Kenneth J. Warren

Australian actor (1929–1973)

Kenneth J. Warren

Born	Kenneth John Rathbone Warren (1929-09-25)25 September 1929 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Died	27 August 1973(1973-08-27) (aged 43) Effingham, Surrey, England
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Eileen Patricia Aylward 1968-?

Kenneth John Warren (25 September 1929 – 27 August 1973) was an Australian actor.^[1]^[2]

Bald and heavily built, Warren went to North Sydney Boys High School. He started acting in 1949.

He emigrated to the UK in the late 1950s, after appearing in the West End with the Australian play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.^[3] He played many character roles on film and TV, often villainous, until his death aged 43.^[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] He also played in the 1968 West End musical production of the ‘’Canterbury Tales’’, as The Miller.^[7] In 1972, he appeared in one episode of the ITV show, 'The Frighteners', with Brian Glover called 'The Minder'.

Away from acting, Warren ran a restaurant with his wife Eileen in London in the late 60s. He died of a heart attack at his home near London in 1973 and was survived by his wife and two children.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Selected filmography

Long John Silver (1954)
The Adventures of Long John Silver (1955) - "Orphan Christmas", "The Dragon Slayer"
The Condemned (1956)
Three in One (1957) - Andy (segment "Joe Wilson's Mates")
The Black Tulip - "Triumph" (1956), "Danger" (1956)
Kidnapped - "The House of Shaws" (1956)
A Tale of Two Cities (1957)
Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
Saint Joan (1957)
Murder Bag - "Case 24" (1958)
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1958)
Quatermass and the Pt (1958)
I Was Monty's Double (1958) - F / O Davies
The Navy Lark (1959) - Brown
Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959) - Porter
The Siege of Pinchgut (1959) - Police Commissioner
I'm All Right Jack (1959) - Card Player
Woman's Temptation (1959) - Warner
Kraft Mystery Theatre - Danger Tomorrow (1960) - Patient (uncredited)
Circus of Horrors (1960) - First Roustabout (uncredited)
Surprise Package (1960) - Lecherous Man (uncredited)
The Criminal (1960) - Clobber
Scotland Yard (1961, Episode: "The Grand Junction Case") - Brown
Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961) - Sgt. Cook
Strip Tease Murder (1961) - Branco
The Frightened City (1961) - Title Thug
On the Fiddle (1961) - Dusty
Part-Time Wife (1961) - Drew Tierney
The Boys (1962) - George Tanner
Life for Ruth (1962) - Sergeant Finley
The One Day of the Year (1962)
Nightfall at Kriekville (1962)
The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963) - Fred
The Informers (1963) - Lou Waites
Court Martial (1965)
Love Story (1965)
A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) - Capt. Marpole
The 25th Hour (1967) - Insp. Varga
Death of a Teddy Bear (1967)
The Double Man (1967) - Police Chief
Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968) - Third Warder
The Fiction-Makers (1968) - Warlock
Journey into Darkness (1968) - Joe Blake (episode 'Paper Dolls')
The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr (1968)
The Spy Killer (1969) - Diaman
Leo the Last (1970) - Kowalski
The Revolutionary (1970) - Sergeant
I, Monster (1971) - Deane
Demons of the Mind (1972) - Klaus
The Creeping Flesh (1973) - Lenny
Beyond Atlantis (1973)
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973) - General Frank^[11]
S*P*Y*S (1974) - Grubov (final film role)

Select theatre credits

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

^ "Kenneth J. Warren". BFI. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016.
^ "Kenneth J Warren | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
^ McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
^ "The Avengers Forever: Kenneth J. Warren". theavengers.tv.
^ "Kenneth J. Warren". www.aveleyman.com.
^ "Steptoe and Son - S6 - Episode 8: A Cuckoo in the Nest". Radio Times.
^ "Canterbury Tales". Library of Congress.
^ "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.
^ "Kenneth J Warren". The Guardian. 30 August 1973. p. 7.
^ "Actor dies aged 43". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 29 August 1973. p. 1.
^ "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.