J. Kenneth Campbell 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 | |
| Education | Cheshire Academy University of Arizona |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Eugene Campbell (grandfather) Clay Clement (great-uncle) Kim Gruenenfelder (niece) Emma Rosenblum (niece) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service |  United States Marine Corps |
| Battles / wars | Vietnam War |
| Awards | Purple Heart |
Early life
editJames Kenneth Campbell II was born in Flushing, New York to Dorothea Burke and lawyer James Kenneth Campbell.[1][2] His father, who served as the longtime Village Justice of Saltaire, New York and was a senior partner at the law firm of Alexander and Green,[2] authored a bill for Governor Nelson Rockefeller to improve conditions at psychiatric hospitals in New York, which the New York State Legislature subsequently passed and the governor signed.[1]
The second of seven children, Campbell was raised on Long Island and graduated from Cheshire Academy. Campbell began his studies at the University of Arizona, but left to study under Sanford Meisner.[citation needed] Having been drafted into the United States Army in 1967, Campbell enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Wounded in action during the Vietnam War, Campbell was awarded a Purple Heart and honorably discharged.[citation needed]
Career
editTelevision
editCampbell 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 1980s. 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 1970s. In the 1980s, he appeared in Spenser: For Hire, Matlock and Cheers. The 1990s 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.[3][4]
Stage
editOn stage, Campbell played the Viscount de Valvert in the 1973 musical Cyrano, and appeared in The Philadelphia Story, which ran from 1980 to 1981 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. In 1981 he starred as Macduff in the Broadway revival of William Shakespeare's Macbeth at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, alongside Philip Anglim, Maureen Anderman, and Kelsey Grammer.[5] He starred as King Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons alongside Charlton Heston in 1986 and 1987, at the Union Square Theatre, as part of the Roundabout Theatre Company.[3] His Broadway credits included The Boys of Winter (1985), The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1983), The Philadelphia Story (1908), The Freedom of the City (1974), and Cyrano (1973).[6]
In 2017, Campbell portrayed President Lyndon Baines Johnson in an Actors' Playhouse production of All the Way in Miami.[7]
Personal life
editCampbell is a grandnephew of Clay Clement, an actor who was one of the earliest members of the Screen Actors Guild, and the grandson of The Long Whip author Eugene Campbell.[1] Campbell's niece through his sister Carol is author Kim Gruenenfelder, and his niece through his sister Barbara is media executive Emma Rosenblum.[8]
Filmography
edit| Feature Films | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1970 | The Mod Squad | Sooey | 1 episode |
| 1973 | The Rookies | Dude | 1 episode |
| 1977 | Wonder Woman | Taft | 1 episode |
| 1977 | Black Sheep Squadron | Commander Billings | 1 episode |
| 1978 | Cops and Robin | Detective Furie | TV Movie |
| 1978 | Lou Grant | Jones | 1 episode |
| 1978 | Crash | TV movie | |
| 1979 | Love and Bullets | Newscaster | Uncredited |
| 1980 | The Changeling[9] | Security Guard | |
| 1981 | Macbeth | Macduff | TV movie |
| 1983 | Chiefs | Dr. Tom Manton | 2 episodes; as Kenneth Campbell |
| 1983 | Kennedy | Secret Service Man | 5 episodes; as Kenneth Campbell |
| 1984 | George Washington | Richard Henry Lee | 1 episode |
| 1984 | The Edge of Night | Russ Powell | 20 episodes |
| 1985 | Sudden Death[10] | Kosakowski | |
| 1985 | Search for Tomorrow | Roy Arnold | 195 episodes |
| 1986 | American Playhouse | Walter Ralegh | 1 episode |
| 1980–1986 | Another World | Herman Ludwig / Jordan Scott | 45 episodes |
| 1986 | Spenser: For Hire | Deputy Hagen | 1 episode |
| 1986 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star | Ray Anderson | TV movie |
| 1987 | The Survivalist[3][a] | President's Spokesman | |
| 1987 | Mr. President | 1 episode | |
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | (voice) | |
| 1988 | Buck James | Morgan Woolwine | 1 episode |
| 1988 | Waxwork[11] | Marquis de Sade | |
| 1988 | Deadline: Madrid | Paul Johnson | TV movie |
| 1988 | Favorite Son | Thomas | 1 episode |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance | Cmdr. Hoban (Devilfish) | 1 episode |
| 1988 | China Beach | Colonel Wadsworth | 1 episode |
| 1988 | Cheers | Bob Speakes | 1 episode |
| 1989 | The Abyss | DeMarco | |
| 1989 | An Innocent Man | Lieutenant Freebery | |
| 1989 | The Young Riders | Indian Agent Walker | 1 episode |
