Ken Campbell

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."  

Acting

2004

2002

Baby Bob
Tv

Baby Bob

2000

Saving Grace
Movie

Sgt. Alfred Masely

1996

1992

Heartbeat
Tv

Hector Plumpton

1992

1990

1989

Scandal
Movie

Editor of Pictorial

1986

1986

Lovejoy
Tv

Ted Goat

1985

Letter to Brezhnev
Movie

Newspaper Reporter

1985

1985

Dreamchild
Movie

Radio Sound Effects Man/March Hare (voice)

1985

1985

1985

1979

The Tempest
Movie

Gonzalo, an honest councillor

1979

1976

1969

1967

Poor Cow
Movie

Mr. Jacks

Writing

Directing

Production

Infos

Full Name
Ken Campbell
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
12/10/1941
Date of Death
8/31/2008
Also Known As

Kenneth Campbell