Keith Alexander (actor)

Keith Alexander (born Keith Buckley; sometimes credited as Keith Alexander Buckley)^[2] is an Australian actor and voiceover artist.^[3]

Keith Alexander
Born	Keith Alexander Buckley (1930-02-03) 3 February 1930 (age 95) Sydney, Australia[1]
Occupation(s)	Actor Voiceover artist

Early life

Originally from Sydney,^[4] Alexander studied engineering and law at the University of Adelaide before deciding to pursue acting as a career.^[5] He worked extensively in theatre,^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[8]

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).^[9] 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.^[10]

Alexander moved back to Australia in the early 1990s, where he continues to act in Australian productions.^[11]

Book

Alexander wrote and self-published the "love crime war drama" novel "Not Just Another Love Story" in 2023.^[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1957	In the Zone	Scotty	TV movie
1957	Ending It	Waiter	TV movie
1960	Shadow of the Boomerang	Stockman	Feature film
1961	The Big Client	Geoff Manning	TV movie
1965	Moby Dick Rehearsed	Starbuck	TV movie
1966	Topo Gigio Comes to Town	Topo Gigio (voice)	TV movie[13]
1967	Toppo Jîjo no botan sensô	Narrator
1969	Submarine X-1	Sub. Lt. X-3	Feature film
1968	Thunderbird 6	John Tracy / Carter / Narrator	Puppet feature film[14]
1969	Doppelgänger (aka Journey to the Far Side of the Sun)	EUROSEC Launch Controller (uncredited)	Feature film
1978	Superman	Newscaster	Feature film[15]
1979	Hanover Street	Soldier in Barn	Feature film
1980	All About a Prima Ballerina	Peter – The Agent
2009	The Dark Side of War		Short film
2013	Finding Bennelong	Voice	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	Killer in Close-Up		TV series, 1 episode
1964	The Stranger	John Robinson	TV miniseries
1964	Tribunal	Andrew Volstead	TV series, 1 episode
1966	Mrs Thursday	PC Matthews	TV series, 1 episode
1966	Softly, Softly	PC Downer	TV series, 1 episode
1967	No Hiding Place	1st Customs Officer	TV series, 1 episode
1967	Vendetta	Sgt Bristow	TV series, 1 episode
1968	Merry-Go-Round	Reader	TV series, 1 episode
1968–69	Joe 90	Sam Loover / various characters	TV series, 30 episodes[16]
1969	Heritage	Alcinous	TV series, 1 episode
1969	The Secret Service	Various characters (voices)	TV series, 13 episodes
1970–71	UFO	Lieutenant Keith Ford	TV series, 15 episodes[17]
1976	The New Avengers	Malloy	TV series, 1 episode
1978	Life at Stake	Fred Haise	TV series, 1 episode[18]
1979	Minder	Andy	TV series, 1 episode
1981	The Day of the Triffids	Newsreel voice	TV miniseries, 1 episode
1993	Home and Away	Male Pensioner	TV series, 1 episode
1993	G.P.	Harold King	TV series, 1 episode
1996	Water Rats	Mr Scali	TV series, 2 episodes
1997	The Adventures of Sam	Voice role	Animated TV series
2005–06	The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky	Various characters	TV series, 2 episodes
2018	Trial by Kyle	Narrator	TV series[19]
2019	The Andersons	Narrator	BBC UK[20]
	The History of the Chinese		SBS TV series[21]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue / Co.
1949	Varsity Revue: Keep it Clean	Vocalist	Tivoli Theatre, Adelaide
1953	A New Verse Play		University of Adelaide
1953	Sparkling Burgundy '53		University of Adelaide
1954	Romeo and Juliet		University of Adelaide
1954	Traveller Without Baggage		University of Adelaide
1954	The Circle	Arnold Champion-Cheney	University of Adelaide
1954	Sydney 1954 N.U.A.U.S. Drama Festival		University of Sydney
1954	The Philadelphia Story		University of Sydney
1954	A Phoenix Too Frequent		University of Sydney
1954	The Relapse		University of Sydney
1954	The Typewriter		University of Sydney
1954	Ring Around the Moon		University of Sydney
1954	The Third Person		University of Sydney, University of Adelaide
1954	Miss Julie		University of Sydney
1954	Anna Christie		University of Sydney
1954	Crime and Punishment		Studio Theatre, Adelaide
1956	Summer of the Seventeenth Doll		Rialto Theatre, Brisbane
1957	Lower Education		University of Sydney
1957	Macbeth	Malcolm	Independent Theatre, Sydney
1957	The Big Knife		Independent Theatre, Sydney
1957	The Lark	The Promoter	Independent Theatre, Sydney
1960	The Tragedy of King Richard II	Henry Bolingbroke	Independent Theatre, Sydney
1963	The Season at Sarsaparilla	Harry Knott	Theatre Royal, Sydney
1960s	My Three Angels		[22]

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Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Last Cargo of the Cathay Queen	Ship owner (top billing)	[24]