J. Kenneth Campbell

J. Kenneth Campbell (born July 22, 1947) is an American film, stage, and television actor who has been cast in over 80 roles. He was born in Flushing, New York. Campbell studied acting under theatrical fight director Patrick Crean, and was an acting instructor himself at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

J. Kenneth Campbell
Born (1947-07-22) July 22, 1947
Flushing, New York, US
OccupationActor
Years active1970-present

Television and stage

Campbell has made several appearances in television shows, made for TV movies, miniseries and specials. Campbell appeared on the daytime soap operas Another World and Search for Tomorrow in the '80s. He also had guest appearances on several popular TV series through the years as well, including: The Mod Squad, The Rookies and Baa Baa Black Sheep in the '70s. In the '80s, he appeared in Spenser: For Hire, Matlock and Cheers. The 90's saw him appearing in popular series L.A. Law, Touched by an Angel, Melrose Place and Walker, Texas Ranger. Then in the 2000s, he landed guest roles in Diagnosis Murder, Charmed and Frasier.[1][2]

On stage he played Viscount de Valvert in the 1973 musical Cyrano, and appeared in The Philadelphia Story, which ran from 1980-81 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. In 1981 he played Macduff in the classic opera Macbeth, also at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. He starred as King Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons in 1986–87, at the Union Square Theatre, as part of the Roundabout Theatre Company.[1]

Filmography

Feature Films
YearTitleRoleNotes
1979Love and BulletsNewscasterUncredited
1980The Changeling[3]Security guard #1
1985Sudden Death[4]Kosakowski
1987The Survivalist[1][lower-alpha 1]President's spokesman
1988Waxwork[5]Marquis de Sade
1989 The Abyss[2]DeMarco
An Innocent Man[1]Lieutenant Freebery
1990The Last of the Finest[1][lower-alpha 2]Calvert
1991Flight of the Intruder[2]Lieutenant Commander 'Cowboy' Parker
1992 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot[4]Detective Ross
Interceptor[4]Engineer
1993Deadfall[1]Huey
1994Cobb[2]Professor Cobb
1996Mars Attacks![4]Doctor
1997 Turbulence[1]Captain Matt Powell
Ulee's Gold[1]Sheriff Bill Floyd
1998Bulworth[2]Anthony
1999 Blue Streak[1][lower-alpha 3]FBI section commander Peterson
Sonic Impact[1]Pilot Tom Rush
2001 Tomcats[6]Mr. MacDonald
Free[1]James Jenkins
2002Collateral Damage[4]Ed Coonts
2005Guess Who[6]Nathan Rogers
2009The Only Good Indian[6]McCoy
2013Bluebird[4]Deputy
Note: His filmography does not include uncredited roles.

Notes

  1. Also known as Jack Tillman: The Survivalist
  2. Also known as Blue Heat and Street Legal
  3. Also known as Der Diamanten–Cop
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gollark: You would still need to eat things as feedstock for the food fabricators, too.
gollark: They will switch to "constantly on at maximum power".
gollark: Except all this will inevitably offload to the C L O U D and fail when that goes down.
gollark: "It nanofabricates bread and toasts it before you even say you want bread!"

References

  1. "Campbell, J. Kenneth". Encyclopedia.com.
  2. "J. Kenneth Campbell". TVGuide.
  3. Muir, John Kenneth (2010). Horror Films of the 1980s. McFarland. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-7864-5501-0.
  4. "J. Kenneth Campbell". Rotten Tomatoes.
  5. Muir, John Kenneth (2010). Horror Films of the 1980s. McFarland. p. 709. ISBN 978-0-7864-5501-0.
  6. "J. Kenneth Campbell". British Film Institute.
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