Keith Pyott

{{Short description|British actor (1902–1968)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Keith Pyott | image = Actor_Keith_Pyott.jpg | imagesize = | caption = in ''Village of the Damned'' (1960) | birth_name = Keith Malcolm Rule Pyott | birth_date = {{birth date|1902|03|09|df=y}} | birth_place = Blackheath, London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1968|04|06|1902|03|09|df=y}} | death_place = Enfield, Middlesex, England | othername = | occupation = Actor }}

'''Keith Pyott''' (9 March 1902 – 6 April 1968) was a British actor.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/11862|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115183014/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/11862|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-15|title=Keith Pyott|publisher=}}</ref>

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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/msy/keith-pyott/past|title=Keith Pyott - Theatricalia|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00v1pmp|title=The Warriors of Death, The Aztecs, Season 1, Doctor Who - BBC One|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/keith-pyott-p58127|title=Keith Pyott - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|publisher=}}</ref>

He also appeared in over twenty feature films, including Orson Welles' ''Chimes at Midnight'' (1965).<ref name=bfi/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/chimes-at-midnight-v9321/cast-crew|title=Chimes at Midnight (1966) - Orson Welles - Cast and Crew - AllMovie|publisher=}}</ref>

Pyott was married to the actress Sheila Raynor.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&dq=keith+pyott+actor&pg=PA1990-IA154|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==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 Wesley * ''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)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0701553|name=Keith Pyott}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pyott, Keith}} Category:1902 births Category:1968 deaths Category:Actors from the Royal Borough of Greenwich Category:English male stage actors Category:English male film actors Category:English male television actors Category:Male actors from London Category:20th-century English male actors Category:People from Blackheath, London