Charles Keating
Port Charles Presence
James Richfield (August 16th, 2001 to August 24th, 2001; November 19th, 2001 to October 3rd, 2003)
At a Glance
Charles Keating, the 1996 Daytime Emmy Award winner as Outstanding Lead Actor, joined the cast of Port Charles
Charles Keating created the role of the elegant and dangerous Carl Hutchins in 1983. He left Another World in 1986, returned periodically beginning in 1991, and then fully resumed the role in 1993.
Keating has worked in the theater, in film and on television on both sides of the Atlantic. As a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he performed in Stratford, in London's West End, and with the Chinchester Festival Theater. In the United States, he has performed with the Culture Theater (Minnesota), The Charles Playhouse (Massachusetts) and the Cleveland Playhouse (Ohio). He performed on Broadway in "The House of Atreus," "Arturo Ui" and "Loot," earning a Tony nomination for the latter. His off-Broadway credits include "What the Butler Saw," "A Man for All Seasons," "Doctor's Dilemma," "Light Up the Sky" and "Pygmalion." Keating has directed theatrical performances in the United States and abroad, and he has appeared at more than a dozen U.S. campuses as a guest artist and lecturer.
His American-television credits include "Going to Extremes," "Fresno," "The Equalizer," "Miami Vice," "Hotel," As the World Turns and All My Children. He appeared on British television in "Brideshead Revisited," "Edward and Mrs. Simpson," "The White Guard," "Richard II" and "The Countless IIona." His feature-film credits include" The Bodyguard," "Awakenings," "Master of the Manor" and "The Rockinghorse Winner." He and his Another World co-star Victoria Wyndham created the stage production "Couplets: A Celebration of Love, Verse, Scene and Song," and they continue to perform in it around the country. Keating can also be heard reading short stories on Public Radio from Symphony Space in New York, and he hosts a new PBS show called "The New York Theater Review."
Keating was born in London. He and his wife, Mary, live in Connecticut and have two grown sons.
Acting Portfolio
TELEVISION
Port Charles
James Richfield
August 16th, 2001 to August 24th, 2001; November 19th, 2001 to October 3rd, 2003
Going to Extremes
Dr. Jack Van De Weghe
1992
As the World Turns
Niles Mason
1989-1990
All My Children
Dr. Damon Lazarre
1987-1988
Fresno
Charles
1986
Another World
Carl Hutchins
1983-1985, 1991-1999
Brideshead Revisited
Rex Mottram
1982
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Ernest Simpson
1980
Charlie Muffin
Secrtary of State Keys
1979
King Richard the Second
Duke of Aumerle
1978
Meriel, the Ghost Girl
Dr. Delane
1976
Crown Court
James Eliot QC
1972
Acting Portfolio
FILM
Harlem Aria
Professor
1999
The Thomas Crown Affair
Friedrich Golchan
1999
The Bodyguard
Klingman
1992
Awakenings
Mr. Kean
1990
Acting Portfolio
THEATRE
Couplets: A Celebration of Love, Verse, Scene and Song
Awards & Acclaim
Daytime Emmys Winner, Outstanding Lead Actor (1996)
Vital Statistics
PLACE OF BIRTH: London, England
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 October 1941,
HAIR: Gray
