Charles Keating (actor)

Charles Keating (22 October 1941 – 8 August 2014) was an English actor.

Charles Keating
Born	(1941-10-22)22 October 1941 London, England
Died	8 August 2014(2014-08-08) (aged 72) Weston, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Spouse(s)	Mary Keating (1963–2014; his death)
Children	2

For other people named Charles Keating, see Charles Keating (disambiguation).

Background

Keating was born in London to Roman Catholic parents who had emigrated from Ireland, Charles James Keating and Margaret (née Shevlin) Keating,[1][2]

Keating moved to the United States via Canada with his family as a teenager.[3] He was working as a hair dresser in Buffalo, New York, when a customer suggested he try out for a local play,[4] making his stage debut in 1959 with the Buffalo Studio Theatre.[1]

Keating found steady work with the Cleveland Play House repertory company and was on tour when he met his future wife, actress Mary Chobody. The two were married in 1964 while Keating was serving in the US Army and directing plays for its entertainment division at Fort Sill in Oklahoma.[1] Keating later acted at the Charles Playhouse in Boston before eventually joining the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis.[1] In 1971, he was asked by Tyrone Guthrie in 1971 to move back to England and open the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.[4]

UK career

He appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon before turning to television (he was in the pilot episode of the long-running ITV series Crown Court in 1972), winning the roles of Ernest Simpson in Edward & Mrs. Simpson and Rex Mottram in ITV's Brideshead Revisited.[1] In 1978 on the BBC Shakespeare series, he played the role of Rutland, Duke of Aumerle, in Richard II.

US career

Television/soap operas

He is best known for his role as Carl Hutchins in the American soap opera Another World from 1983–85, and again from 1991-98 with a final appearance in 1999. He played also Charles in the satirical miniseries Fresno in 1986, which parodied the prime-time soaps of the day such as Dynasty and Dallas.

After Another World ended its run, he returned to stage acting and to Shakespeare in a two-person show with former Another World co-star Victoria Wyndham.[5][6][7]

During 2001 Charles played the part of James Richfield on Port Charles see Port Charles - Series Tainted Love.

In between stints on Another World, he played Dr. Damon Lazarre on All My Children, and Niles Mason on As the World Turns. He also had a role as a professor at a Caribbean medical school that catered to Americans in the short-lived ABC sitcom Going to Extremes as well as a guest role on Sex and the City.

Feature films

In 1992, he appeared in The Bodyguard. In 2005, he had a supporting role in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.[8]

Theatre

Broadway roles include Loot by Joe Orton (1986), for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1968) and The House of Atreus (1968), which comprised three classics: Agamemnon, Choephori, and Eumenides.[9]

In 2001, he played the role of Carney/Oscar Wilde in the Lincoln Center performance of A Man of No Importance. In 2007, he played the role of Clement O'Donnell in the Guthrie Theater production of Brian Friel's The Home Place.[10]

Awards

At the 23rd Daytime Emmy Awards, Keating won the 1995 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in the role of Carl Hutchins on Another World.

Death

Keating died of lung cancer at the age of 72 on 8 August 2014 in Weston, Connecticut. He was survived by his wife, Mary, and the couple's two sons.[11]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Funny Money	Ferguson
1990	Awakenings	Mr. Kean
1992	The Bodyguard	Klingman
1999	The Thomas Crown Affair	Friedrich Golchan
1999	Harlem Aria	Professor
2005	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	Gian-Carlo
2015	Angelica	Dr. Miles	(final film role)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	Crown Court	James Elliot QC	Series regular
1975	Private Affairs	Ernest Hemingway
1976	Life and Death of Penelope	Nigel Priestman	4 episodes
1977	Supernatural	Andras	2 episodes
1978	Edward & Mrs. Simpson	Ernest Simpson	4 episodes
1981	Brideshead Revisited	Rex Mottram	6 episodes
1983–1999	Another World	Carl Hutchins	Contact role
1985	Hotel	Llewelyn Forbes	Episode: "Second Offense"
1986	Fresno	Charles	6 episodes
1987	Miami Vice	Marty Glickberg	Episode: "Everybody's in Show Biz"
	CBS Summer Playhouse	John J. Stewart
	All My Children	Damon Lazarre
1987–1988	The Equalizer	Vincent Brennard/Kenneth Whitten	2 episodes
1989	As the World Turns	Niles Mason	2 episodes

References

1. Hayward, Anthony (15 August 2014). "Charles Keating: Actor who made his name as Rex Mottram in'Brideshead Revisited' before becoming a villainous star of US soaps". The Independent. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
2. "Charles Keating profile". FilmReference.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
3. "Charles Keating, Actor on TV and Stage, Dies at 72". The New York Times. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
4. Chawkins, Steve (10 August 2014). "Charles Keating, actor who played soap opera villain, dies at 72". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
5. Tarantola, Christina (28 January 1995). "This Couple Loves To Love On Screen, Stage". Daily Press. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
6. Nicholson, David (15 September 1995). "An Evening Of Love: Soap Opera Stars Bring 'Couplets' To W&m Theater". Daily Press. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
7. Hershenson, Roberta (5 February 1995). "A Triangle Yields 'Couplets'". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
8. "Charles Keating, Shakespearian actor and soap star, dies". Entertainment & Arts. BBC. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
9. Charles Keating at the Internet Broadway Database
10. "Charles Keating". Lortel Archives. Lucille Lortel Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
11. "Charles Keating dies at the age of 72". Baltimore Sun. Reuters. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

External links

• Charles Keating on IMDb