Keith Skinner

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Keith Skinner born 1949 is a British actor who worked in cinema and television His career began when he starred as Bruno in the 1966 film Mademoiselle and more notably perhaps in Franco Zeffirellis 1968 film Romeo and Juliet as Balthasar Romeos manservant and trusted friend He appears at various stages in the film including galloping on horseback to tell Romeo played by Leonard Whiting of Juliets death and accompanies Romeo back to Verona again on horseback towards the end of the film Skinner starred in one episode of The Jazz Age in 1968 he played Harry Lampton in five episodes of the early seventies TV series Man at the Top as well as appearing in three episodes of Z Cars from 1969 to 1972 He went on to appear in an episode of Play for Today one episode of Out of the Unknown in 1971 in two episodes of So it Goes in 1973 in two episodes of Beryls Lot 19731976 and then in 1976 in the film The Slipper and the Rose The Story of Cinderella In 1977 Skinner played the obsessed boy in the TV mini series Jesus of Nazareth In 1980 he starred in John Loessers musical Guys and Dolls In 1985 Skinner appeared in an episode of Doctor Who In 2001 Skinner worked on the film From Hell as an historical consultant In 2004 Skinner gave up acting and is now a crime historian Description above from the Wikipedia article Keith Skinner licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia