Biography
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
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. His television appearances included Doctor Who (as World Ecology Bureau official Richard Dunbar) in The Seeds of Doom (1976), House of Cards, Mister Corbett's Ghost (1987) and Softly, Softly
Filmography
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Podshock
Character:
MOVIE • 2010

Hustle
Character: Benesh
TV • 2004

Midsomer Murders
Character: Hilary Carlton
TV • 1997

Cracker
Character: Father
TV • 1993

Hancock
Character: Man on Plane
MOVIE • 1991

House of Cards
Character: Harold Earle
TV • 1990

The Lady and the Highwayman
Character: Lord Henry
MOVIE • 1988

Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Character: Uncle Harry
MOVIE • 1987

God's Outlaw
Character: Humphrey Monmouth
MOVIE • 1986

Dempsey and Makepeace
Character: Dr. Swann
TV • 1985
A Gift of Tongues
Character: Ned Childs
MOVIE • 1982

Ivanhoe
Character: Marshall
MOVIE • 1982
Buccaneer
Character: Vic Mallinson
TV • 1980

The Tempest
Character: Boatswain
MOVIE • 1980

Scorpion Tales
Character: Peter Ward
TV • 1978

Enemy at the Door
Character: Pierre Masservy
TV • 1978

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
Character: Richard Dunbar
MOVIE • 1976

The Sweeney
Character: Supt. Reynolds
TV • 1975

Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
Character: Friar Tuck
MOVIE • 1973

The Protectors
Character: Detective
TV • 1972