Ken Campbell

Ken Campbell (1941–2008) was a much-loved British actor-director-writer best known for his television roles in Fawlty Towers (as Roger), In Sickness and in Health (as neighbour Fred Johnson), Brookside (as Oscar Dean) in G.F. Newman's Law And Order (as corrupt lawyer Alex Gladwell), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Carbuncle (as servant James Ryder) and Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye (as butler Crump). He wrote and appeared in BBC 2's Unfair Exchanges and Channel 4's The Madness Museum. In film he appeared in A Fish Called Wanda, Saving Grace, Derek Jarman's The Tempest, Letter to Brezhnev and Creep, among others. He appeared as himself in 1981's Secret Policeman's Ball with Sylvester McCoy as the Ken Campbell Road Show and wrote and presented popular-science series Reality on the Rocks, Brainspotting and Six Experiments That Changed the World for Channel 4. He directed two of the longest plays in the world, Illuminatus and The Warp, and was acclaimed for his award-winning one-man shows, a number of which appeared at the National Theatre. He was Professor of Ventriloquism at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London, and worked with a troupe of talented actors in improvisational theatre, including directing a Pidgin version of Macbeth and touring with his company School of Night.

Filmography

Ken Campbell - filmography

Creep on DVD (2004)
Starring: Franka Potente, Vas Blackwood, Ken Campbell
Director: Christopher Smith
Certificate:
Trapped in a London subway station, a woman who's being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city's streets.

51% from 33,357 members

In Sickness And In Health - Series 4 on DVD (1988)
Starring: Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, Carmel McSharry
Director: none
Certificate:
Fourth series of the classic British comedy "In Sickness and in Health".

80% from 107 members

Law And Order (2 discs) on DVD (1978)
Starring: Derek Martin, Ken Campbell, Peter Dean
Director: Les Blair
Certificate:
Law and Order is a four-part drama series about the British juicidal system, dealing with an investigation presented from the perspectives of the police force, the criminal, the solicitor and the prison system.

71% from 109 members

Dinner At The Sporting Club on DVD (1978)
Starring: John Thaw, Jonathan Lynn, Ken Campbell
Director: Brian Gibson
Certificate:
Follows the trials and tribulations of Dinny Mathews, a small-time boxing manager.

47% from 61 members

Ken Campbell facts

5 most recent films

Creep - 2.5 stars
In Sickness And In Health - Series 4 - 4.0 stars
Law And Order - 3.5 stars
Dinner At The Sporting Club - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

In Sickness And In Health - Series 4 - 4.0 stars
Law And Order - 3.5 stars
Creep - 2.5 stars
Dinner At The Sporting Club - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Dinner At The Sporting Club - 2.5 stars
Creep - 2.5 stars
Law And Order - 3.5 stars
In Sickness And In Health - Series 4 - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Roy Stone - 1 times - show films
Arthur English - 1 times - show films
Jonathan Lynn - 1 times - show films
Vas Blackwood - 1 times - show films
Deirdre Costello - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Les Blair - 3 times - show films
Christopher Smith - 1 times - show films
Brian Gibson - 1 times - show films
none - 1 times - show films

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