Keith Buckley (actor)

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Keith Buckley
Keith Buckley in The Virgin Witch (cropped).png
Keith Buckley in the film Virgin Witch (1972)
Born(1941-04-07)7 April 1941
Died1 December 2020(2020-12-01) (aged 79)
Occupation
  • Actor
Spouse
  • Bella Buckley
    (m. 1959;div. 1967)
Partner(s) Mary Selway
Beverly Lowry
Children4

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

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Career

Keith Buckley was born on 7 April 1941 in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire 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. [1]

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, with whom he also had two daughters. [2] In later years, he lived in the US with author Beverly Lowry before returning home to live in the UK. [3] He died in December 2020 at the age of 79. [4]

Selected filmography

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