Charles Kay: Charles Kay. Actor: Amadeus. English stage and screen character actor, born in Coventry, the son of Charles Beckingham Piff and his wife Frances (née Petty). He was educated at Warwick School and Birmingham University and first studied dental surgery before joining RADA. He graduated in 1957 and made his stage debut the following year with the Belgrade Theatre Company in Coventry. In 1963, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where...