
Ken Campbell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-12-10
Day of Death
2008-08-31 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Ken Campbell
Biography
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."
Acting
(2012)
(2004)
Creep
as Arthur
(2000)
The Skulls
as Starting Judge
(2000)
Saving Grace
as Sgt. Alfred Masely
(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
(1992)
A Different Hand
as The Doctor
(1992)
Secret Nation
as Parkinson
(1990)
Wings of Fame
as Head Waiter
(1990)
Crimestrike
as Julius Caesar
(1989)
Scandal
as Editor of Pictorial
(1988)
A Fish Called Wanda
as Bartlett
(1988)
(1986)
Smart Money
as Mr. Sayles
(1985)
The Bride
as Pedlar
(1985)
Dreamchild
as Radio Sound Effects Man/March Hare (voice)
(1985)
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Stephen Pipe
(1985)
In the Secret State
as Hoskins
(1985)
Letter to Brezhnev
as Newspaper Reporter
(1985)
Joshua Then and Now
as Sidney Murdoch
(1985)
Unfair Exchanges
as Tim Rickett
(1985)
The Moon Over Soho
as Geoffrey Hargreaves
(1985)
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
as Samuel Smiles
(1981)
Towers of Babel
as Alfie
(1980)
Breaking Glass
as Publican
(1979)
The Tempest
as Gonzalo, an honest councillor
(1979)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Various Roles
(1979)
(1979)
The Last Window Cleaner
as DC Denis Deacey
(1978)
Dinner at the Sporting Club
as Neville
(1976)
The Story of Pantomime
as Self
(1976)
Justine by the Marquis de Sade
as Dubourg
(1971)
The Ken Campbell Roadshow
as Self
(1969)
The Big Flame
as Journalist
(1968)
Inspector Clouseau
as Reporter
(1968)
Uncle Silas
as Crabbe
(1967)
Poor Cow
as Mr. Jacks
(1967)
The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick
as Thomas Chadwick
Crew
(1985)
Unfair Exchanges
Writer
(1977)
Secret Service
Producer
(1976)
The Mound Builders
Director
(1975)
The Rules of the Game
Producer