Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
12/10/1941
Place of Birth
Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Also Known As
Kenneth Campbell
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 s...
Known For
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
as Wolf 1 (voice)
Inspector Clouseau
as Reporter
Saving Grace
as Sgt. Alfred Masely
A Fish Called Wanda
as Bartlett
Breaking Glass
as Publican
Creep
as Arthur
The Tempest
as Gonzalo, an honest councillor
Scandal
as Editor of Pictorial
Smart Money
as Mr. Sayles
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
as Samuel Smiles
Hard Men
as Mr Ross
Justine
as Dubourg
Alice in Wonderland
as Mr. Duck
Uncle Silas
as Crabbe
Dreamchild
as Radio Sound Effects Man/March Hare (voice)
The Bride
as Pedlar
Poor Cow
as Mr. Jacks
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Stephen Pipe
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Various Roles
Wings of Fame
as Head Waiter
Career Timeline
1999
1988
1985
Letter to Brezhnev
as Newspaper Reporter
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Stephen Pipe
Dreamchild
as Radio Sound Effects Man/March Hare (voice)
Joshua Then and Now
as Sidney Murdoch
In Sickness and in Health
as The Irate Driver
In Sickness and in Health
as Fred Johnson
The Moon Over Soho
as Geoffrey Hargreaves
The Bride
as Pedlar
Home to Roost
as Mr Prendergast
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
as Samuel Smiles
In the Secret State
as Hoskins
Unfair Exchanges
as Tim Rickett
Super Gran
as Unlucky Luciano