J. Kenneth Campbell
Known for: Acting
J. Kenneth Campbell's acting career has taken him from Broadway to feature films and television. His many films include Bulworth, Ulee's Gold, Guess Who?, Mars Attacks and The Abyss. He recently completed filming director Kevin Willmott's upcoming feature The Only Good Indian, in which Campbell plays a lead role, alongside Wes Studi (Avatar, Last of the Mohicans). On television, Campbell has appeared in Commander in Chief, Frasier, Charmed, Melrose Place, Ally McBeal, Picket Fences, Matlock, L.A. Law and many other series. Campbell was born in Flushing, New York, in 1947 the second of seven children. He was raised on Long Island and graduated from Cheshire Academy in Connecticut. It was at The University of Arizona where he discovered his calling. Forsaking the "security" of a college degree, he entered "The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater" to study acting with Sanford Miesner. Non-academic acting students in 1967 became automatically eligible for the Selective Service and in the middle of his second year at the Playhouse, Campbell was drafted into the U.S. Army. He retaliated, by joining the Marines. He was wounded in action, and after months of recuperation, he returned to The Playhouse and finished the program. Campbell has worked, on stage, in film and on television ever since.
Filmography
Series
Frasier
Mr. Michaels
1993
Series
Charmed
Elias Lundy
1998
Series
Melrose Place
Sheriff Spencer
1992
Series
Cheers
Bob Speakes
1982
Series
Diagnosis: Murder
Col. Lucian Chandler
1993
Series
Angel
Angel's Father
1999
Series
L.A. Law
Judge Walter Stone
1986
Series
Touched by an Angel
Cotton
1994
Series
American Playhouse
Walter Raleigh
1982
Series
Matlock
Ed Wingate
1986
Series
Matlock
Scott Walker
1986
Series
Renegade
D.A. Dennis Piaza
1992
Series
The Guardian
Mr. Lightstone
2001
Series
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Craig Hoffman (segment "The Wall")
1997
Film
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Ross
1992
Series
Ally McBeal
Donald Yorkin
1997
Film
Mars Attacks!
Doctor #1
1996
Series
Commander in Chief
The Admiral
2005
Film
The Abyss
DeMarco
1989
Series
Wonder Woman
Taft
1975
Film
Collateral Damage
Ed Coonts
2002
Film
Blue Streak
Peterson, FBI
1999
Series
Threat Matrix
2003
Film
Guess Who
Nathan Rogers
2005
Film
The Changeling
Security Guard
1980
Film
An Innocent Man
Lieutenant Freebery
1989
Film
Turbulence
Captain Matt Powell
1997
Film
Tomcats
Mr. MacDonald
2001
Film
Waxwork
Marquis de Sade
1988
Film
Bulworth
Anthony
1998
Film
Flight of the Intruder
Lt. Cmdr. 'Cowboy' Parker
1991
Series
Favorite Son
Thomas
1988
Series
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
Stephen Matson
1990
Series
Chiefs
Dr. Tom Manton
1983
Film
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Todd Harris
1990
Film
Deadfall
Huey
1993
Film
Love and Bullets
Newscaster (uncredited)
1979
Film
Cobb
William Herschel Cobb
1994
Film
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(voice)
1987
Series
Roanoak
Walter Ralegh
1986
Film
Ulee's Gold
Sheriff Bill Floyd
1997
Film
Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday
Flint Lukash
1998
Film
The Last of the Finest
Calvert
1990
Film
Johnny Ryan
D.A. Frank Hogan
1990
Film
Murder 101
Tim Ryder
1991
Film
Interceptor
Engineer
1992
Film
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
Film
Cosmic Slop
Mr. Spivey (segment 'The First Commandment')
1994
Film
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
Ray Anderson
1986
Film
Roanoak
Walter Ralegh
1986
Film
Michael Landon, the Father I Knew
Andy Glennon
1999
Film
Straight from the Heart
Howard Jamison
2003
Film
Bluebird
Deputy
2014
Film
Cops and Robin
Det. Furie
1978
Film
Deadline: Madrid
Paul Johnson
1988
Film
The Survivalist
President's Spokesman
1987
Film
The Butcher's Daughter
Richard Beaumont
2008
Film
The Only Good Indian
McCoy
2009