Campbell, Graeme

Graeme Campbell

Graeme Campbell was born on November 30, 1940 in Australia to Ansbert (a singer in Adelaide) and Etta Campbell.

Campbell spent most of his youth in Australia, he attended Christian Brothers College (a birth - 12 Catholic College for boys) in Adelaide South Australia, where he acted in several productions, including the titular role in Amahl and the Night Visitors when he was 12.  He spent the bulk of his adult life in Canada where he was very active in theatre around the country and was even known in the 80's for nearly never being without his dog, Morgan.

Campbell was married to Cathy Johnson in 1990 in Okatoks, AB.

Campbell died on January 18, 1992 of stomach cancer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Film
Giant Steps~1992 -  Mr. Florence
Hostile Takeover~1988 - Hollis
Watchers~1988 -  Man on Boat
And Then You Die~1987
McCabe & Mrs. Miller~1971 -  Bill Cubbs

TV
Sweating Bullets~1991-1992 - Rupert in:
    Going to the Dogs
    Alive and Kicking
    Tara, Tara, Tara
    Death's a Beach
Adventures of Tintin, The~1991-1992 - voice artist (26 episodes)
Death by Moonlight: Bomber Command (doc)~1992 - Sir Arthur Harris
Rupert~1991 - voice artist (13 episodes)
Counterstrike~1991 - Robert in:
    Tie a Yellow Ribbon
    The Dilemma
Alfred Hitchcock Presents~1989 - Mycroft in My Dear Watson
The Beachcombers~1973-1979 -
    Jimmy Galson in Not For Sale
    ? in Fraser Red
Hot Paint~1988 -
Diamonds~1988 - in:
    Leap of Faith
    Where There's a Will
    There Once Was a Lady From Kathmandu
Danger Bay~1986-1988 -
    Mack Riley in Hand to Hand
    Kerr in Mayday! Mayday!
Friday the 13th~1987 - Montarro in The Great Montarro
Street Legal~1987 -
    Evan Park in The Harley
    Dr. Giacomelli in  Take My Jokes, Please
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future~1987 - Miles Williamson in And Study War No More
Friday's Curse~1987 - Montarro in The Great Montarro
Night Heat~1987 - Lawyer in:
    Limo
    Flashback
    Grace
Hot Shots~1986 - Wills in Riot
Adderly~1986 - ? in Capture the Flag
Star Wars: Droids - The Great Heep~1986 - voice of Admiral Screed
The Campbells~1986 -
    High Sheriff Bates in The Elusive Mr. Smith
    Craik in Peter Was a Saint
Droids~1985 - (13 episodes)
    Admiral Screed (5 episodes)

    Lord Todah (3 episodes)
       Coby and the Starhunters

    Proto One (junk droid) (2 episodes)

As You Like It~1983 - Duke Frederick
Return of Charlie Chan, The~1979 - Inspector McKenzie
Piffle & Co.~1971
The Manipulators~1970 - in Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
Second Look, A~1969
Sunday's Child~1959 (Australian series) -

Commercials
Phantom of the Opera~ - announcer

Theatre
Miserables, Les~1989/90 - M. Thénardier - Master of the House (Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Canada; Tour in Canada)

Graeme Campbell as Master of the House in Les Miserables - Photo from http://www.geocities.ws/lesmizcanada/photos.htm

Graeme Campbell with Janelle Hutchison as Beggars at the Feast in Les Miserables - photo from http://www.geocities.ws/lesmizcanada/photos.htm

Oliver!~1984 - Bill Sikes (Mark Hellinger Theatre, NY)

©The New York Public Library

Othello~1981/2 - Roderigo (Winter Garden Theatre, NY) (see Actor Connections - Theatre)

©The New York Public Library

The Beggars Opera~1980 -

Troilus and Cressida~1956/7 - Ensemble (Winter Garden Theatre, NY)
Macbeth~1956/7 - Murderer/Ensemble (Winter Garden Theatre, NY)
Romeo and Juliet~1956/7 - Ensemble (Winter Garden Theatre, NY)
King Richard II~1956/7 - Keeper of the Prison/Ensemble (Winter Garden Theatre, NY)
Amahl and the Night Visitors~1953 - Amahl (National Theatre, Adelaide, South Australia)

Graeme Campbell, as Amahl, and the Three Kings, Clifford Grant (Balthasar), Raymond McDonald (Kaspar), and Leonard Delany (Melchier) in "Amahl and the Night Visitors." Clip from The Argus newspaper February 16, 1954.