| 1990 | Drug Wars: The Camarena Story | Stephen Matson | 3 episodes |
| 1990 | The Last of the Finest[3][b] | Calvert | |
| 1990 | Johnny Ryan | D.A. Frank Hogan | TV movie |
| 1990 | L.A. Law | Judge Walter Stone | 2 episodes |
| 1990 | The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Todd Harris | TV movie |
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder[4] | Lieutenant Commander 'Cowboy' Parker | |
| 1991 | Murder 101 | Tim Ryder | TV movie |
| 1991 | Lifestories | Coach Staggerhorn | 1 episode |
| 1991 | P.S. I Luv U | Jack Hanson | 1 episode |
| 1992 | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | Ross | |
| 1992 | Jake and the Fatman | Tom Chetwin | 1 episode |
| 1992 | Interceptor | Engineer | |
| 1993 | The Legend of Prince Valiant | Assassin (voice) | 1 episode |
| 1993 | Deadfall[3] | Huey | |
| 1994 | Cosmic Slop | segment: The First Commandment | TV movie |
| 1994 | Cobb[4] | Professor Cobb | |
| 1988–1995 | Matlock | Agt. Ed Wingate / Scott Walker / Jack Berlin | 5 episodes |
| 1994–1995 | Renegade | Sheriff / D.A. Dennis Piaza | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Picket Fences | Jonathan Braun | 1 episode |
| 1996 | High Tide | Kinkaid | 1 episode |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks![10] | Doctor | |
| 1997 | Turbulence | Captain Matt Powell | |
| 1997 | Ulee's Gold | Sheriff Bill Floyd | |
| 1997 | Touched by an Angel | Cotton | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Night Man | Dr. Gerard Parker | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday | Flint Lukash | TV movie |
| 1998 | Pensacola: Wings of Gold | Sheriff Hawkins | 1 episode |
| 1998 | Ally McBeal | Donald Yorkin | 1 episode |
| 1998 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Officer Craig Hoffman | 1 episode; segment "The Wall" |
| 1998 | Bulworth[4] | Anthony | |
| 1998 | Seven Days | Colonel Vickery | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Melrose Place | Sheriff Spencer | 1 episode |
| 1997–1999 | The Journey of Allen Strange | Shaw | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Michael Landon, the Father I Knew | Andy Glennon | TV movie |
| 1999 | Blue Streak[3][c] | FBI Section Commander Peterson | |
| 1999 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Roger Woodson | 1 episode |
| 1999 | Sonic Impact[3] | Pilot Tom Rush | |
| 2000 | U.S. Seals | Cane Whitlock / Rusty 'Blaise' | |
| 2000 | Charmed | Elias Lundy | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Angel | Angel's Father | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Diagnosis: Murder | Col. Lucian Chandler | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Tomcats[12] | Mr. MacDonald | |
| 2001 | The Huntress | Rango Burke | 3 episodes |
| 2001 | Free[3] | James Jenkins | |
| 2002 | Collateral Damage[10] | Ed Coonts | |
| 2003 | Straight from the Heart | Howard Jamison | TV movie |
| 2003 | Frasier | Mr. Michaels | 1 episode |
| 2003 | The Guardian | Mr. Lightstone | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Threat Matrix | 1 episode | |
| 2005 | Guess Who[12] | Nathan Rogers | |
| 2005 | Commander in Chief | The Admiral | 1 episode |
| 2008 | The Butcher's Daughter | Richard Beaumont | Short film |
| 2008 | Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance | Walter | Short film |
| 2009 | The Only Good Indian[12] | McCoy | |
| 2010 | The Whole Truth | Larry Combs | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Bluebird[10] | Deputy | |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Frey, Emma (1969). The History of the Frey Family. pp. 8–14. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ a b "Paid Notice: Deaths CAMPBELL, J. KENNETH (KEN), SR". New York Times. April 1, 2004. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Campbell, J. Kenneth". Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ a b c d "J. Kenneth Campbell". TVGuide.
- ^ Shakespeare, William (1981). "Macbeth". Playbill. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
- ^ "J. Kenneth Campbell". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
- ^ Dolen, Christine (March 30, 2017). "Political lessons of epic 'All the Way' stand tall". The Miami Herald. p. C 1. Retrieved October 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Frey, Emma (1969). The History of the Frey Family. p. 14. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ Muir, John Kenneth (2010). Horror Films of the 1980s. McFarland. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-7864-5501-0.
- ^ a b c d "J. Kenneth Campbell". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ Muir, John Kenneth (2010). Horror Films of the 1980s. McFarland. p. 709. ISBN 978-0-7864-5501-0.
- ^ a b c "J. Kenneth Campbell". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019.