Name
Kenneth Gilbert
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1931-06-24
Deathday
2015-10-29 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Biography
Kenneth Gilbert (24 June 1931 – 29 October 2015) was an English actor who appeared in many television and stage productions over a 50-year period. He often played authority figures such as doctors, colonels, detectives and police surgeons, but became best known as businessman Oliver Banks in the soap opera Crossroads
Gilbert trained as a classical actor at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was subsequently a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared at The Old Vic. His television appearances included Doctor Who (as World Ecology Bureau official Richard Dunbar) in The Seeds of Doom (1976), House of Cards, Mister Corbett's Ghost (1987) and Softly, Softly
Known For
- 1987 Mr. Corbett's Ghost as Uncle Harry
- 1986 God's Outlaw as Humphrey Monmouth
- 1976 Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom as Richard Dunbar
- 1973 Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood as Friar Tuck
- 1980 The Tempest as Boatswain
- 1988 The Lady and the Highwayman as Lord Henry
- 1991 Hancock as Man on Plane
- 1982 A Gift of Tongues as Ned Childs
- 1982 Ivanhoe as Marshall
- 2010 Podshock
- 1976 The Winter Warrior as Eadwacer
- 1998 Candle in the Dark: The Story of William Carey
- 1972 The Protectors ( 1 episode ) as Detective
- 1975 The Sweeney ( 1 episode ) as Supt. Reynolds
- 1968 The Caesars ( 1 episode ) as Colonel at Planasia
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 4 episodes ) as Richard Dunbar
- 2004 Hustle ( 1 episode ) as Benesh
- 1961 Sir Francis Drake ( 1 episode ) as Sergeant
- 1971 Justice ( 1 episode ) as Sgt. Humphrey
- 1993 Cracker ( 1 episode ) as Father
- 1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Hilary Carlton
- 1985 Dempsey and Makepeace ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Swann
- 1978 Enemy at the Door ( 1 episode ) as Pierre Masservy
- 1980 Buccaneer ( 2 episodes ) as Vic Mallinson
- 1978 Scorpion Tales ( 1 episode ) as Peter Ward
- 1979 Shoestring ( 1 episode ) as Richard Nolan
- 1990 House of Cards ( 4 episodes ) as Harold Earle
- 1972 New Scotland Yard ( 1 episode ) as Dr Brinsley
- 1972 New Scotland Yard ( 2 episodes ) as Police Surgeon
