Keating, Charles 1941–

PERSONAL

Born October 22, 1941, in London, England; immigrated to the United States; son of Charles James and Margaret (maiden name, Shevlin) Keating; married Mary Ellen Chobody, 1963; children: Sean, Jamie. Avocational Interests: Gardening, painting.

Addresses:

Manager—David Martin Management, 13849 Riverside Dr., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.

Career:

Actor and director. Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England, actor and director, 1972; cabaret appearances include one season at the Moors, Cape Cod, MA, 1967. Military service: U.S. Army, performer and director with Special Services, 1960-63.

Member:

Actors' Equity Association (United States and England), Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

Awards, Honors:

Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best featured actor in a play, 1986, for Loot; Soap Opera Digest Award nominations, outstanding villain, 1992, 1993, and 1994, and outstanding male scene stealer, 1995, Daytime Emmy Award nominations, outstanding supporting actor in a drama series, 1992 and 1993, and outstanding lead actor in a drama series, 1994, and Daytime Emmy Award, outstanding lead actor in a drama series, 1996, all for Another World; Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding featured actor in a musical, 2003, for A Man of No Importance.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Eilif, Mother Courage, Charles Playhouse, Boston, MA, 1967.

Laertes, Hamlet, Charles Playhouse, 1967.

Valentine, Love for Love, Charles Playhouse, 1967.

Manuele Giri, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Billy Rose Theatre, New York City, 1968-69, Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN, between 1968-69, and 1970.

Pylades, The House of Atreus, Billy Rose Theatre, 1968-69, Tyrone Guthrie Theater, between 1968-69, and 1970.

Title role, Baal, Tyrone Guthrie Theater, between 1968 and 1970.

Caliban, The Tempest, Tyrone Guthrie Theater, between 1968 and 1970.

Hurst, Serjeant Musgrave's Dance, Tyrone Guthrie Theater, between 1968 and 1970.

Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, Tyrone Guthrie Theater, between 1968 and 1970.

Cromwell, A Man for All Seasons, Bankside Globe Playhouse, England, 1972.

Ralph, The Shoemaker's Holiday, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England, 1972.

First player, The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1973.

King, Escurial, Royal Shakespeare Company, Studio Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1973.

Member of the ensemble, Christopher Columbus, Royal Shakespeare Company, Studio Theatre, 1973.

Oliver, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1973.

Ross, Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1973, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York City, 1974.

Cloten, Cymbeline, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and Aldwych Theatre, London, both 1974.

Reader, Groupings, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Place, London, 1974.

Edmund, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and The Place, both 1974, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1975.

Consul Casimir, The Marquis of Keith, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1975.

The Actors Are Come Hither … Buzz, Buzz, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1975.

Ham, Noah, Chichester Festival, Chichester, England, 1976.

Orsino, Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night, or What You Will), Chichester Festival, 1976.

American ambassador, The Applecart, Chichester Festival, 1977.

Jerry, The Zoo Story, Chichester Festival, 1977.

Title role, Macbeth, Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, OH, 1977.

Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, Chichester Festival, 1977.

Murder in the Cathedral, Chichester Festival, 1977.

Ergun, An Ounce of Prevention, Hartley House, New York City, 1985.

McLeavy, Loot, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, then Music Box Theatre, both New York City, 1986.

Common man, A Man for All Seasons, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1986-87.

Dr. Prentice, What the Butler Saw, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 1989.

Carlton, Light Up the Sky, Roundabout Theatre, 1990.

Sir Colenso Ridgeon, The Doctor's Dilemma, Roundabout Theatre, 1990.

Romeo and Juliet, Playhouse 91, New York City, 1990.

Doolittle, Pygmalion, Roundabout Theatre, 1991.

Waiter, You Never Can Tell, Roundabout Theatre Company, Laura Pels Theatre, New York City, 1998.

Carney and Oscar Wilde, A Man of No Importance (musical), Lincoln Center, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York City, 2002.

McLeavy, Loot, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 2002.

Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol, Tyrone Guthrie Theater, 2004.

Also performed at other venues, including the Province-town Playhouse, Cape Cod, MA, 1959-60.

Major Tours:

What Is Past, Passing or to Come (solo show), Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Midwest cities, 1968.

