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Ken Campbell

Acting 66 (deceased) years old Ilford, Essex, England, UK ★ 0.7
Born: December 10, 1941
Died: August 31, 2008

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, "In the 1990s, through a series of sprawling monologues packed with arcane information and freakish speculations on the nature of reality, he became something approaching a grand old man of the fringe, though without ever discarding his inner enfant terrible."  The Times labelled Campbell a one-man whirlwind of comic and surreal performance. The Guardian, in a posthumous tribute, judged him to be "one of the most original and unclassifiable talents in the British theatre of the past half-century. A genius at producing shows on a shoestring and honing the improvisational capabilities of the actors who were brave enough to work with him."   The artistic director of the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse said, "He was the door through which many hundreds of kindred souls entered a madder, braver, brighter, funnier and more complex universe."  

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Known For

Heartbeat
Heartbeat Hector Plumpton 1992
The Bill
The Bill 1984
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple Crump 2004
The Professionals
The Professionals Parker 1977
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story Wolf 1 (voice) 1998

Filmography

Acting Credits (65)

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice Self 2012
Friends Reunited
Friends Reunited Zero 2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple Crump 2004
Creep
Creep Arthur 2004
Ken Campbell's Meaning of Life
Ken Campbell's Meaning of Life Self 2004
Saving Grace
Saving Grace Sgt. Alfred Masely 2000
Six Experiments that Changed the World
Six Experiments that Changed the World 1999
Dooley Gardens
Dooley Gardens 1999
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland Mr. Duck 1999
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story Wolf 1 (voice) 1998
Extraordinary Visitor
Extraordinary Visitor Rodney 1998
Hard Men
Hard Men Mr Ross 1996
Local Heroes
Local Heroes 1996
Reality on the Rocks
Reality on the Rocks 1995
Middlemarch
Middlemarch Mr Mawmsey 1994
Heartbeat
Heartbeat Hector Plumpton 1992
A Different Hand
A Different Hand The Doctor 1992
Secret Nation
Secret Nation Parkinson 1992
Crimestrike
Crimestrike Julius Caesar 1990
Wings of Fame
Wings of Fame Head Waiter 1990
The Nineteenth Hole
The Nineteenth Hole Johnson 1989
Scandal
Scandal Editor of Pictorial 1989
A Fish Called Wanda
A Fish Called Wanda Bartlett 1988
Darkest England
Darkest England 1988
Erasmus Microman
Erasmus Microman Erasmus Microman 1988
Smart Money
Smart Money Mr. Sayles 1986
Lovejoy
Lovejoy Ted Goat 1986
Letter to Brezhnev
Letter to Brezhnev Newspaper Reporter 1985
Dreamchild
Dreamchild Radio Sound Effects Man/March Hare (voice) 1985
A Zed & Two Noughts
A Zed & Two Noughts Stephen Pipe 1985
Joshua Then and Now
Joshua Then and Now Sidney Murdoch 1985
In Sickness and in Health
In Sickness and in Health The Irate Driver 1985
In Sickness and in Health
In Sickness and in Health Fred Johnson 1985
The Moon Over Soho
The Moon Over Soho Geoffrey Hargreaves 1985
The Bride
The Bride Pedlar 1985
Home to Roost
Home to Roost Mr Prendergast 1985
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain Samuel Smiles 1985
In the Secret State
In the Secret State Hoskins 1985
Unfair Exchanges
Unfair Exchanges Tim Rickett 1985
Super Gran
Super Gran Unlucky Luciano 1985
The Bill
The Bill 1984
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes James Ryder 1984
Towers of Babel
Towers of Babel Alfie 1981
Private Schulz
Private Schulz Krauss 1981
Breaking Glass
Breaking Glass Publican 1980
The Gentle Touch
The Gentle Touch 1980
The Secret Policeman's Ball
The Secret Policeman's Ball Various Roles 1979
Minder
Minder Seedy Customer 1979
The Tempest
The Tempest Gonzalo, an honest councillor 1979
Phoelix
Phoelix 1979
The Last Window Cleaner
The Last Window Cleaner DC Denis Deacey 1979
Dinner at the Sporting Club
Dinner at the Sporting Club Neville 1978
Law & Order
Law & Order Alex Gladwell 1978
An Audience with...
An Audience with... Self 1978
The Professionals
The Professionals Parker 1977
The Story of Pantomime
The Story of Pantomime Self 1976
Justine
Justine Dubourg 1976
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers Roger 1975
The Ken Campbell Roadshow
The Ken Campbell Roadshow Self 1971
The Big Flame
The Big Flame Journalist 1969
Uncle Silas
Uncle Silas Crabbe 1968
Inspector Clouseau
Inspector Clouseau Reporter 1968
Poor Cow
Poor Cow Mr. Jacks 1967
The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick
The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick Thomas Chadwick 1967
Mystery and Imagination
Mystery and Imagination Crabbe 1966

Directing Credits (1)

Writing Credits (2)

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