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 Guthrie Theater's 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 Ebeneezer 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

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|1983|| Funny Money || Ferguson ||

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|1990|| Awakenings || Mr. Kean ||

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|1992|| The Bodyguard || Klingman ||

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|1999|| The Thomas Crown Affair || Friedrich Golchan ||

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|1999|| Harlem Aria || Professor ||

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|2005|| Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo || Gian-Carlo ||

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|2015|| Angelica || Dr. Miles || (final film role)

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Television

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| 1972 || Crown Court || James Elliot QC || Series regular

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| 1975 || Private Affairs || Ernest Hemingway ||

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| 1976 || Life and Death of Penelope || Nigel Priestman || 4 episodes

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| 1977 || Supernatural || Andras || 2 episodes

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| 1978 || Edward & Mrs. Simpson || Ernest Simpson || 4 episodes

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| 1981 || Brideshead Revisited || Rex Mottram || 6 episodes

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| 1983 || A Talent for Murder || Lawrence McClain || TV film

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| 1983–1999 || Another World || Carl Hutchins || Contract role

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| 1985 || Hotel || Llewelyn Forbes || Episode: "Second Offense"

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| 1986 || Fresno || Charles || 6 episodes

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| rowspan="4"|1987 || Miami Vice || Marty Glickberg || Episode: "Everybody's in Show Biz"

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| CBS Summer Playhouse || John J. Stewart ||

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| All My Children || Damon Lazarre ||

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| The Equalizer || Kenneth Whitten || Episode: "Hand and Glove"

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| 1988 || The Equalizer || Vincent Brennard || Episode: "Last Call"

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| 1989 || As the World Turns || Niles Mason || 2 episodes

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| 1995 || Hercules: The Legendary Journeys || Zeus || 1 episode

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References

  • TV Interview with Charles Keating about his role in the Guthrie Theater's July–August 2000 production of The Twelfth Night (28:40).