When I Was a Boy with Never a Crack in My Heart (solo show), Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Midwest cities, 1968.

Edmund, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1975.

Groupings, Royal Shakespeare Company, U.S. universities, 1976.

The Hollow Crown, Royal Shakespeare Company, U.S. universities, 1976.

Shall I Compare Thee, Royal Shakespeare Company, U.S. universities, 1976.

With Victoria Wyndham, appeared in Couplets: A Celebration of Love, Verse, Scene and Song (also known as Couplets), U.S. cities.

Stage Director:

The Madness of Lady Bright, Tyrone Guthrie Theater, 1969.

Macbeth, Crawford Livingston Theatre, St. Paul, MN, 1970.

The Scarecrow, American College Theatre Festival, 1971.

Stage Work; Other:

Fight arranger, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and The Place, London, both 1974.

Television Appearances; Series:

Nigel Priestman, Life and Death of Penelope, Thames Television, 1976.

Ernest Simpson, Edward and Mrs. Simpson, Thames Television, 1978, syndicated, 1980.

Rex Mottram, Brideshead Revisited, Granada Television, 1981, broadcast on Great Performances, PBS, 1982.

Carl Hutchins, Another World (also known as Another World: Bay City), NBC, 1983-85, 1991-98, 1999.

Dr. Damon Lazarre, All My Children (also known as All My Children: The Summer of Seduction), ABC, 1987-88.

Niles Mason, As the World Turns, CBS, 1989-90.

Dr. Jack Van De Weghe, Going to Extremes, ABC, 1992-93.

James Richfield, Port Charles (also known as Port Charles: Desire, Port Charles: Fate, Port Charles: The Gift, Port Charles: Miracles Happen, Port Charles: Naked Eyes, Port Charles: Secrets, Port Charles: Superstitions, Port Charles: Surrender, Port Charles: Tainted Love, Port Charles: Tempted, Port Charles: Time in a Bottle, and Port Charles: Torn), ABC, 2001-2003.

Host of The New York Theater Review, PBS.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Charles, Fresno, CBS, 1986.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Secretary of State Keys, Charlie Muffin (also known as A Deadly Game and L'abbraccio dell'orso), Thames Television and Euston Films, 1983.

Lawrence McClain, A Talent for Murder (also known as Erikoisala: Murha, Mord nach Plan, Rikollisia taipumuksia, and 68 gialli per un omicidio), BBC and Showtime, 1984.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Dr. Delane, "Meriel, the Ghost Girl," BBC2 Playhouse (also known as BBC2 Playhouse—The Mind Beyond: Meriel, the Ghost Girl), BBC-2, 1976.

"The Chauffeur," BBC2 Playhouse (also known as BBC2 Playhouse: The Chauffeur), BBC-2, 1976.

Duke of Aumerle, "King Richard the Second" (also known as "Richard II"), BBC Television Shakespeare (also known as The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare and The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: "King Richard the Second"), BBC-2, 1978, also broadcast on PBS.

"Thank You, Comrades," BBC2 Playhouse (also known as BBC2 Playhouse: Thank You, Comrades), BBC-2, 1978.

Hetman of all the Ukraine, "The White Guard," Play of the Month, BBC, 1982.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The 11th Annual Soap Opera Awards, NBC, 1995.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"A Dream of Living," Private Affairs (also known as Private Affairs: A Dream of Living), BBC, 1975.

Sammy, "Everest Was Also Conquered," The Professionals, London Weekend Television, 1978.

Devlin, "Invitation to a Dynamite Party," Cribb, Granada Television, 1981.

Andy Stimmer, "A Swift and Evil Rozzer," Strangers, Granada Television, 1982.

Peter Madison, "A Passing Opportunity," Tales of the Unexpected (also known as Roald Dahl's "Tales of the Unexpected"), Anglia Television and syndicated, 1983.

Llewelyn Forbes, "Saving Grace," Hotel (also known as Arthur Hailey's "Hotel"), ABC, 1985.

Kenneth Whitten, "Hand and Glove," The Equalizer, CBS, 1987.

Marty Glickberg, "Everybody's in Showbiz …," Miami Vice (also known as Gold Coast and Miami Unworthiness), NBC, 1987.

