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