SHELIA KEITH Died Oct. 14, 2004

British actress Sheila Keith died at age 84. Though Ms. Keith had a lengthy career on the stage, she was best known for a series of horror films she made with director Pete Walker. It is unfortunate that her talents were wasted by the pedestrian director Walker. Walker’s films were for the most part, sadistic gorefests of the basest kind. Ms. Keith played a sadistic prison warden in Walker’s "House of Whipcord." He best known role was as part of a cannibalistic farm couple in Walker’s "Frightmare." She also appeared in Walker’s tedious "Comeback," which starred Jack Jones as a rockstar who serenades the corpse of his late wife. Again, Keith played the villain. She also appeared in Walker’s "House of Long Shadows" opposite Desi Arnez, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, as well as in Walker's "House of Mortal Sin." Ms. Keith appeared in nearly 50 films and TV shows during her career.