Henry VIII and His Six Wives his old age. The pair marry, and Catherine becomes a loving stepmother to the royal children Mary, Elizabeth and Edward. At the end of the flashbacks, Catherine Parr is shown waiting by Henry's beside with Princess Mary. Archbishop Cranmer is summoned for Henry's final confession, and Henry dies holding his hand. Nat Cohen asked Mark Shivas to produce the film. Henry VIII and His Six Wives Henry VIII and His Six Wives is a 1972 British film adaptation, directed by Waris Hussein, of the BBC 1970 six-part miniseries "The Six Wives of Henry VIII". Keith Michell, who plays Henry VIII
Four Wives nephews. Frank S. Nugent of "The New York Times" writes in his movie review: "Sequels so rarely even approximate the quality of their originals that the Warners deserve a special word of commendation this morning for their "Four Wives," the Strand's inevitable aftermath to the "Four Daughters" which appeared on most of the ten-best lists last year. For it is a singularly happy film, well-written, well-directed and well-played, and it reconciles us tranquilly to the vista it has opened of a "Four Mothers" (although part of that already has been realized), a "Four Grandmothers" and possibly a "Four Granddaughters. The