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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

Known For

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Podshock

2010

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Benesh

Hustle

2004

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Hilary Carlton

Midsomer Murders

1997

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Father

Cracker

1993

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Man on Plane

Hancock

1991

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Harold Earle

House of Cards

1990

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Lord Henry

The Lady and the Highwayman

1988

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Uncle Harry

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

1987

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Humphrey Monmouth

God's Outlaw

1986

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Dr. Swann

Dempsey and Makepeace

1985

Credits

Podshock

2010

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Hustle

as Benesh

2004

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Midsomer Murders

as Hilary Carlton

1997

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Cracker

as Father

1993

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Hancock

as Man on Plane

1991

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House of Cards

as Harold Earle

1990

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The Lady and the Highwayman

as Lord Henry

1988

5.1

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

as Uncle Harry

1987

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God's Outlaw

as Humphrey Monmouth

1986

6.5

Dempsey and Makepeace

as Dr. Swann

1985

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A Gift of Tongues

as Ned Childs

1982

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Ivanhoe

as Marshall

1982

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Buccaneer

as Vic Mallinson

1980

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The Tempest

as Boatswain

1980

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Scorpion Tales

as Peter Ward

1978

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Enemy at the Door

as Pierre Masservy

1978

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Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

as Richard Dunbar

1976

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The Sweeney

as Supt. Reynolds

1975

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Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood

as Friar Tuck

1973

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The Protectors

as Detective

1972

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Justice

as Sgt. Humphrey

1971

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The Caesars

as Colonel at Planasia

1968

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Doctor Who

as Richard Dunbar

1963

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Sir Francis Drake

as Sergeant

1961

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