Kenneth Gilbert (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]

Kenneth Gilbert
Gilbert as Richard Dunbar in The Seeds of Doom (1976)
Born(1931-06-24)24 June 1931
Plymouth, Devon, England
Died29 October 2015(2015-10-29) (aged 84)
OccupationActor

Early life

Gilbert served in the Royal Air Force's Naval Rescue Service and trained as an actor at the Corona Academy in Chiswick.[1]

Career
Kenneth Gilbert and John Barrie in 'As You Are' York Theatre Royal, 1967

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]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1961Touch of DeathMobile policeman
1963Tomorrow at TenHospital Nurse
1969Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin HoodFriar Tuck
1971Twins of EvilPuritanUncredited
1986God's OutlawHumphrey Monmouth
1989The Lady and the HighwaymanLord Henry

References
  1. Hayward, Anthony (28 January 2016). "Kenneth Gilbert: Actor who played Lear and King John but was best known as businessman Oliver Banks in Crossroads". The Independent. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. Kenneth Gilbert at ATV Today Archived 2015-12-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 November 2015
  3. Kenneth Gilbert dies Retrieved 8 November 2015
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