Kenneth Gilbert | |
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 Gilbert as Richard Dunbar in The Seeds of Doom (1976) | |
| Born | 24 June 1931 |
| Died | 29 October 2015 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Actor |
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 . [1]
Gilbert served in the Royal Air Force's Naval Rescue Service and trained as an actor at the Corona Academy in Chiswick. [1]
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. [1] His television appearances included Doctor Who (as World Ecology Bureau official Richard Dunbar) in The Seeds of Doom (1976), House of Cards and Softly, Softly . [2] [3]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1961 | Touch of Death | Mobile policeman | |
| 1963 | Tomorrow at Ten | Hospital Nurse | |
| 1969 | Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood | Friar Tuck | |
| 1971 | Twins of Evil | Puritan | Uncredited |
| 1986 | God's Outlaw | Humphrey Monmouth | |
| 1989 | The Lady and the Highwayman | Lord Henry |
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