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Ken Campbell

Ken Campbell

Known for ActingBorn 1941-12-10Died 2008-08-31Ilford, Essex, England, UK
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."  Read more

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Six Experiments that Changed the World
10.0
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Six Experiments that Changed the World

1999 · Series

Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain9.0
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Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain

1985 · Movie

Secret Service9.0
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Secret Service

1977 · Movie

Sherlock Holmes8.2
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Sherlock Holmes

1984 · Series

Fawlty Towers8.3
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Fawlty Towers

1975 · Series

In Sickness and in Health8.1
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In Sickness and in Health

1985 · Series

Agatha Christie's Marple7.8
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Agatha Christie's Marple

2004 · Series

Middlemarch7.9
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Middlemarch

1994 · Series

Phoelix8.0
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Phoelix

1979 · Movie

The Rules of the Game8.0
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The Rules of the Game

1975 · Movie

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice7.4
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Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

2012 · Movie

The Professionals7.5
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The Professionals

1977 · Series

Lovejoy7.4
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Lovejoy

1986 · Series

Heartbeat7.2
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Heartbeat

1992 · Series

Law & Order7.3
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Law & Order

1978 · Series

A Fish Called Wanda7.2
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A Fish Called Wanda

1988 · Movie

The Gentle Touch7.2
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The Gentle Touch

1980 · Series

Screen Two7.1
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Screen Two

1985 · Series

Crimestrike
7.0
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Crimestrike

1990 · Movie

Minder7.1
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Minder

1979 · Series

In the Secret State7.0
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In the Secret State

1985 · Movie

A Zed & Two Noughts7.0
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A Zed & Two Noughts

1985 · Movie

Towers of Babel
7.0
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Towers of Babel

1981 · Movie

The Mound Builders7.0
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The Mound Builders

1976 · Movie

Breaking Glass6.9
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Breaking Glass

1980 · Movie

Uncle Silas7.0
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Uncle Silas

1968 · Movie

The Bill6.8
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The Bill

1984 · Series

The Nineteenth Hole
6.7
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The Nineteenth Hole

1989 · Series

Saving Grace6.5
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Saving Grace

2000 · Movie

Dreamchild6.6
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Dreamchild

1985 · Movie

Wings of Fame6.5
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Wings of Fame

1990 · Movie

The Big Flame6.7
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The Big Flame

1969 · Movie

Home to Roost6.5
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Home to Roost

1985 · Series

Super Gran6.4
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Super Gran

1985 · Series

Letter to Brezhnev6.4
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Letter to Brezhnev

1985 · Movie

Smart Money6.3
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Smart Money

1986 · Movie

Alice in Wonderland6.2
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Alice in Wonderland

1999 · Movie

The Secret Policeman's Ball6.4
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The Secret Policeman's Ball

1979 · Movie

Poor Cow6.4
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Poor Cow

1967 · Movie

Creep6.0
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Creep

2004 · Movie

Secret Nation6.0
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Secret Nation

1992 · Movie

Hard Men6.0
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Hard Men

1996 · Movie

Scandal6.0
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Scandal

1989 · Movie

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story5.7
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The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

1998 · Movie

Armchair Theatre6.0
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Armchair Theatre

1956 · Series

The Tempest5.7
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The Tempest

1979 · Movie

Mystery and Imagination5.8
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Mystery and Imagination

1966 · Series

The Bride5.4
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The Bride

1985 · Movie