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	July 22, 1947 Flushing, New York, US
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970-present

Career

Television

Campbell has made several appearances in television shows, made-for-TV movies, miniseries, and specials. He's known for playing Shaw, the face hiding, main evil guy in The Journey of Allen Strange. 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.[1][2]

Stage

[3]On stage, Campbell played the 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 Giuseppe Verdi 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] 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).

In 2017, Campbell portrayed President Lyndon Baines Johnson in an Actors' Playhouse production of All the Way in Miami.[4]

Filmography

Feature Films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Love and Bullets	Newscaster	Uncredited
1980	The Changeling[5]	Security guard #1
1985	Sudden Death[6]	Kosakowski
1987	The Survivalist[1][lower-alpha 1]	President's spokesman
1988	Waxwork[7]	Marquis de Sade
1989	The Abyss[2]	DeMarco
	An Innocent Man[1]	Lieutenant Freebery
1990	The Last of the Finest[1][lower-alpha 2]	Calvert
1991	Flight of the Intruder[2]	Lieutenant Commander 'Cowboy' Parker
1992	Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot[6]	Detective Ross
	Interceptor[6]	Engineer
1993	Deadfall[1]	Huey
1994	Cobb[2]	Professor Cobb
1996	Mars Attacks![6]	Doctor
1997	Turbulence[1]	Captain Matt Powell
	Ulee's Gold[1]	Sheriff Bill Floyd
1998	Bulworth[2]	Anthony
1999	Blue Streak[1][lower-alpha 3]	FBI section commander Peterson
	Sonic Impact[1]	Pilot Tom Rush
2001	Tomcats[8]	Mr. MacDonald
	Free[1]	James Jenkins
2002	Collateral Damage[6]	Ed Coonts
2005	Guess Who[8]	Nathan Rogers
2009	The Only Good Indian[8]	McCoy
2013	Bluebird[6]	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

References

1. "Campbell, J. Kenneth". Encyclopedia.com.
2. "J. Kenneth Campbell". TVGuide.
3. "J. Kenneth Campbell". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
4. 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.
5. Muir, John Kenneth (2010). Horror Films of the 1980s. McFarland. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-7864-5501-0.
6. "J. Kenneth Campbell". Rotten Tomatoes.
7. Muir, John Kenneth (2010). Horror Films of the 1980s. McFarland. p. 709. ISBN 978-0-7864-5501-0.
8. "J. Kenneth Campbell". British Film Institute.

External links

• J. Kenneth Campbell at IMDb