Ken Campbell
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2012 · Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice as Self
- 2004 · Creep as Arthur
- 2002 · Baby Bob as Baby Bob
- 2000 · The Skulls as Starting Judge
- 2000 · Saving Grace as Sgt. Alfred Masely
- 1999 · Six Experiments that Changed the World as
- 1999 · Dooley Gardens as
- 1999 · Alice in Wonderland as Mr. Duck
- 1998 · The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story as Wolf 1 (voice)
- 1998 · Extraordinary Visitor as Rodney
- 1996 · Hard Men as Mr Ross
- 1996 · Local Heroes as
- 1995 · Reality on the Rocks as
- 1994 · Middlemarch as Mr Mawmsey
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Hector Plumpton
- 1992 · A Different Hand as The Doctor
- 1992 · Secret Nation as Parkinson
- 1990 · Crimestrike as Julius Caesar
- 1990 · Wings of Fame as Head Waiter
- 1989 · Scandal as Editor of Pictorial
- 1988 · A Fish Called Wanda as Bartlett
- 1988 · Erasmus Microman as Erasmus Microman
- 1986 · Smart Money as Mr. Sayles
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Ted Goat
- 1985 · Letter to Brezhnev as Newspaper Reporter
- 1985 · A Zed & Two Noughts as Stephen Pipe
- 1985 · Dreamchild as Radio Sound Effects Man/March Hare (voice)
- 1985 · Joshua Then and Now as Sidney Murdoch
- 1985 · In Sickness and in Health as
- 1985 · The Moon Over Soho as Geoffrey Hargreaves
- 1985 · The Bride as Pedlar
- 1985 · Home to Roost as Mr Prendergast
- 1985 · Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain as Samuel Smiles
- 1985 · In the Secret State as Hoskins
- 1985 · Super Gran as Unlucky Luciano
- 1985 · Unfair Exchanges as Tim Rickett
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as James Ryder
- 1981 · Towers of Babel as
- 1981 · Private Schulz as Krauss
- 1980 · Breaking Glass as Publican
- 1980 · The Gentle Touch as
- 1979 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Various Roles
- 1979 · Minder as Seedy Customer
- 1979 · The Tempest as Gonzalo, an honest councillor
- 1979 · Phoelix as
- 1979 · The Last Window Cleaner as DC Denis Deacey
- 1978 · Dinner at the Sporting Club as Neville
- 1978 · Law & Order as Alex Gladwell
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1977 · The Professionals as Parker
- 1976 · The Story of Pantomime as Self
- 1976 · Justine by the Marquis de Sade as Dubourg
- 1975 · Fawlty Towers as Roger
- 1971 · The Ken Campbell Roadshow as Self
- 1969 · The Big Flame as Journalist
- 1968 · Uncle Silas as Crabbe
- 1968 · Inspector Clouseau as Reporter
- 1967 · Poor Cow as Mr. Jacks
- 1967 · The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick as Thomas Chadwick
- 1966 · Mystery and Imagination as