Acting credits
22
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Gordon Salkilld
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 8Series: 14
TMDB ID: 162406
IMDb ID: nm0758486
Known for: Acting
Born: May 9, 1927
Died: May 17, 2003
Age: 76
Place of birth: St. Pancras, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 1993
Years active: 19
Average TMDB rating: 6.58
Wikidata: Q5585779
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".
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Gordon Salkilld.
6.0
Royal Celebration
as Neighbour
1993 Movie
5.8
Close My Eyes
as Hotel Porter
1991 Movie
5.9
Under Suspicion
as Prison Governor
1991 Movie
5.2
Cause Célèbre
as Foreman of the Jury
1987 Movie
5.9
Two of Us
as Car Driver
1987 Movie
Hard Travelling
as Ticket Clerk
1986 Movie
Ties
as Father
1982 Movie
4.5
The Playbirds
as Police Photographer
1978 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Gordon Salkilld.
6.0
Frank Stubbs Promotes
as 2nd Journalist • 1 eps
1993 Series
5.4
Five Children and It
as Police Inspector • 1 eps
1991 Series
8.1
Jeeves and Wooster
as Station Master • 1 eps
1990 Series
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Commissionaire • 1 eps
1989 Series
4.5
The Franchise Affair
as Bus Inspector • 1 eps
1988 Series
8.1
Red Dwarf
as Gordon • 1 eps
1988 Series
8.0
A Very Peculiar Practice
as Salop • 1 eps
1986 Series
4.1
EastEnders
as Driver • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.0
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Second Customs Official • 1 eps
1984 Series
6.6
Never the Twain
as Desk Clerk • 1 eps
1981 Series
6.2
Terry and June
as Lorry Driver • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.0
Mike Yarwood In Persons
1 eps
1976 Series
6.8
Poldark
as Ezekiel • 1 eps
1975 Series
8.0
Survivors
as Jack • 25 eps
1975 Series