Keith Pyott

British actor (1902–1968)

Keith Pyott
in Village of the Damned (1960)
Born	Keith Malcolm Rule Pyott (1902-03-09)9 March 1902 Blackheath, London, England
Died	6 April 1968(1968-04-06) (aged 66) Enfield, Middlesex, England
Occupation	Actor

Keith Pyott (9 March 1902 – 6 April 1968) was a British actor.^[1]

He transferred from stage to screen and was a regular face in drama in the early days of television, appearing in Educated Evans, The Prisoner, Out of the Unknown, The Avengers and the Doctor Who story The Aztecs.^[2]^[3]^[4]

He also appeared in over twenty feature films, including Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight (1965).^[1]^[5]

Pyott was married to the actress Sheila Raynor.^[6]

Selected filmography

Call of the Blood (1948) - Dr. Sabatier
The Spider and the Fly (1949) - Father Pletsier
Distant Trumpet (1952) - Sir Rudolph Gettins
Time Bomb (1953) - Train District Supt. (uncredited)
Sea Devils (1953) - General Latour
The House of the Arrow (1953) - Gaston, the butler
A Day to Remember (1953) - Frenchman with Watches (uncredited)
John Wesley (1954) - Rev. Samuel Weslwy
Twist of Fate (1954) - Georges
The Colditz Story (1955) - French Colonel
Miracle in Soho (1957) - House Surgeon (uncredited)
I Accuse! (1958) - Judge - 2nd Dreyfus trial
The Salvage Gang (1958) - Man in Telephone Box
Operation Amsterdam (1959) - Diamond Merchant
Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons (1960) - Estate Agent
Village of the Damned (1960) - Dr. Carlisle
A Weekend with Lulu (1961) - Count's Butler
The Pirates of Blood River (1962) - Silas (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Opera (1962) - Weaver
The Human Jungle
Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1964) - Sir Hugo Blaize
Masquerade (1965) - Gustave
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
The Devil Rides Out (1968) - Max (uncredited)

References

^ ^a ^b "Keith Pyott". Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
^ "Keith Pyott - Theatricalia".
^ "The Warriors of Death, The Aztecs, Season 1, Doctor Who - BBC One".
^ "Keith Pyott - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie".
^ "Chimes at Midnight (1966) - Orson Welles - Cast and Crew - AllMovie".
^ McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.