Colin Campbell obit

Actor Colin Campbell Has Died

He was not on the list.

He had drama lessons as a child and at 12 did a season at the Old Vic, In 1955 he did his national service in the Royal Signals where he took up boxing as a light welter weight and is still a member of the Amateur Boxing Association.By the time of being demobbed he'd lost his theatre contacts and was too old for juvenile roles and too young for 25 year olds so spent time in factories, and drove lorries., 1962 Arnold Wesker asked him to play Charlie Wingate in Chips With Everything, which he eventually left to take the part of Rita Tuhingham's husband in the film Leather Boys.

His best-known role was the lead in The Leather Boys in 1964, in which he plays a bored married man who starts hanging out with a biker friend—who, he belatedly realises, is homosexual. Campbell started off as a child actor, and played John in the 1950s BBC radio Children's Hour adaptation of Worzel Gummidge, and the title role in BBC TV's Huckleberry Finn in 1952. His stage work included appearances at the Old Vic and with the RSC.  He also starred in Nuns on the Run (1990) and made many appearances on British television, including in the role of David Ashton, one of the main characters in the popular ITV drama series A Family At War which was broadcast from 1970 to 1972. Campbell's photograph appears on the cover of the German release of The Smiths' single "Ask" and, as his Leather Boys character, on the cover of The Smiths' single "William, It Was Really Nothing" (only CD version) and with co-star Rita Tushingham in the promotional video for "Girlfriend In A Coma".

Actor

The Royal Today (2008)

The Royal Today

7.1

TV Series

Glynn Morton

2008

1 episode

 

Saxon (2007)

Saxon

5.3

Snout

2007

 

Colin Blumenau, Nula Conwell, Peter Ellis, Trudie Goodwin, Jon Iles, Gary Olsen, Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Tony Scannell, Jeff Stewart, Mark Wingett, and Delia Swan in The Bill (1984)

The Bill

6.7

TV Series

Oliver Thorpe

Dickie Harris

1994–2006

2 episodes

 

The Dying Breed

Short

The Bounty Hunter

1999

 

George Cole in Minder (1979)

Minder

7.8

TV Series

Gerry

1994

1 episode

 

George Baker, Keith Barron, John Castle, and Amanda Redman in Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)

Ruth Rendell Mysteries

6.8

TV Series

Sgt Willoughby

Sgt. Willoughby

Sergeant Willoughby

1988–1992

12 episodes

 

Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle in Nuns on the Run (1990)

Nuns on the Run

6.0

Norm

1990

 

Anthony Daniels, Michael Elphick, Neil Morrissey, and Amanda Noar in I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990)

I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle

5.4

Moped Rider

1990

 

Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Murder, She Wrote

7.2

TV Series

Simon

1989

1 episode

 

Noele Gordon in Crossroads (1964)

Crossroads

4.4

TV Series

Organist

1987

1 episode

 

Daniel Day-Lewis and Gordon Warnecke in My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

My Beautiful Laundrette

6.8

Madame Butterfly Man

1985

 

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

8.7

TV Series

Private Bates

1984

1 episode

 

Another Time, Another Place (1983)

Another Time, Another Place

6.4

Accordionist

1983

 

Bloody Kids (1980)

Bloody Kids

6.2

TV Movie

Conductor

1980

 

Rough Justice (1977)

Rough Justice

TV Mini Series

Simon Brooke

1977

6 episodes

 

BBC2 Playhouse (1973)

BBC2 Playhouse

6.5

TV Series

Straker

1976

1 episode

 

John Thaw and Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney (1975)

The Sweeney

8.1

TV Series

Det. Insp. Terry Potter

1975

1 episode

 

Pathfinders (1972)

Pathfinders

7.9

TV Series

Flight Sergeant Bob Starling

1972

1 episode

 

A Family at War (1970)

A Family at War

7.7

TV Series

David Ashton

1970–1972

30 episodes

 

Emergency-Ward 10 (1957)

Emergency-Ward 10

6.2

TV Series

Richard Turnstall

Michael Pomfret

1960–1966

2 episodes

 

John Thaw in Redcap (1964)

Redcap

7.9

TV Series

Corporal Donald

1966

1 episode

 

Pamela Ann Davy in Pity About the Abbey (1965)

Londoners

TV Series

Albert

1965

1 episode

 

Susan Strasberg, Dirk Bogarde, and George Chakiris in McGuire, Go Home! (1965)

McGuire, Go Home!

5.9

Emile Andros

1965

 

James Ellis, John Slater, and Gary Watson in Z Cars (1962)

Z Cars

7.0

TV Series

Jim

1964

1 episode

 

Saturday Night Out (1964)

Saturday Night Out

6.3

Jamey

1964

 

Colin Campbell and Rita Tushingham in The Leather Boys (1964)

The Leather Boys

7.1

Reggie

1964

 

Maupassant (1963)

Maupassant

9.2

TV Series

Raoul

1963

1 episode

 

Armchair Theatre (1956)

Armchair Theatre

7.5

TV Series

Peter

Bellboy

1959–1962

2 episodes

 

Stryker of the Yard (1957)

Stryker of the Yard

7.3

TV Series

Boy At The Youth Club

1961

1 episode

 

The Alchemist

TV Movie

1961

 

Bryan Murray in Kipps (1960)

Kipps

TV Mini Series

Young Sid

1960

1 episode

 

Probation Officer (1959)

Probation Officer

7.3

TV Series

Ben

Perry

1960

2 episodes

 

ITV Television Playhouse (1955)

ITV Television Playhouse

7.8

TV Series

Derek

1960

1 episode

 

Samson and Delilah

TV Movie

Soldier

1959

 

Ivanhoe (1958)

Ivanhoe

7.1

TV Series

Page

1958

1 episode

 

Saturday Playhouse (1958)

Saturday Playhouse

TV Series

Sub-Lieut. Dobson, R.N.

1958

1 episode

 

Gerald Campion and Kynaston Reeves in Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1952)

Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School

6.9

TV Series

Johnny Bull

1955

6 episodes

 

The Laughing Lady

TV Movie

Phillip Burling

1955

 

Happy Holidays

TV Series

Bill Holliday

1954

6 episodes

 

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre

6.9

TV Series

A page

Nicholas Brand

Larry Quinn

1953–1954

2 episodes

 

Stryker of the Yard

1953

 

In Search of Maitland

TV Movie

Wing

1953

 

The Fish and the Angel

TV Movie

Aduel

1953

 

Vice Versa

TV Mini Series

Jolland

1953

2 episodes

 

Skippy Smith Goes to the Circus

TV Movie

Lanky Jones

1953

 

Rheingold Theatre (1953)

Rheingold Theatre

8.4

TV Series

Youth

1953

1 episode

 

Joey's Burglar

TV Movie

Wing Spencer

1953

 

Huckleberry Finn

TV Series

Huckleberry Finn

1952

7 episodes

 

Taking Things Quietly

TV Movie

Charles Verity Jnr.

1952

 

The Snow-Baby

TV Short

Pietre

1950

 

Soundtrack

One Wild Oat (1951)

One Wild Oat

5.0

lyrics: "It Must Be You"

music: "It Must Be You"

1951