Kenneth Cranham

Infobox actor

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Kenneth Cranham (born December 12, 1944) is a film, television and stage actor who has appeared in "Layer Cake", "Gangster No. 1", "Rome", "Oliver!" and many other films. Amongst his contemporaries, he is renowned for the title role in the popular 1980s sitcom "Shine on Harvey Moon", However, he is probably best known to genre fans as the deranged Dr. Philip Channard, aka the Channard Cenobite from "". His many stage credits include West End productions of "Entertaining Mr Sloane", "Loot", "An Inspector Calls", (both transferring to Broadway), "The Ruffian on the Stair", "The Birthday Party" and "Gaslight" (at the Old Vic).

Cranham was born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the son of Lochgelly-born Margaret Ferguson (née McKay) and Ronald Cranham. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/67/Kenneth-Cranham.html Kenneth Cranham Biography (1944-) ] ] He has two daughters; Nancy Cranham, from a former relationship with Charlotte Cornwell, and Kathleen Cranham from his current relationship with actress Fiona Victory.

Filmography

*"Hot Fuzz"
*"" - Dr. Philip Channard/The Channard Cenobite
*"Layer Cake"
*"Trauma"
*"A Good Year"
*"Blackball"
*"Man Dancin"'
*"Shiner"
*"Gangster No. 1"
*"Kevin & Perry Go Large"
*"Women Talking Dirty"
*"Deep in the Heart"
*"RPM"
*"The Boxer"
*"Chocolat"
*"Under Suspicion"
*"Tale of a Vampire"
*"Stealing Heaven"
*"Robin and Marian"
*"Up Pompeii!"
*"Oliver!"
*"Two Men Went to War"

Television credits

*"
*"Doc Martin Christmas Special
*"The Line of Beauty"
*"The Lavender List"
*"Rome" as Pompey Magnus (Season 1)
*"The Genius of Mozart"
*"Sparkling Cyanide"
*"Killing Hitler"
*"Pollyanna"
*"Dickens"
*"Dalziel and Pascoe": Home Truths
*"Kavanagh QC"
*"Heartbeat"
*"Lovejoy"
*""
*"The Murder of Stephen Lawrence"
*"On Dangerous Ground"
*"Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit"
*"Royal Celebration"
*"Rules of Engagement"
*"Dead Man's Folly"
*"Brideshead Revisited"
*"The Merchant of Venice"
*"Shine on Harvey Moon"
*"Danger UXB"
*"Casualty"
*"Chimera"
*"Reilly, Ace of Spies"

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0186469|name=Kenneth Cranham
* [http://www.hbo.com/rome/cast/actor/kenneth_cranham.html Kenneth Cranham HBO Bio]