American actor
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 .
Early life
James Kenneth Campbell II was born in Flushing , New York to Dorothea Burke and lawyer James Kenneth Campbell .[ 1] [ 2] Saltaire, New York and was a senior partner at the law firm of Alexander and Green ,[ 2] 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
Television
Campbell has made several appearances in television shows, made-for-TV movies, miniseries, and specials. Campbell appeared on the daytime soap operas Another World Search for Tomorrow The Mod Squad The Rookies Baa Baa Black Sheep Spenser: For Hire Matlock Cheers L.A. Law Touched by an Angel Melrose Place Walker, Texas Ranger Diagnosis: Murder Charmed Frasier [ 3] [ 4]
Stage
On stage, Campbell played the Viscount de Valvert in the 1973 musical Cyrano 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 Philip Anglim , Maureen Anderman , and Kelsey Grammer .[ 5] King Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons Charlton Heston in 1986 and 1987, at the Union Square Theatre , as part of the Roundabout Theatre Company .[ 3] 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
Campbell 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 Eugene Campbell .[ 1] niece through his sister Carol is author Kim Gruenenfelder , and his niece through his sister Barbara is media executive Emma Rosenblum .[ 8]
Filmography
Notes
^ Also known as Jack Tillman: The Survivalist
^ Also known as Blue Heat and Street Legal
^ Also known as Der Diamanten–Cop
References
^ a b c Frey, Emma (1969). The History of the Frey Family . Retrieved April 13, 2023 . ^ a b "Paid Notice: Deaths CAMPBELL, J. KENNETH (KEN), SR" . New York Times . 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 . Retrieved April 13, 2023 . ^ Muir, John Kenneth (2010). Horror Films of the 1980s ISBN 978-0-7864-5501-0 ^ a b c d "J. Kenneth Campbell" . Rotten Tomatoes ^ Muir, John Kenneth (2010). Horror Films of the 1980s ISBN 978-0-7864-5501-0 ^ a b c "J. Kenneth Campbell" . British Film Institute the original on March 28, 2019.
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