Acting
Ken Campbell
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."
Filmography
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Film · 2012
Friends Reunited
Film · 2005
Creep
Film · 2004
Ken Campbell's Meaning of Life
Film · 2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Series · 2004
Saving Grace
Film · 2000
Alice in Wonderland
Film · 1999
Dooley Gardens
Series · 1999
Six Experiments that Changed the World
Series · 1999
Extraordinary Visitor
Film · 1998
Hard Men
Film · 1996
Local Heroes
Series · 1996
Reality on the Rocks
Series · 1995
Middlemarch
Series · 1994
Secret Nation
Film · 1992
A Different Hand
Film · 1992
Heartbeat
Series · 1992
Wings of Fame
Film · 1990
Crimestrike
Film · 1990
Scandal
Film · 1989
The Nineteenth Hole
Series · 1989
A Fish Called Wanda
Film · 1988
Darkest England
Film · 1988
Erasmus Microman
Series · 1988
Smart Money
Film · 1986
Lovejoy
Series · 1986
Letter to Brezhnev
Film · 1985
In the Secret State
Film · 1985
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Film · 1985
The Bride
Film · 1985
The Moon Over Soho
Film · 1985
Dreamchild
Film · 1985
A Zed & Two Noughts
Film · 1985
Joshua Then and Now
Film · 1985
Super Gran
Series · 1985
Home to Roost
Series · 1985
In Sickness and in Health
Series · 1985
In Sickness and in Health
Series · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Unfair Exchanges
Film · 1984
The Bill
Series · 1984
Sherlock Holmes
Series · 1984
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Series · 1984
Towers of Babel
Film · 1981
Private Schulz
Series · 1981
Breaking Glass
Film · 1980
The Gentle Touch
Series · 1980
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Film · 1979
The Tempest
Film · 1979
The Last Window Cleaner
Film · 1979
Phoelix
Film · 1979
Minder
Series · 1979
Dinner at the Sporting Club
Film · 1978
Law & Order
Series · 1978
An Audience with...
Series · 1978
The Professionals
Series · 1977
Justine
Film · 1976
The Story of Pantomime
Film · 1976
Fawlty Towers
Series · 1975
The Ken Campbell Roadshow
Film · 1971
The Big Flame
Film · 1969
Uncle Silas
Film · 1968
Inspector Clouseau
Film · 1968
The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick
Film · 1967
Poor Cow
Film · 1967
Mystery and Imagination
Series · 1966
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956