† Feb 20 1930– Feb 13 2014
A very familiar face from 'Porridge' where he played the sneaky but dim Scouser, Ives, and from the low-budget but well-written office sitcom 'Squirrels'. He's been in everything from 'Gumshoe' to 'Germinal', 'Serpico' to 'Jesus of Nazareth', specialising in nervy and downtrodden characters, for which he has a unique genius.
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ReplyDeleteAlso great in three episodes of 'Watching' and 'Goodnight Sweetheart' as a Welsh Nazi spy.
ReplyDeleteKen had the lead role in The Wackers alongside, among others, a young Keith Chegwin. An ill-fated seventies sitcom, it's so bad that it's worth a look. Available on YouTube, it was based on appalling negativestereotypical portrayals of Liverpudlians and was pulled before the last episode was shown and never shown again. However, as in his role in Porridge, Ken did enough to demonstrate his worth as a comedy actor.
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