Keith Skinner (born 1949) is a British actor, crime historian and author.
[3] He appears at various stages in the film including galloping on horseback to tell Romeo (played by Leonard Whiting) of Juliet's "death" and accompanies Romeo back to Verona again on horseback towards the end of the film.
[4] In 1977, Skinner worked again with Zeffirelli when he played the possessed boy in the TV miniseries Jesus of Nazareth.
[6] From an early age, Skinner developed an interest in the history of Jack the Ripper.
From there, he moved on to the history of the Metropolitan Police and he is now an established crime historian and author.