Ken Campbell
Born
December 10, 1941
Died
August 31, 2008 (66 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Ilford, Essex, England, UK
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."
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Self
2012
Friends Reunited
Zero
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
Crump · (1 episode)
2004
Creep
Arthur
2004
Ken Campbell's Meaning of Life
Self
2004
Baby Bob
Baby Bob · (14 episodes)
2002
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
The Nineteenth Hole
Johnson · (2 episodes)
1989
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