Ken Campbell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 10, 1941
- Died
- August 31, 2008 (aged 66)
- Birthplace
- Ilford, Essex, England, UK
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
Filmography
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Movie · as Self
Friends Reunited
Movie · as Zero
Creep
Movie · as Arthur
Ken Campbell's Meaning of Life
Movie · as Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Crump · 1 ep
Saving Grace
Movie · as Sgt. Alfred Masely
Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as Mr. Duck
Dooley Gardens
TV · 6 eps
Six Experiments that Changed the World
TV · 6 eps
Extraordinary Visitor
Movie · as Rodney
Hard Men
Movie · as Mr Ross
Local Heroes
TV · 10 eps
Reality on the Rocks
TV · 3 eps
Middlemarch
TV · as Mr Mawmsey · 6 eps
Secret Nation
Movie · as Parkinson
A Different Hand
Movie · as The Doctor
Heartbeat
TV · as Hector Plumpton · 1 ep
Wings of Fame
Movie · as Head Waiter
Crimestrike
Movie · as Julius Caesar
Scandal
Movie · as Editor of Pictorial
The Nineteenth Hole
TV · as Johnson · 2 eps
A Fish Called Wanda
Movie · as Bartlett
Darkest England
Movie
Erasmus Microman
TV · as Erasmus Microman · 14 eps
Smart Money
Movie · as Mr. Sayles
Lovejoy
TV · as Ted Goat · 1 ep
Letter to Brezhnev
Movie · as Newspaper Reporter
In the Secret State
Movie · as Hoskins
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Movie · as Samuel Smiles
The Bride
Movie · as Pedlar
The Moon Over Soho
Movie · as Geoffrey Hargreaves
Joshua Then and Now
Movie · as Sidney Murdoch
A Zed & Two Noughts
Movie · as Stephen Pipe
Dreamchild
Movie · as Radio Sound Effects Man/March Hare (voice)
Super Gran
TV · as Unlucky Luciano · 1 ep
Home to Roost
TV · as Mr Prendergast · 1 ep
In Sickness and in Health
TV · as The Irate Driver, Fred Johnson · 1 ep
Screen Two
TV · as Tim Rickett · 1 ep
Unfair Exchanges
Movie · as Tim Rickett
The Bill
TV · 2 eps
Sherlock Holmes
TV · as James Ryder · 1 ep
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as James Ryder · 1 ep
Towers of Babel
Movie · as Alfie
Private Schulz
TV · as Krauss · 2 eps
Breaking Glass
Movie · as Publican
The Gentle Touch
TV · 1 ep
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Movie · as Various Roles
The Tempest
Movie · as Gonzalo, an honest councillor
The Last Window Cleaner
Movie · as DC Denis Deacey
Phoelix
Movie
Minder
TV · as Seedy Customer · 1 ep
Dinner at the Sporting Club
Movie · as Neville
Law & Order
TV · as Alex Gladwell · 4 eps
An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Professionals
TV · as Parker · 1 ep
Justine
Movie · as Dubourg
The Story of Pantomime
Movie · as Self
Fawlty Towers
TV · as Roger · 1 ep
The Ken Campbell Roadshow
Movie · as Self
The Big Flame
Movie · as Journalist
Uncle Silas
Movie · as Crabbe
Inspector Clouseau
Movie · as Reporter
The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick
Movie · as Thomas Chadwick
Poor Cow
Movie · as Mr. Jacks
Mystery and Imagination
TV · as Crabbe · 1 ep
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Thomas Chadwick · 1 ep