Actor Keith Baxter never achieved the level of respect and stardom that other British actors of his generation–Albert Finney, Robert Shaw, Richard Burton–did. But his superb turn as Prince Hal in Orson Welles ‘Chimes At Midnight’ will forever assure him a place in movie history. Here he is, sitting in a kitchen for some reason, discussing Welles and the stage version of the Shakespearian mash-up which failed in Dublin in 1960. Despite this setback, Welles learned something about the play that he truly wanted to make…and proceeded, undaunted, with making the movie. If you haven’t seen ‘Chimes At Midnight’ I urge you to. It’s certainly his best film next to ‘Kane’, and some think more highly of it than the earlier film–Welles, for one. Welles performance as Falstaff is magnificent and the filmmaking is astonishing–especially given the difficult circumstances of its making (no money, substituting Spain for olde England etc.). Below is a clip from the film. By the way, Baxter is eighty-two in the above clip. Looks pretty damn smashing for that age, doesn’t he?