Charles Keating Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for four Soap Opera Digest Awards, three for Outstanding Villain and one for Outstanding Male Scene Stealer, for "Another World" in the early 1990s
• Was nominated for a Tony Award for his role as a widower in "Loot" in 1986
• Made his screen acting debut in the TV series "Life and Death of Penelope" in 1976
• Was working as a hairdresser in Buffalo, New York when a customer suggested that he audition for a play in Niagara Falls
• Quote: "(On returning for the finale of "Another World" after the show was cancelled): "Even if it is not going to be terribly satisfying storywise, the fans need to see this wrapped up․""
• Best known for his role as Carl Hutchins in "Another World" and as Friedrich Golchan in "The Thomas Crown Affair․"
• Performed on stage in Britain for 12 years, often with the Royal Shakespeare Company
• Toured with his "Another World" co-star Victoria Wyndham in a play called "Couplets," which was based on their characters' exchanges in the series, in the 1990s
• Once asked Laurence Olivier for advice on a scene in "Macbeth" where he was supposed to see a dagger floating in midair, to which Olivier replied "Oh, dear boy․ See the dagger wherever you want to․"