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Ken Campbell

Born · December 10, 1941

Died · August 31, 2008 (66 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Ilford, Essex, England, UK

Bio

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

A Fish Called Wanda

A Fish Called Wanda

Creep

Creep

Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers

The Skulls

The Skulls

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

Self

2012

Agatha Christie's Marple

Crump · (1 episode)

2004

Creep

Arthur

2004

Baby Bob

Baby Bob · (14 episodes)

2002

The Skulls

Starting Judge

2000

Saving Grace

Sgt. Alfred Masely

2000

Six Experiments that Changed the World

(6 episodes)

1999

Dooley Gardens

(6 episodes)

1999

Alice in Wonderland

Mr. Duck

1999

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

Wolf 1 (voice)

1998

Extraordinary Visitor

Rodney

1998

Hard Men

Mr Ross

1996

Local Heroes

(10 episodes)

1996

Reality on the Rocks

(3 episodes)

1995

Middlemarch

Mr Mawmsey · (6 episodes)

1994

Heartbeat

Hector Plumpton · (1 episode)

1992

A Different Hand

The Doctor

1992

Secret Nation

Parkinson

1992

Crimestrike

Julius Caesar

1990

Wings of Fame

Head Waiter

1990

Scandal

Editor of Pictorial

1989

A Fish Called Wanda

Bartlett

1988

Darkest England

1988

Erasmus Microman

Erasmus Microman · (14 episodes)

1988

Smart Money

Mr. Sayles

1986

Lovejoy

Ted Goat · (1 episode)

1986

Letter to Brezhnev

Newspaper Reporter

1985

Dreamchild

Radio Sound Effects Man/March Hare (voice)

1985

A Zed & Two Noughts

Stephen Pipe

1985

Joshua Then and Now

Sidney Murdoch

1985

In Sickness and in Health

(42 episodes)

1985

The Moon Over Soho

Geoffrey Hargreaves

1985

The Bride

Pedlar

1985

Home to Roost

Mr Prendergast · (1 episode)

1985

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

Samuel Smiles

1985

In the Secret State

Hoskins

1985

Unfair Exchanges

Tim Rickett

1985

Super Gran

Unlucky Luciano · (1 episode)

1985

The Bill

(2 episodes)

1984

Sherlock Holmes

James Ryder · (1 episode)

1984

Towers of Babel

Alfie

1981

Private Schulz

Krauss · (2 episodes)

1981

Breaking Glass

Publican

1980

The Gentle Touch

(1 episode)

1980

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Various Roles

1979

Minder

Seedy Customer · (1 episode)

1979

The Tempest

Gonzalo, an honest councillor

1979

Phoelix

1979

The Last Window Cleaner

DC Denis Deacey

1979

Dinner at the Sporting Club

Neville

1978

Law & Order

Alex Gladwell · (4 episodes)

1978

An Audience with...

Self · (1 episode)

1978

The Professionals

Parker · (1 episode)

1977

The Story of Pantomime

Self

1976

Justine by the Marquis de Sade

Dubourg

1976

Fawlty Towers

Roger · (1 episode)

1975

The Ken Campbell Roadshow

Self

1971

The Big Flame

Journalist

1969

Uncle Silas

Crabbe

1968

Inspector Clouseau

Reporter

1968

Poor Cow

Mr. Jacks

1967

The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick

Thomas Chadwick

1967

Mystery and Imagination

(1 episode)

1966