Ken Campbell
Birthday
1941/12/10
Day of death
2008/08/31 (66 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Also know as
Kenneth Campbell
Biography
Kenneth Victor Campbell (10 December 1941 – 31 August 2008) was an English writer, actor, director and comedian known for his work in experimental theatre.He has been called "a one-man dynamo of British theatre." Campbell achieved notoriety in the 1970s for his nine-hour adaptation of the science-fiction trilogy Illuminatus! and his 22-hour staging of Neil Oram's play cycle The Warp. The Guinness Book of Records listed the latter as the longest play in the world. The Independent said that, "...Read more
Acting
(2000) Saving Grace
as Sgt. Alfred Masely
(2004) Creep
as Arthur
(1985) Letter to Brezhnev
as Newspaper Reporter
(1985) In the Secret State
as Hoskins
(1985) Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
as Samuel Smiles
(1981) Towers of Babel
as Alfie
(1979) The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Various Roles
(1998) The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
as Wolf 1 (voice)
(1985) Unfair Exchanges
as Tim Rickett
(1978) Dinner at the Sporting Club
as Neville
(2012) Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
as Self
(1967) The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick
as Thomas Chadwick
(1967) Poor Cow
as Mr. Jacks
(1985) The Bride
as Pedlar
(1968) Uncle Silas
as Crabbe
(1989) Scandal
as Editor of Pictorial
(1985) The Moon Over Soho
as Geoffrey Hargreaves
(1999) Alice in Wonderland
as Mr. Duck
(1969) The Big Flame
as Journalist
(1979) The Tempest
as Gonzalo, an honest councillor
(1968) Inspector Clouseau
as Reporter
(1976) Justine
as Dubourg
(1980) Breaking Glass
as Publican
(1985) Joshua Then and Now
as Sidney Murdoch
(1985) Dreamchild
as Radio Sound Effects Man/March Hare (voice)
(1985) A Zed & Two Noughts
as Stephen Pipe
(1988) A Fish Called Wanda
as Bartlett
(1990) Wings of Fame
as Head Waiter
(1998) Extraordinary Visitor
as Rodney
(1992) Secret Nation
as Parkinson
(1986) Smart Money
as Mr. Sayles
(1996) Hard Men
as Mr Ross
(1979) The Last Window Cleaner
as DC Denis Deacey
(1971) The Ken Campbell Roadshow
as Self
(1990) Crimestrike
as Julius Caesar
(1976) The Story of Pantomime
as Self
(1979) Phoelix
as ---
(1992) A Different Hand
as The Doctor
(1988) Darkest England
as ---
(2005) Friends Reunited
as Zero
(2004) Ken Campbell's Meaning of Life
as Self
(1984) The Bill
as ---
(1980) The Gentle Touch
as ---
(1975) Fawlty Towers
as Roger
(1992) Heartbeat
as Hector Plumpton
(1979) Minder
as Seedy Customer
(1986) Lovejoy
as Ted Goat
(1981) Private Schulz
as Krauss
(2002) Baby Bob
as Baby Bob
(1978) Law & Order
as Alex Gladwell
(1966) Mystery and Imagination
as ---
(1996) Local Heroes
as ---
(1988) Erasmus Microman
as Erasmus Microman
(1999) Dooley Gardens
as ---
(1985) Super Gran
as Unlucky Luciano
(1978) An Audience with...
as Self
(1995) Reality on the Rocks
as ---
(1999) Six Experiments that Changed the World
as ---
(1994) Middlemarch
as Mr Mawmsey
(1984) Sherlock Holmes
as James Ryder
(1985) Home to Roost
as Mr Prendergast
(1977) The Professionals
as Parker
(2004) Agatha Christie's Marple
as Crump
(1989) The Nineteenth Hole
as Johnson
(1985) In Sickness and in Health
as The Irate Driver
(1985) In Sickness and in Health
as Fred Johnson