Ken Campbell

ActorWriterProducerDirector Dec 10 (died age 66) Ilford, Essex, England, UK 1956–2012 (56 year career)

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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, "…

Known For

Film

A Fish Called Wanda

Bartlett

Film

Creep

Arthur

Film

Saving Grace

Sgt. Alfred Masely

Film

Alice in Wonderland

Mr. Duck

Film

A Zed & Two Noughts

Stephen Pipe

Film

Scandal

Editor of Pictorial

Film

Poor Cow

Mr. Jacks

Film

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

Wolf 1 (voice)

Filmography

Acting (65)

Movies (41)

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

2012

as Self

7.4

Friends Reunited

2005

as Zero

Creep

2004

as Arthur

6.0

Ken Campbell's Meaning of Life

2004

as Self

Saving Grace

2000

as Sgt. Alfred Masely

6.5

Alice in Wonderland

1999

as Mr. Duck

6.2

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

1998

as Wolf 1 (voice)

5.7

Extraordinary Visitor

as Rodney

Hard Men

as Mr Ross

A Different Hand

as The Doctor

Secret Nation

as Parkinson

Wings of Fame

as Head Waiter

Crimestrike

as Julius Caesar

Scandal

1989

as Editor of Pictorial

A Fish Called Wanda

as Bartlett

Darkest England

Smart Money

as Mr. Sayles

The Bride

as Pedlar

Dreamchild

as Radio Sound Effects Man/March Hare (voice)

A Zed & Two Noughts

as Stephen Pipe

Unfair Exchanges

as Tim Rickett

Letter to Brezhnev

1985

as Newspaper Reporter

6.3

Joshua Then and Now

1985

as Sidney Murdoch

5.0

Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain

1985

as Samuel Smiles

In the Secret State

1985

as Hoskins

The Moon Over Soho

1985

as Geoffrey Hargreaves

Towers of Babel

as Alfie

Breaking Glass

as Publican

The Secret Policeman's Ball

1979

as Various Roles

6.1

The Tempest

1979

as Gonzalo, an honest councillor

5.7

Phoelix

1979

The Last Window Cleaner

1979

as DC Denis Deacey

Dinner at the Sporting Club

1978

as Neville

1.0

The Story of Pantomime

1976

as Self

Justine

1976

as Dubourg

2.2

The Ken Campbell Roadshow

1971

as Self

The Big Flame

as Journalist

Inspector Clouseau

as Reporter

Uncle Silas

as Crabbe

Poor Cow

1967

as Mr. Jacks

6.3

The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick

1967

as Thomas Chadwick

Television (24)

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as Crump

7.8

Six Experiments that Changed the World

Dooley Gardens

Local Heroes

Reality on the Rocks

Middlemarch

as Mr Mawmsey

Heartbeat

as Hector Plumpton

The Nineteenth Hole

as Johnson

Erasmus Microman

as Erasmus Microman

Lovejoy

1986

as Ted Goat

7.3

In Sickness and in Health

as Fred Johnson

Super Gran

as Unlucky Luciano

Home to Roost

as Mr Prendergast

The Bill

Sherlock Holmes

as James Ryder

Private Schulz

as Krauss

The Gentle Touch

Minder

as Seedy Customer

An Audience with...

as Self

Law & Order

as Alex Gladwell

The Professionals

as Parker

Fawlty Towers

as Roger

Mystery and Imagination

as Crabbe

Armchair Theatre

as Thomas Chadwick

Crew (6)

Movies (5)

Ken Campbell's Meaning of Life

2004

Writer

Unfair Exchanges

1985

Writer

Secret Service

1977

Producer

The Mound Builders

1976

Director

The Rules of the Game

1975

Producer

Television (1)

Armchair Theatre

1956

Writer

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