Keith Alexander (actor)
{{Short description|Australian actor}}
{{Notability|Biography|date=March 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Keith Alexander
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| birth_name = Keith Alexander Buckley
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1930|2|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Sydney, Australia{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBvE1l6BTDQ|title=Pod 203: Behind the Mic with Keith Alexander|author=Anderson Entertainment|via=YouTube|time=36:16|date=2 May 2022|access-date=23 April 2023}}
| occupation = Actor
Voiceover artist
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Keith Alexander (born Keith Buckley; sometimes credited as Keith Alexander Buckley){{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBvE1l6BTDQ|title=Pod 203: Behind the Mic with Keith Alexander|author=Anderson Entertainment|via=YouTube|time=36:16|date=2 May 2022|access-date=23 April 2023}} is an Australian actor and voiceover artist.{{cite web | url=https://www.emvoices.com.au/artists/keith-buckley/ | title=Keith Buckley }}
Early life
Originally from Sydney,{{cite web|last=Frampton|first=Andrew|title=ITC Promotional Booklet|date=9 April 2009|url=http://www.bigrat.co.uk/merchandise/60s70s/promo_book.html|work=bigrat.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214101328/http://www.bigrat.co.uk/merchandise/60s70s/promo_book.html|archive-date=14 February 2006|access-date=23 April 2023|url-status=live}} Alexander studied engineering and law at the University of Adelaide before deciding to pursue acting as a career.{{cite web | url=https://www.shadolibrary.org/actors/alexander/index.shtml | title=Keith Alexander }} He worked extensively in theatre,{{cite web | url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/227347 | title=AusStage }} but moved to London in 1965, disillusioned with the state of Australian politics. He took on the professional stage name 'Keith Alexander' as there was already an actor known as 'Keith Buckley' in the UK.{{cite web | url=https://www.gerryanderson.com/pod-203-behind-the-mic-with-supermarionation-voice-keith-alexander/ | title=Pod 203: Behind the mic with Supermarionation voice Keith Alexander! | date=2 May 2022 }}
Career
=Film and television=
Alexander is best known for his work in the United Kingdom, in particular his voice work, due to his specialty in reproducing accents.{{cite web|last=Frampton|first=Andrew|title=ITC Promotional Booklet|date=9 April 2009|url=http://www.bigrat.co.uk/merchandise/60s70s/promo_book.html|work=bigrat.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214101328/http://www.bigrat.co.uk/merchandise/60s70s/promo_book.html|archive-date=14 February 2006|access-date=23 April 2023|url-status=live}}
Alexander's UK television credits include Softly, Softly (1966), The New Avengers (1976), Minder (1979) and The Day of the Triffids (1981). On the big screen, he had roles in Submarine X-1 (1968), Superman (1978), Hanover Street (1979) and All About a Prima Ballerina (1980).
He featured in productions by Gerry Anderson, voicing John Tracy in the 1968 puppet film Thunderbird 6 (in addition to serving as the film's narrator).{{Cite book|last1=Archer|first1=Simon|author1-link=Simon Archer (author)|last2=Hearn|first2=Marcus|title=What Made Thunderbirds Go! The Authorised Biography of Gerry Anderson|publisher=BBC Books|location=London, UK|year=2002|isbn=978-0-563-53481-5|page=163}} He voiced regular character Sam Loover and numerous guest characters in the TV series Joe 90 (1968–69). His other Anderson appearances were in the film Doppelgänger (1969) and the TV series The Secret Service and UFO – the latter, as recurring character Lieutenant Keith Ford.
Alexander also spent time the United States, where he worked on The Ed Sullivan Show providing the English-language voice of the Italian puppet mouse Topo Gigio.{{Cite book|title=The Golden Age of Children's Television|first1=Geoff|last1=Tibballs|pages=48–49|year=1991|publisher=Titan Books|isbn=9781852864071}}
Alexander moved back to Australia in the early 1990s, where he continues to act in Australian productions.{{cite web | url=https://www.shadolibrary.org/actors/alexander/index.shtml | title=Keith Alexander }}
=Book=
Alexander wrote and self-published the "love crime war drama" novel "Not Just Another Love Story" in 2023.https://www.amazon.com.au/NOT-JUST-ANOTHER-LOVE-STORY-ebook/dp/B0CFQ2GDR4
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
Theatre
{{cite web | url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/227347 | title=AusStage }}
Radio
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
| 1983 | The Last Cargo of the Cathay Queen | Ship owner (top billing) | {{cite web | url=https://www.shadolibrary.org/actors/alexander/index.shtml | title=Keith Alexander }} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0018544}}
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Category:Australian expatriate male actors in the United Kingdom
Category:Australian male film actors
Category:Australian male television actors
Category:Australian male voice actors
Category:Male actors from Sydney