# Keith Pyott

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{{Short description|British actor (1902–1968)}}
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| name                  = Keith Pyott
| image                 = Actor_Keith_Pyott.jpg
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| caption               = in ''[Village of the Damned](/source/Village_of_the_Damned_(1960_film))'' (1960)
| birth_name             = Keith Malcolm Rule Pyott
| birth_date             = {{birth date|1902|03|09|df=y}}
| birth_place            = [Blackheath, London](/source/Blackheath%2C_London), England
| death_date             = {{death date and age|1968|04|06|1902|03|09|df=y}}
| death_place            = [Enfield](/source/London_Borough_of_Enfield), [Middlesex](/source/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](/source/Educated_Evans_(TV_series))'', ''[The Prisoner](/source/The_Prisoner)'', ''[Out of the Unknown](/source/Out_of_the_Unknown)'', ''[The Avengers](/source/The_Avengers_(TV_series))'' and the ''[Doctor Who](/source/Doctor_Who)'' story ''[The Aztecs](/source/The_Aztecs_(Doctor_Who))''.<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](/source/Orson_Welles)' ''[Chimes at Midnight](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Call_of_the_Blood_(1948_film))'' (1948) - Dr. Sabatier
* ''[The Spider and the Fly](/source/The_Spider_and_the_Fly_(1949_film))'' (1949) - Father Pletsier
* ''[Distant Trumpet](/source/Distant_Trumpet)'' (1952) - Sir Rudolph Gettins
* ''[Time Bomb](/source/Time_Bomb_(1953_film))'' (1953) - Train District Supt. (uncredited)
* ''[Sea Devils](/source/Sea_Devils_(1953_film))'' (1953) - General Latour
* ''[The House of the Arrow](/source/The_House_of_the_Arrow_(1953_film))'' (1953) - Gaston, the butler
* ''[A Day to Remember](/source/A_Day_to_Remember_(1953_film))'' (1953) - Frenchman with Watches (uncredited)
* ''[John Wesley](/source/John_Wesley_(film))'' (1954) - Rev. Samuel Wesley
* ''[Twist of Fate](/source/Twist_of_Fate_(1954_film))'' (1954) - Georges
* ''[The Colditz Story](/source/The_Colditz_Story)'' (1955) - French Colonel
* ''[Miracle in Soho](/source/Miracle_in_Soho)'' (1957) - House Surgeon (uncredited)
* ''[I Accuse!](/source/I_Accuse!)'' (1958) - Judge - 2nd Dreyfus trial
* ''[The Salvage Gang](/source/The_Salvage_Gang)'' (1958) - Man in Telephone Box
* ''[Operation Amsterdam](/source/Operation_Amsterdam)'' (1959) - Diamond Merchant
* ''[Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons](/source/Bluebeard's_Ten_Honeymoons)'' (1960) - Estate Agent
* ''[Village of the Damned](/source/Village_of_the_Damned_(1960_film))'' (1960) - Dr. Carlisle
* ''[A Weekend with Lulu](/source/A_Weekend_with_Lulu)'' (1961) - Count's Butler
* ''[The Pirates of Blood River](/source/The_Pirates_of_Blood_River)'' (1962) - Silas (uncredited)
* ''[The Phantom of the Opera](/source/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1962_film))'' (1962) - Weaver
* ''[The Human Jungle](/source/The_Human_Jungle_(TV_series))''
* ''[Five Have a Mystery to Solve](/source/Five_Have_a_Mystery_to_Solve_(film))'' (1964) - Sir Hugo Blaize
* ''[Masquerade](/source/Masquerade_(1965_film))'' (1965) - Gustave
* ''[Chimes at Midnight](/source/Chimes_at_Midnight)'' (1965)
* ''[The Devil Rides Out](/source/The_Devil_Rides_Out_(film))'' (1968) - Max (uncredited)

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

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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

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