"Last Call," The Equalizer, CBS, 1988.

Neville Morgan, "The Power of Female Sex," Sex and the City, HBO, 1998.

Zeus, "Full Circle," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (also known as Hercules), syndicated, 1999.

Peter, "Paradise Inn," Providence, NBC, 2000.

Zeus, "God Fearing Child," Xena: Warrior Princess (also known as Xena), syndicated, 2000.

(Scenes deleted) Alliance member Alain Christophe, "Color Blind," Alias, ABC, 2001.

Appeared as James Eliot QC (queen's counsel) in Crown Court, Granada Television. Appeared in other programs, including Cable Crossings (also known as Cable Crossings: The Early Months), America's Talking.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

John J. Stuart, "Infiltrator," CBS Summer Playhouse, CBS, 1987.

Film Appearances:

Ferguson, Funny Money, Cannon, 1982.

Oscar, The Rocking Horse Winner (short film), United International Pictures, 1983.

Mr. Kean, Awakenings, Columbia, 1990.

Klingman, The Bodyguard, Warner Bros., 1992.

Friedrich Golchan, The Thomas Crown Affair, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999.

Professor, Harlem Aria (also known as New York Aria and Destiny—Einmal ganz oben stehen), Myriad Pictures, 1999.

Gian-Carlo, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (also known as Destination Amsterdam, Deuce Bigalow: Electric Gigolo, Deuce Bigalow 2: Destination Amsterdam, Deuce Bigalow—Gigolo europeen, Deuce Bigalow—puttano in saldo, Gigolo europeu por acidente, Gigolo malgre lui, and Gigolo por accidente en Europa), Columbia, 2005.

Radio Appearances:

Reader for Selected Shorts, National Public Radio.

RECORDINGS

Albums:

(With Victoria Wyndham) Couplets: A Celebration of Love, Verse, Scene and Song (also known as Couplets), Shanachie Records, 1997, Koch International, 1999.

Audiobooks:

Fredrick Forsyth, The Deceiver, HarperCollins, 1995.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Red-Headed League, 1996.

James Joyce, Listen and Read James Joyce's "Dubliners," Dover Publications, 1997.

Walter Lord, The Night Lives On, HarperAudio, 1998.

David Almond, Kit's Wilderness, Listening Library, 2000.

Terry Brooks, Antrax (The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Book 2), Random House Audio, 2001.

P. D. James, Death in Holy Orders, Random House Audio, 2001.

Brooks, Morgawr (The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Book 3), Random House Audio, 2002.

Brooks, High Druid of Shannara: Jarka Ruus, Volume 2, Random House Audio, 2003.

Brooks, The Sword of Shannara, Random House Audio, 2003.

Leon Uris, Redemption, HarperAudio, 2003.

Brooks, The Elfstones of Shannara, Volume 2, Random House Audio Roads, 2004.

Brooks, High Druid of Shannara: Tanequil, Random House Audio, 2004.

Brooks, The Wishsong of Shannara, Random House Audio Roads, 2004.

Various authors, Legends II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy: Volume II, edited by Robert Silverberg, Random House Audio, 2004.

Brooks, High Druid of Shannara: Straken, Random House Audio, 2005.

Elizabeth George, With No One as Witness, HarperAudio, 2005.

Charmian Hussey, The Valley of Secrets, Listening Library, 2005.

James, The Lighthouse, Random House Audio, 2005.

George, What Came before He Shot Her, HarperAudio, 2006.

Mark Haddon, A Spot of Bother, Random House Audio, 2006.

Various authors, Selected Shorts: Timeless Classics, Symphony Space, c. 2006.

WRITINGS

Writings for the Stage:

With Victoria Wyndham, wrote Couplets: A Celebration of Love, Verse, Scene and Song (also known as Couplets), produced in various U.S. cities.

Writings for the Stage; Music:

Groupings, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Place, London, 1974.

Groupings-Gropings, Royal Shakespeare Company, Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1977.

Albums:

(With Victoria Wyndham) Couplets: A Celebration of Love, Verse, Scene and Song (also known as Couplets), Shanachie Records, 1997, Koch International, 1999.