Gordon Salkilld

Born: 1927-05-09

Gordon Salkilld was an English supporting actor best known for his portrayal of carpenter Jack Wood in the 1970s BBC cult series Survivors. He also gained fame in Red Dwarf: series 2, episode 2 as Gordon—the incredibly intelligent computer aboard the S.S. F Scott Fitzgerald, who is involved in a chess game with Holly—a part specially written for him by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, with whom he had previously worked on the Radio 4 series Wrinkles, and as Petty Officer Parker in BBC children's series The Doombolt Chase. He also made appearances in Thriller; episode 'The Double Kill' (1975), A Touch of Frost, A Very Peculiar Practice, Jeeves and Wooster, Shelley, Ever Decreasing Circles, Juliet Bravo, Never the Twain and Only Fools and Horses. Salkilld was active on the stage. He directed and starred in a production of Tom Stoppard's After Magritte at the Prince of Wales, Wimbledon in 1974. He appeared on the stage in a production of Puss in Boots at Tunbridge Wells in 1974; a reviewer wrote that Salkilld "was an amusing Dame".


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Close My Eyes

as Hotel Porter
Released: 1991-11-22

After some years of tension, Richard begins a sexual relationship with his sister Natalie. Now...

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Under Suspicion

as Prison Governor
Released: 1991-09-27

In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with...

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Cause Célèbre

as Foreman of the Jury
Released: 1987-08-23

When the ailing husband of an adulterous wife is discovered bludgeoned to death and suspicions...

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Hard Travelling

as Ticket Clerk
Released: 1986-03-30

Jessica's promising debut as a young artist is shattered by a sudden and violent death. She...

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Two of Us

as Car Driver
Released: 1987-03-25

Matthew is a boy who just left school. He is handsome and athletic and believes himself to be...

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Royal Celebration

as Neighbour
Released: 1993-09-26

A bittersweet drama about a street party held in a suburban London square to mark the 1981 Royal...

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Ties

as Father
Released: 1982-02-12

Karen and her older sister Sandra both take a trip to Brighton due to unforeseen circumstances.

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EastEnders

as Driver
First aired: 1985-02-19

The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square...

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Red Dwarf

as Gordon
First aired: 1988-02-15

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep...

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Commissionaire
First aired: 1989-01-08

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...

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The Detectives

as Santa 3
First aired: 1993-01-27

The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence -...

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Only Fools and Horses

as St John's Ambulance Man
First aired: 1981-09-08

The misadventures of two wheeler dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter of 'Trotters...

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Jeeves and Wooster

as Station Master
First aired: 1990-04-22

Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's...

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Mike Yarwood In Persons

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-12-27

Popular and ratings-winning BBC sketch and impressions series with Mike Yarwood.

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Terry and June

as Lorry Driver
First aired: 1979-10-24

Terry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more...

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The Prisoner of Zenda

as Second Customs Official
First aired: 1984-11-18

A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who...

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Survivors

as Jack
First aired: 1975-04-16

Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and...

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