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Biography

Early life

Keen was born Geoffrey Knee^[1] in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, the son of stage actor Malcolm Keen.^[2] He was educated at Bristol Grammar School. He then joined the Little Repertory Theatre in Bristol for whom he made his stage debut in 1932. After a year in 'rep' he stayed for a year in Cannes before being accepted for a place at the London School of Economics. In a last minute change of mind, he entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal after only one year. He had just joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1939 when the war started. Keen enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps, though also managed to appear in an Army instructional film for Carol Reed. Map sources for Wallingford at grid reference SU6089 Wallingford is a small town in Oxfordshire in southern England. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Bristol Grammar School is a co-educational public school in Clifton, Bristol, England. ... This article is about the English city. ... Cannes - receding storm Cannes, as seen from a ferry speeding towards lÎle Saint-Honorat Cannes (pronounced ) (Provençal Occitan: Canas in classical norm or Cano in Mistralian norm) is a city and commune in southern France, located on the Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes département and the r... The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a specialist constituent college of the University of London. ... Categories: United Kingdom-related stubs | Performing arts education in London ... Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a British theatre company. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace. ... Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director, winner of an Academy Award for his film version of the musical, Oliver! (1968). ...

Career

Keen made his full film debut in 1946 in Riders of the New Forest but soon appeared in better known films for Reed such as: Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol and The Third Man. He quickly became one of the busiest character actors, typically doing five films a year. Odd Man Out (1947) is classic post WW 2 British film noir starring James Mason as an Irish republican operative running from the military state that was Northern Ireland after a botched bank robbery meant to replenish republican coffers. ... The Fallen Idol is a 1948 film directed by Carol Reed and based on the short story The Basement Room, by Graham Greene. ... film noir. ...

Keen often portrayed balding, cold-hearted, sarcastic executives or lawyers. On television, he was one of the leads in BBC TV's long-running drama about the oil industry, The Troubleshooters between 1965 and 1971. On the big screen, he played the role of Fredrick Gray, the Minister of Defence in six James Bond films between 1977 and 1987: The Troubleshooters was a popular BBC television drama series, created by John Elliot, which ran from 1965 to 1972. ... The following is a list of recurring and notable allies found throughout the James Bond films and novels. ... Flemings image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... // Events In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network. ... // May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers. ...

• The Spy Who Loved Me
• Moonraker
• For Your Eyes Only
• Octopussy
• A View to a Kill
• The Living Daylights

He also appeared in such notable films as Doctor Zhivago, Cromwell and Born Free and in numerous TV programmes ; and he even appeared in a leading role in the Hammer Horror Film Taste the Blood of Dracula that starred Christopher Lee, playing a rather sarcastic VictorianEdwardian gentleman who is one of a circle of 3 seeking wicked pleasures who betray Dracula. In all Keen had appeared in 100 films before he retired in 1991. He married three times and had a daughter. The Spy Who Loved Me is the 10th film in the James Bond series and the third to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. ... Moonraker is a 1979 spy film. ... For Your Eyes Only is the 12th film in the James Bond series and the fifth to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. ... Octopussy is the thirteenth James Bond film made by EON Productions. ... For the Ian Fleming short story that inspired the film, see From a View to a Kill. ... The Living Daylights is the fifteenth James Bond film made by EON Productions. ... Doctor Zhivago (Russian: Доктор Живаго) is a 1965 film directed by David Lean and loosely based on the famous novel of the same name by Boris Pasternak. ... Cromwell is a 1970 film, based on the life of Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector of Great Britain. ... Born Free is a book written by Joy Adamson in the 1960s about an orphaned Kenya. ... Taste the Blood of Dracula is a horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions. ...

References

External links

• Geoffrey Keen at the Internet Movie Database