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Gordon Salkilld
Actor
Born May 9, 1927Died May 17, 2003 (76 years)
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".
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".
Filmography
| 2001 | Happiness (TV Series) · as Keith From Billericay |
| 1993 | Royal Celebration · as Neighbour |
| 1993 | The Detectives (TV Series) · as Santa 3 |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost (TV Series) · as Patient |
| 1992 | So Haunt Me (TV Series) · as 2nd Removal Man |
| 1991 | Under Suspicion · as Prison Governor |
| 1991 | Close My Eyes · as Hotel Porter |
| 1991 | Five Children and It (TV Series) · as Police Inspector |
| 1991 | The Brittas Empire (TV Series) · as Man In Reception |
| 1990 | Jeeves and Wooster (TV Series) · as Station Master |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels (TV Series) · as Eddie |
| 1989 | The Manageress (TV Series) · as Club Commissionaire |
| 1989 | Forever Green (TV Series) · as Hospital Security |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Commissionaire |
| 1988 | Piece of Cake (TV Series) · as Landlord |
| 1988 | The Franchise Affair (TV Series) · as Bus Inspector |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf (TV Series) · as Gordon |
| 1987 | Cause célèbre · as Foreman Of The Jury |
| 1987 | Home James! (TV Series) · as Harold |
| 1987 | Two of Us · as Car Driver |
| 1987 | A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (TV Series) · as Landlord Lundy |
| 1986 | David Copperfield (1986) (TV Series) · as Seaman |
| 1986 | A Very Peculiar Practice (TV Series) · as Salop |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as Neighbour |
| 1985 | EastEnders (TV Series) · as Driver |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Ticket Clerk |
| 1984 | The Prisoner of Zenda (TV Series) · as Second Customs Official |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as 2nd Brewery Man |
| 1984 | Ever Decreasing Circles (TV Series) · as Resident |
| 1983 | Dombey and Son (TV Series) · as Mr. Clark |
| 1982 | Stalky & Co (TV Series) · as Richards |
| 1981 | Bergerac (TV Series) · as Barman |
| 1981 | Only Fools and Horses (TV Series) · as St Johns Ambulance Man |
| 1981 | Never the Twain (TV Series) · as Norman |
| 1981 | The Chinese Detective (TV Series) · as Killigan |
| 1981 | Break in the Sun (TV Series) · as Barman |
| 1980 | Juliet Bravo (TV Series) · as Landlord |
| 1979 | Kelly Monteith (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1979 | Minder (TV Series) · as Gold Refinery Manager |
| 1979 | Terry and June (TV Series) · as Lorry Driver |
| 1979 | Shelley (TV Series) · as Clerk |
| 1979 | Potter (TV Series) · as Landlord |
| 1979 | A Horse Called Jester · as Blaine |
| 1978 | Rings On Their Fingers (TV Series) · as Postman |
| 1978 | The Playbirds · as Police Photographer |
| 1978 | Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series) · as D.i. Wargrave |
| 1978 | The Doombolt Chase (TV Series) · as Petty Officer Parker |
| 1978 | Grange Hill (TV Series) · as Reporter |
| 1977 | The Other One (TV Series) · as Cap'n Morgan |
| 1977 | Odd Man Out (1977) (TV Series) · as Honeymoon Man |
| 1977 | Marie Curie (TV Series) · as Cabbie |
| 1977 | A Sharp Intake of Breath (TV Series) · as Barman |
| 1976 | The Phoenix and the Carpet (1976) (TV Series) · as Prison Warder |
| 1975 | Poldark (TV Series) · as 1st Boozer |
| 1975 | Survivors (TV Series) · as Jack |
| 1974 | Happy Ever After (UK) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1974 | It Ain't Half Hot Mum (TV Series) · as Mp Corporal |
| 1973 | Thriller (1973) (TV Series) · as Fingerprint Man |
| 1973 | Last of the Summer Wine (TV Series) · as Man In Waiting-Room |
| 1963 | The Dick Emery Show (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) · as Higham |