Ken Campbell

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Ken Campbell (2008)

Kenneth Victor Campbell (born December 10, 1941 in Ilford , Essex , † August 31, 2008 in Epping Forest , Essex) was a British actor and theater director .

Career

Campbell studied at the London drama school Royal Academy of Dramatic Art . In the early 1970s, he started a theater company that performed in unusual places like pubs . Among the members of his group was Bob Hoskins .

In 1976 he co-founded the Science Fiction Theater of Liverpool , which aimed to be Illuminatus! based on the trilogy of Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea to bring to the stage. He also appeared as an actor himself; Bill Nighy was one of the other actors . The play was performed at the Royal National Theater . Another major project of the Science Fiction Theater of Liverpool was the stage adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy based on the novel by Douglas Adams , in which he played the role of Arthur Dent . However, this was not very successful. Adams then wrote a role for him on the BBC radio production.

Campbell had guest roles in various British television series such as Fawlty Towers and The Professionals in the 1970s . In the 1980s, he starred in some major movie productions such as Pauline and Joshua , Frankenstein's Bride and A Fish Named Wanda . Campbell was also active as a writer, and published numerous books.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1967: Kissed and Beaten (Poor Cow)
  • 1976: Justine
  • 1979: The Tempest (The Tempest)
  • 1980: Breaking Glass
  • 1982: Uliisses
  • 1985: One Love in Montreal (Joshua Then and Now)
  • 1985: The Bride (The Bride)
  • 1985: Dreamchild
  • 1985: Letter to Brezhnev (Letter to Brezhnev)
  • 1986: A Zed & Two Noughts
  • 1988: A Fish Called Wanda (A Fish Called Wanda)
  • 1989: Scandal
  • 1989: Hotel zur Immortlichkeit (Wings of Fame)
  • 1990: Crimestrike
  • 1992: Secret Nation
  • 1998: Extraordinary Visitor
  • 2000: Grasgeflüster (Saving Grace)
  • 2004: Creep

Publications

  • 1972 - You see the thing is this: a one act comedy
  • 1972 - Old King Cole. New edition: Oberon Books, 1996, ISBN 1-870259-12-2
  • 1973 - Mr. Pilk's madhouse. Row: Theater Library. Publishing house of the authors . 6th edition Frankfurt 2013 ISBN 3-88661-092-6
  • 1975 - Skungpoomery
  • 1976 - Fazz and Zwoo & Die Schlündelgründler. Translated and edited by FK Waechter & Wolfgang Wiens, ibid. ISBN 3-88661-023-3 , new edition. 1990
  • 1976 - Jack Sheppard
  • 1985 - outing with clowns. Transfer FK Waechter , in the other, school with clowns. Publishing house of the authors, Frankfurt, frequent new edition. ISBN 3-88661-069-1 ; again in FK Waechter, clown games. ibid. 2000 ISBN 3-88661-223-6
  • 1991 - Recollections of a Furtive Nudist
  • 1993 - Pigspurt: Or Six Pigs from Happiness
  • 1994 - The Galoshes of Luck. Transfer FK Waechter, in div., Playground. Five pieces for children, Vol. 7. Verlag der Authors, Frankfurt ISBN 3-88661-148-5
  • 1995 - The Bald Trilogy
  • 1996 - violin time; or, the Lady from Montsegur
  • 2000 - Wol Wantok
  • 2004 - Creep

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personal data
SURNAME Campbell, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Campbell, Kenneth Victor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Ilford , Essex
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 2008
Place of death Epping Forest , Essex