Acting · Ilford, Essex, England, UK · Born December 10, 1941
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."
MovieNina Conti: Her Master's Voice
2012
as Self
MovieFriends Reunited
2005
as Zero
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Crump
MovieCreep
2004
as Arthur
MovieKen Campbell's Meaning of Life
2004
as Self
MovieSaving Grace
2000
as Sgt. Alfred Masely
Six Experiments that Changed the World
1999
Dooley Gardens
1999
MovieAlice in Wonderland
1999
as Mr. Duck
MovieThe Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
1998
as Wolf 1 (voice)
MovieExtraordinary Visitor
1998
as Rodney
MovieHard Men
1996
as Mr Ross
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1996
Reality on the Rocks
1995
TVMiddlemarch
1994
as Mr Mawmsey
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Hector Plumpton
MovieA Different Hand
1992
as The Doctor
MovieSecret Nation
1992
as Parkinson
Crimestrike
1990
as Julius Caesar
MovieWings of Fame
1990
as Head Waiter
The Nineteenth Hole
1989
as Johnson
MovieScandal
1989
as Editor of Pictorial
MovieA Fish Called Wanda
1988
as Bartlett
Darkest England
1988
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1988
as Erasmus Microman
MovieSmart Money
1986
as Mr. Sayles
TVLovejoy
1986
as Ted Goat
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1985
as Newspaper Reporter
MovieDreamchild
1985
as Radio Sound Effects Man/March Hare (voice)
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1985
as Stephen Pipe
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1985
as Sidney Murdoch
TVIn Sickness and in Health
1985
as The Irate Driver
MovieThe Moon Over Soho
1985
as Geoffrey Hargreaves
MovieThe Bride
1985
as Pedlar
TVHome to Roost
1985
as Mr Prendergast
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as Samuel Smiles
MovieIn the Secret State
1985
as Hoskins
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1985
as Tim Rickett
TVSuper Gran
1985
as Unlucky Luciano
TVScreen Two
1985
as Tim Rickett
TVThe Bill
1984
TVSherlock Holmes
1984
as James Ryder
TVThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984
as James Ryder
Towers of Babel
1981
as Alfie
TVPrivate Schulz
1981
as Krauss
MovieBreaking Glass
1980
as Publican
TVThe Gentle Touch
1980
MovieThe Secret Policeman's Ball
1979
as Various Roles
TVMinder
1979
as Seedy Customer
MovieThe Tempest
1979
as Gonzalo, an honest councillor
MoviePhoelix
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as DC Denis Deacey
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1978
as Neville
TVLaw & Order
1978
as Alex Gladwell
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
TVThe Professionals
1977
as Parker
MovieThe Story of Pantomime
1976
as Self
MovieJustine
1976
as Dubourg
TVFawlty Towers
1975
as Roger
MovieThe Ken Campbell Roadshow
1971
as Self
MovieThe Big Flame
1969
as Journalist
MovieUncle Silas
1968
as Crabbe
MovieInspector Clouseau
1968
as Reporter
MoviePoor Cow
1967
as Mr. Jacks
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1967
as Thomas Chadwick
TVMystery and Imagination
1966
as Crabbe
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Thomas Chadwick
