Person Details

Birthday: 1941-12-10 12:37:21

Death: 2008-08-31 12:37:21

Aliases: Kenneth Campbell

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Ilford, Essex, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 27

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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."   Description above from the Wikipedia article  Ken Campbell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The Professionals
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7

The Professionals

(1977) Parker
Sherlock Holmes
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8

Sherlock Holmes

(1984) James Ryder
Middlemarch
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8

Middlemarch

(1994) Mr Mawmsey
Law & Order
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6

Law & Order

(1978) Alex Gladwell
Creep
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6

Creep

(2004) Arthur
Alice in Wonderland
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6

Alice in Wonderland

(1999) Mr. Duck
Erasmus Microman
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0

Erasmus Microman

(1988) Erasmus Microman
The Skulls
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6

The Skulls

(2000) Starting Judge

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2012 Himself
2004 Arthur
2002 Baby Bob
2000 Starting Judge
Sgt. Alfred Masely
1999 N/A
N/A
Mr. Duck
1998 Wolf 1 (voice)
Rodney
1996 Mr Ross
N/A
1995 N/A
1994 Mr Mawmsey
1992 Hector Plumpton
The Doctor
Parkinson
1990 Julius Caesar
Head Waiter
1989 Editor of Pictorial
1988 Bartlett
Erasmus Microman
1986 Mr. Sayles
Ted Goat
1985 Newspaper Reporter
Radio Sound Effects Man/March Hare (voice)
Stephen Pipe
N/A
Geoffrey Hargreaves
Pedlar
Mr Prendergast
Samuel Smiles
Hoskins
Unlucky Luciano
Tim Rickett
Sidney Murdoch
1984 N/A
James Ryder
James Ryder
1981 N/A
Krauss
1980 Publican
N/A
1979 Various Roles
Seedy Customer
Gonzalo, an honest councillor
N/A
DC Denis Deacey
1978 Neville
Alex Gladwell
Self
1977 Parker
1976 Self
Dubourg
1975 Roger
1971 Self
1969 Journalist
1968 Reporter
1967 Mr. Jacks
1966 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1985 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1977 Producer
1975 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1976 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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