices)TV series, 13 episodes
1970–71 UFO Lieutenant Keith FordTV series, 15 episodes [17]
1976 The New Avengers MalloyTV series, 1 episode
1978Life at StakeFred HaiseTV series, 1 episode [18]
1979 Minder AndyTV series, 1 episode
1981 The Day of the Triffids Newsreel voiceTV miniseries, 1 episode
1993 Home and Away Male PensionerTV series, 1 episode
1993 G.P. Harold KingTV series, 1 episode
1996 Water Rats Mr ScaliTV series, 2 episodes
1997 The Adventures of Sam Voice roleAnimated TV series
2005–06 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky Various charactersTV series, 2 episodes
2018 Trial by Kyle NarratorTV series [19]
2019The AndersonsNarratorBBC UK [20]
The History of the ChineseSBS TV series [21]

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenue / Co.
1949Varsity Revue: Keep it CleanVocalist Tivoli Theatre, Adelaide
1953A New Verse Play University of Adelaide
1953Sparkling Burgundy '53 University of Adelaide
1954 Romeo and Juliet University of Adelaide
1954Traveller Without Baggage University of Adelaide
1954 The Circle Arnold Champion-Cheney University of Adelaide
1954Sydney 1954 N.U.A.U.S. Drama Festival University of Sydney
1954 The Philadelphia Story University of Sydney
1954 A Phoenix Too Frequent University of Sydney
1954 The Relapse University of Sydney
1954 The Typewriter University of Sydney
1954Ring Around the Moon University of Sydney
1954The Third Person University of Sydney, University of Adelaide
1954 Miss Julie University of Sydney
1954 Anna Christie University of Sydney
1954 Crime and Punishment Studio Theatre, Adelaide
1956 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Rialto Theatre, Brisbane
1957Lower Education University of Sydney
1957 Macbeth Malcolm Independent Theatre, Sydney
1957 The Big Knife Independent Theatre, Sydney
1957 The Lark The Promoter Independent Theatre, Sydney
1960 The Tragedy of King Richard II Henry Bolingbroke Independent Theatre, Sydney
1963 The Season at Sarsaparilla Harry Knott Theatre Royal, Sydney
1960sMy Three Angels [22]

[23]

Radio

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983The Last Cargo of the Cathay QueenShip owner (top billing) [24]

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