Keith Skinner (Actor)

Reviews of Keith Skinner Movies

Looking for reviews of Keith Skinner movies? Cinafilm has a total of 477 reviews across 2 movies.

Movies starring Keith Skinner have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 63%.

Romeo and Juliet - released in 1968 - is Keith Skinner's highest rated movie, with a score of 73% based on 476 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Keith Skinner is Mademoiselle - released in 1966 - with a score of 54% based on 1 reviews.

Actor Biography

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 well as appearing in three episodes of Z Cars from 1969 to 1972. He went on to appear in an episode of Play for Today, one episode of Out of the Unknown in 1971, in two episodes of So it Goes in 1973, in two episodes of Beryl's Lot (1973-1976) and then in 1976 in the film The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella.

In 1977, Skinner played the obsessed boy in the TV mini series Jesus of Nazareth. In 1980, he starred in John Loesser's musical Guys and Dolls. In 1985, Skinner appeared in an episode of Doctor Who.

In 2001, Skinner worked on the film From Hell as an historical consultant.

In 2004, Skinner gave up acting and is now a crime historian.

Keith Skinner has acted in films with Laurence Olivier, Olivia Hussey, Michael York and Jeanne Moreau.

Keith Skinner has worked with these film directors: Franco Zeffirelli and Tony Richardson.