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Kenneth J. Warren

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Kenneth J. Warren
Born
Kenneth John Rathbone Warren

(1929-09-25)25 September 1929
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Died27 August 1973(1973-08-27) (aged 43)
Effingham, Surrey, England
OccupationActor
SpouseEileen Patricia Aylward 1968-?

Kenneth John Rathbone Warren (25 September 1929 – 27 August 1973) was an Australian actor.[1][2] Known for his bald head and heavy build, he played villainous character roles in British films and television from the 1950s to the early 1970s.[3]

Early life and education

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Warren was born Parramatta, New South Wales in 1929. He graduated from North Sydney Boys High School.

Career

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Warren started acting on stage in his native Australia in 1949, and made his film debut in 1954's Long John Silver. In the late 1950s, he came to England as part of a touring production of the play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. Following a successful West End run, Warren chose to remain in the country.[4]

Among his television roles were the Danger Man episode "The Paper Chase"; and as the diabolical film director Z.Z. von Schnerk in The Avengers episode "Epic" (1967); and in The Saint episode "The Fiction Makers".[5] He also appeared in an episode of Steptoe and Son ("Cuckoo in the Nest", 1970) as Harold's supposed older half-brother.[6] In 1972, he appeared in one episode of the ITV show, 'The Frighteners', with Brian Glover called 'The Minder'.

Warren was one of the few Australian actors in The Siege of Pinchgut which was set in Australia.[7]

He played in the 1968 West End musical production of the musical Canterbury Tales, as The Miller.[8]

Personal life

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Away from acting, Warren ran a restaurant with his wife Eileen Aylward in London in the late 1960s. They had two children.

Death

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Warren died of a heart attack at his home near London in 1973.[9][10][11]

Selected filmography

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Select theatre credits

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  • The Circling Dove (1951)
  • The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1956-58)
  • The Rivals (1956)
  • The Shifting Heart (1959)
  • Write Me a Muyrder (1962)
  • The Canterbury Tales (1968)

References

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  1. ↑ "Kenneth J. Warren". BFI. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kenneth J Warren | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  3. ↑ "The Avengers Forever: Kenneth J. Warren". theavengers.tv.
  4. ↑ McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Kenneth J. Warren". www.aveleyman.com.
  6. ↑ "Steptoe and Son - S6 - Episode 8: A Cuckoo in the Nest". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  7. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (5 January 2024). "Wrecking Australian stories: The Siege of Pinchgut". Filmink. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Canterbury Tales". Library of Congress.
  9. ↑ "Actor dies". The Canberra Times. Vol. 47, no. 13, 528. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 31 August 1973. p. 9. Retrieved 12 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "Kenneth J Warren". The Guardian. 30 August 1973. p. 7.
  11. ↑ "Actor dies aged 43". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 29 August 1973. p. 1.
  12. ↑ "SHAGGY DOG'S TALL STORY". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 42, no. 3. Australia. 19 June 1974. p. 32. Retrieved 12 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
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