Gordon Salkilld
Gordon Salkilld was an English supporting actor best known for his portrayal of carpenter Jack Wood in the 1970s BBC cult series Survivors. He also gained fame in Red Dwarf: series 2, episode 2 as Gordon—the incredibly intelligent computer aboard the S.S. F Scott Fitzgerald, who is involved in a chess game with Holly—a part specially written for him by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, with whom he had previously worked on the Radio 4 series Wrinkles, and as Petty Officer Parker in BBC children's series The Doombolt Chase. He also made appearances in Thriller; episode 'The Double Kill' (1975), A Touch of Frost, A Very Peculiar Practice, Jeeves and Wooster, Shelley, Ever Decreasing Circles, Juliet Bravo, Never the Twain and Only Fools and Horses. Salkilld was active on the stage. He directed and starred in a production of Tom Stoppard's After Magritte at the Prince of Wales, Wimbledon in 1974. He appeared on the stage in a production of Puss in Boots at Tunbridge Wells in 1974; a reviewer wrote that Salkilld "was an amusing Dame".
Known For
Credits
- 1993 · Royal Celebration as Neighbour
- 1993 · Frank Stubbs Promotes as 2nd Journalist
- 1993 · The Detectives as Santa 3
- 1991 · Close My Eyes as Hotel Porter
- 1991 · Under Suspicion as Prison Governor
- 1990 · Jeeves and Wooster as Station Master
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Commissionaire
- 1988 · Red Dwarf as Gordon
- 1987 · Cause Célèbre as Foreman of the Jury
- 1987 · Two of Us as Car Driver
- 1986 · Hard Travelling as Ticket Clerk
- 1985 · EastEnders as Driver
- 1984 · The Prisoner of Zenda as Second Customs Official
- 1982 · Ties as Father
- 1981 · Only Fools and Horses as St John's Ambulance Man
- 1979 · Terry and June as Lorry Driver
- 1976 · Mike Yarwood In Persons as
- 1975 · Survivors as Jack