About
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...
Known for
Sherlock HolmesSeries • 1984
HeartbeatSeries • 1992
MinderSeries • 1979
The BillSeries • 1984
Screen TwoSeries • 1985
Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries • 2004
The ProfessionalsSeries • 1977
LovejoySeries • 1986
Fawlty TowersSeries • 1975
Mystery and ImaginationSeries • 1966
In Sickness and in HealthSeries • 1985
The Gentle TouchSeries • 1980
A Fish Called WandaMovie • 1988
The BrideMovie • 1985
DreamchildMovie • 1985
Alice in WonderlandMovie • 1999
CreepMovie • 2004
Poor CowMovie • 1967
Inspector ClouseauMovie • 1968
ScandalMovie • 1989
Saving GraceMovie • 2000
A Zed & Two NoughtsMovie • 1985
Wings of FameMovie • 1990
Breaking GlassMovie • 1980