Kenneth Gilbert

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Kenneth Gilbert

Acting June 24, 1931

Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

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 figure…

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Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
Hustle

Hustle

7.7 2004 TV Show
The Sweeney

The Sweeney

8.1 1975 TV Show
Cracker

Cracker

6.6 1993 TV Show
House of Cards

House of Cards

8.0 1990 TV Show
The Protectors

The Protectors

6.1 1972 TV Show
Dempsey and Makepeace

Dempsey and Makepeace

6.8 1985 TV Show
Justice

Justice

7.3 1971 TV Show
New Scotland Yard

New Scotland Yard

6.3 1972 TV Show
Shoestring

Shoestring

7.7 1979 TV Show
Sir Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake

5.1 1961 TV Show

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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

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2010
    Podshock

    Movie

  2. 2004
    Hustle

    TV show Benesh

  3. 1998
    Candle in the Dark: The Story of William Carey

    Movie

  4. 1997
    Midsomer Murders

    TV show Hilary Carlton

  5. 1993
    Cracker

    TV show Father

  6. 1991
    Hancock

    Movie Man on Plane

  7. 1990
    House of Cards

    TV show Harold Earle

  8. 1988
    The Lady and the Highwayman

    Movie Lord Henry

  9. 1987
    Mister Corbett's Ghost

    Movie Uncle Harry

  10. 1986
    God's Outlaw

    Movie Humphrey Monmouth

  11. 1985
    Dempsey and Makepeace

    TV show Dr. Swann

  12. 1982
    A Gift of Tongues

    Movie Ned Childs

  13. 1982
    Ivanhoe

    Movie Marshall

  14. 1980
    Buccaneer

    TV show Vic Mallinson

  15. 1980
    The Tempest

    Movie Boatswain

  16. 1979
    Shoestring

    TV show Richard Nolan

More credits
  1. 1978
    Scorpion Tales

    TV show Peter Ward

  2. 1978
    Enemy at the Door

    TV show Pierre Masservy

  3. 1976
    The Winter Warrior

    Movie Eadwacer

  4. 1976
    Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

    Movie Richard Dunbar

  5. 1975
    The Sweeney

    TV show Supt. Reynolds

  6. 1973
    Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood

    Movie Friar Tuck

  7. 1972
    The Protectors

    TV show Detective

  8. 1972
    New Scotland Yard

    TV show Dr Brinsley

  9. 1971
    Justice

    TV show Sgt. Humphrey

  10. 1968
    The Caesars

    TV show Colonel at Planasia

  11. 1963
    Doctor Who

    TV show Richard Dunbar

  12. 1961
    Sir Francis Drake

    TV show Sergeant