Kenneth Gilbert
June 24, 1931 (93 years old) in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Kenneth Gilbert (24 June 1931 – 29 October 2015) was an English actor who appeared in many television and stage productions over a 50-year period. He often played authority figures such as doctors, colonels, detectives and police surgeons, but became best known as businessman Oliver Banks in the soap opera Crossroads Gilbert trained as a classical actor at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was subsequently a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared at The Old Vic. His television appearances included Doctor Who (as World Ecology Bureau official Richard Dunbar) in The Seeds of Doom (1976), House of Cards, Mister Corbett's Ghost (1987) and Softly, Softly
Known For
Credits
- 2004 · Hustle as Benesh
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Hilary Carlton
- 1993 · Cracker as Father
- 1991 · Hancock as Man on Plane
- 1990 · House of Cards as Harold Earle
- 1988 · The Lady and the Highwayman as Lord Henry
- 1987 · Mr. Corbett's Ghost as Uncle Harry
- 1986 · God's Outlaw as Humphrey Monmouth
- 1985 · Dempsey and Makepeace as Dr. Swann
- 1980 · The Tempest as Boatswain
- 1978 · Scorpion Tales as Peter Ward
- 1978 · Enemy at the Door as Pierre Masservy
- 1976 · Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom as Richard Dunbar
- 1975 · The Sweeney as Supt. Reynolds
- 1973 · Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood as Friar Tuck
- 1972 · The Protectors as Detective
- 1971 · Justice as Sgt. Humphrey
- 1968 · The Caesars as Colonel at Planasia
- 1963 · Doctor Who as Richard Dunbar
- 1961 · Sir Francis Drake as Sergeant