Gordon Salkilld
Born: 1927-05-09 in St. Pancras, London, England, UK
Died: 2003-05-17
Known For: Acting
Biography
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".
Filmography
1993
- Frank Stubbs Promotes as 2nd Journalist
- Royal Celebration as Neighbour
1991
- Close My Eyes as Hotel Porter
- Under Suspicion as Prison Governor
- Five Children and It as Police Inspector
1990
- Jeeves and Wooster as Station Master
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Commissionaire
1988
- Red Dwarf as Gordon
- The Franchise Affair as Bus Inspector
1987
- Cause Célèbre as Foreman of the Jury
- Two of Us as Car Driver
1986
- A Very Peculiar Practice as Salop
- Hard Travelling as Ticket Clerk
1985
- EastEnders as Driver
1984
- The Prisoner of Zenda as Second Customs Official
1982
- Ties as Father
1981
- Never the Twain as Desk Clerk
1979
- Terry and June as Lorry Driver
1978
- The Playbirds as Police Photographer