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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.[1]

Kenneth Gilbert
Gilbert as Richard Dunbar in The Seeds of Doom (1976)
Born	(1931-06-24)24 June 1931 Plymouth, Devon, England
Died	29 October 2015(2015-10-29) (aged 84)
Occupation	Actor

Early life

Gilbert served in the Royal Air Force's Naval Rescue Service and trained as an actor at the Corona Academy in Chiswick.[1]

Career

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.[1] His television appearances included Doctor Who (as World Ecology Bureau official Richard Dunbar) in The Seeds of Doom (1976), House of Cards and Softly, Softly.[2][3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	Touch of Death	Mobile policeman
1963	Tomorrow at Ten	Hospital Nurse
1969	Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood	Friar Tuck
1971	Twins of Evil	Puritan	Uncredited
1986	God's Outlaw	Humphrey Monmouth
1989	The Lady and the Highwayman	Lord Henry

References

External links

• Kenneth Gilbert at IMDb

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