Kenneth J. Warren

Kenneth John Warren (25 September 1929 – 27 August 1973) was an Australian actor.

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. He played many character roles on film and TV, often villainous, until his death aged 43. 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". He also appeared in an episode of Steptoe and Son ("Cuckoo in the Nest", 1970) as Harold's supposed older half-brother. He also played in the 1968 West End musical production of the ‘’Canterbury Tales’’, as The Miller. 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.

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
 * 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)