Ken Campbell
Known for Acting · 66 credits
- Born
- 1941-12-10
- Died
- 2008-08-31
- Place of birth
- Ilford, Essex, England, UK
- Also known 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, "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."
Known For
TV Shows (25)
Minder
1979
as Seedy Customer
Heartbeat
1992
as Hector Plumpton
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Crump
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as James Ryder
The Professionals
1977
as Parker
The Bill
1984
Screen Two
1985
as Tim Rickett
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Lovejoy
1986
as Ted Goat
Fawlty Towers
1975
as Roger
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Crabbe
The Gentle Touch
1980
In Sickness and in Health
1985
as The Irate Driver / Fred Johnson
Super Gran
1985
as Unlucky Luciano
Home to Roost
1985
as Mr Prendergast
Middlemarch
1994
as Mr Mawmsey
Private Schulz
1981
as Krauss
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Thomas Chadwick
Local Heroes
1996
Law & Order
1978
as Alex Gladwell
The Nineteenth Hole
1989
as Johnson
Erasmus Microman
1988
as Erasmus Microman
Dooley Gardens
1999
Reality on the Rocks
1995
Six Experiments that Changed the World
1999
Movies (41)
A Fish Called Wanda
1988
as Bartlett
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Mr. Duck
Creep
2004
as Arthur
Scandal
1989
as Editor of Pictorial
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
1998
as Wolf 1 (voice)
Inspector Clouseau
1968
as Reporter
The Tempest
1979
as Gonzalo, an honest councillor
The Bride
1985
as Pedlar
Saving Grace
2000
as Sgt. Alfred Masely
Dreamchild
1985
as Radio Sound Effects Man/March Hare (voice)
Breaking Glass
1980
as Publican
In the Secret State
1985
as Hoskins
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985
as Stephen Pipe
Poor Cow
1967
as Mr. Jacks
Letter to Brezhnev
1985
as Newspaper Reporter
Wings of Fame
1990
as Head Waiter
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1979
as Various Roles
Dinner at the Sporting Club
1978
as Neville
Unfair Exchanges
1985
as Tim Rickett
Phoelix
1979
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
2012
as Self
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
1985
as Samuel Smiles
Joshua Then and Now
1985
as Sidney Murdoch
Hard Men
1996
as Mr Ross
Crimestrike
1990
as Julius Caesar
The Last Window Cleaner
1979
as DC Denis Deacey
Towers of Babel
1981
as Alfie
Justine
1976
as Dubourg
Secret Nation
1992
as Parkinson
Smart Money
1986
as Mr. Sayles
The Big Flame
1969
as Journalist
The Story of Pantomime
1976
as Self
Uncle Silas
1968
as Crabbe
The Moon Over Soho
1985
as Geoffrey Hargreaves
Friends Reunited
2005
as Zero
A Different Hand
1992
as The Doctor
Extraordinary Visitor
1998
as Rodney
The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick
1967
as Thomas Chadwick
The Ken Campbell Roadshow
1971
as Self
Ken Campbell's Meaning of Life
2004
as Self
Darkest England
1988
About Ken Campbell
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 monologue… With 66 credits spanning from 1956 to 2012, Ken Campbell has appeared in 41 films and 25 TV shows.
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- A Fish Called Wanda (1988) — as Bartlett
- Alice in Wonderland (1999) — as Mr. Duck
- Creep (2004) — as Arthur
- Scandal (1989) — as Editor of Pictorial
- The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998) — as Wolf 1 (voice)
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