Ken Hudson Campbell

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Ken Hudson Campbell
Born
Kenneth Hudson Campbell

Elmhurst, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, improvisational comedian

Kenneth Hudson Campbell is an American actor.

Early life

Ken Campbell attended York Community High School in Elmhurst, Illinois, Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Columbia College Chicago as a film major. He began training in comedic improvisation at The Players Worksop of The Second City in 1983. He then performed with the comedy group Contents Under Pressure before joining The Second City's National Touring Company. He then became a member of the Resident Company of The Second City Northwest, and after 3 revues there he was hired on to The Second City's e.t.c. Theater as well, before moving to Los Angeles, CA.

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Career

While he was still a member of The Second City, Campbell played Santa in Home Alone . He then played "Animal" for three years on the Fox television series Herman's Head . He was Buckman in the Fox 1996 submarine comedy Down Periscope . Campbell appeared in the Seinfeld episode "The Seven", where he played Ken, the husband of Susan's first cousin, Carrie. He played "Bruce", the owner of a bookstore in the 1997 Disney Channel Original Movie Under Wraps . He appeared as oil driller Max Lennert in the film Armageddon , and as the "Man in Hall" in Groundhog Day . [1] Campbell provided the voice of Baby Bob in the CBS television series Baby Bob and commercial campaigns for FreeInternet.com and Quiznos.

Campbell was the voice of the beaver Gordon along with Norm Macdonald in Canadian Bell Mobility phone commercials and served for a decade as the primary imaging voice for Cleveland adult hits station WHLK "106.5 The Lake." He is presently the primary voice heard on KYOT 95.5 "The Mountain" radio in Phoenix, Arizona.

He voiced the bear, Boomer, in the animated film Wonder Park (2019), and the consequent animated series on Nickelodeon.

Personal life

In October 2023, Campbell was diagnosed with cancer. After securing money through a fundraiser, he underwent surgery in December of that year to remove a tumor that had grown on the bottom of his mouth. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Home Alone Santa
1993 Groundhog Day Man in Hallway
1996 Down Periscope Buckman
1997 Under Wraps Bruce
1998 Armageddon Max Lennert
1998 The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story Wolf 1
1999 Breakfast of Champions Eliot Rosewater / Gilbert
2000 Titan A.E. Po
2000 Coyote Ugly Biker
2000 The Ladies Man Hal
2000 Joseph: King of Dreams Baker
2001 Dr. Dolittle 2 Various roles
2002 Showtime Cop in Gym
2002 Boat Trip Tom
2004A One Time ThingSean
2005 Bewitched Writer
2007 Stories USA Chester
2014Live Nude GirlsCannonball Calhoun
2017Above GroundJake Liebig
2017The Trouble with MistletoeUber Driver
2018AdolescenceRecord Store Owner
2019 Wonder Park BoomerVoice Role
2021Digging to DeathMark Armstrong

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991Life As We Know It!EnsembleTelevision film
1991–1994 Herman's Head Animal (Lust) / Chuck72 episodes
1992 Dinosaurs Crazy LouEpisode: "Leader of the Pack"
1995 What a Cartoon! ElmoEpisode: "Drip Dry Drips"
1996 Seinfeld KenEpisode: "The Seven"
1996 Duckman Guyville DenizenEpisode: "Exile in Guyville"
1996 Local Heroes Eddie Trakacs7 episodes
1996, 1997 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Various voices2 episodes
1997 The Naked Truth Roland, the Cab DriverEpisode: "A Year in a Life"
1997 Life with Louie Ben Glenn2 episodes
1997 Under Wraps BruceTelevision film
1998 Caroline in the City GilEpisode: "Caroline and the Drycleaner"
1998 Fantasy Island Jerry PotsweilerEpisode: "Handymen"
2000 Strangers with Candy Glenn the Bus DriverEpisode: "The Blank Page"
2000 God, the Devil and Bob Barry5 episodes
2002–2003 Baby Bob Baby Bob / Neighbor14 episodes
2003 My Big Fat Greek Life Joe the CopEpisode: "The Free Lunch"
2003 The Practice Roland Huff4 episodes
2006 The Loop SpencerEpisode: "Bear Drop Soup"
2007 Curb Your Enthusiasm PainterEpisode: "The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial"
2010 United States of Tara CatererEpisode: "From This Day Forward"
2011Meter MenDr. LimaTelevision film
2012 Gravity Falls Ergman BratzmanEpisode: "Boyz Crazy"
2015 Mike & Molly Big StainEpisode: "Buy the Book"
2015You'll Be FineMerlinEpisode: "Merlin the Mistake"
2015 Girl Meets World Jingles the ClownEpisode: "Girl Meets Cory and Topanga"

References

  1. ↑ "York alum builds career as the funny 'big guy'". Daily Herald. April 14, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ken Hudson Campbell: Steve Carell among stars to donate towards Home Alone actor's cancer care as he has jaw surgery". Sky News. December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
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