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Charles Keating

1941 – 2014

English actor

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Lived 1941 – 2014 (aged 72). Charles Keating was a British actor, stage actor and television actor.

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

Background Keating was born on 22 October 1941 in London to Roman Catholic parents who had emigrated from Ireland, Charles James Keating and Margaret (née Shevlin) Keating.

Keating moved to the United States via Canada with his family as a teenager. He was working as a hairdresser in Buffalo, New York, when a customer suggested he try out for a local play, and he made his stage debut in 1959 with the Buffalo Studio Theatre.

During 2001 and 2002, Keating played the part of James Richfield in Port Charles.

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 as Klingman in The Bodyguard. In 1999, he appeared as Friedrich Golchan in “The Thomas Crown Affair”. In 2005, he played the role of Gian-Carlo in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.

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. In 1999 and 2000, he played the role of Malvolio in the Guthrie Theater productions of Twelfth Night in both years.

In 2001, he played the role of Carney/Oscar Wilde in the Lincoln Center performance of A Man of No Importance. In 2004, he played Ebenezer Scrooge in the Guthrie Theater production of A Christmas Carol. In 2007, he played the role of Clement O'Donnell in the Guthrie Theater production of Brian Friel's The Home Place.

Awards At the 23rd Daytime Emmy Awards, Keating won the 1996 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.

Filmography Film + Year Title Role Notes1983 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 A Talent for Murder Lawrence McClain TV film 1983–1999 Another World Carl Hutchins Contract role 1985 Hotel Llewelyn Forbes Episode: "Second Offense" 1986 Fresno Charles 6 episodes1987 Miami Vice Marty Glickberg Episode: "Everybody's in Show Biz" CBS Summer Playhouse John J. Stewart All My Children Damon Lazarre The Equalizer Kenneth Whitten Episode: "Hand and Glove" 1988 The Equalizer Vincent Brennard Episode: "Last Call" 1989 As the World Turns Niles Mason 2 episodes 1995 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Zeus 1 episode

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Who was Charles Keating?

English actor (1941-2014)

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Charles Keating was born on 22 October 1941 in London.

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Charles Keating died on 9 August 2014 in Weston.

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Charles Keating was an actor, stage actor and television actor.

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