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Ken Kitson

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Kenneth "Ken" Kitson (born 1946, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a British actor who has been active on British television since the early 1970s.

He made his television debut in 1972 as a fight arranger in The Adventures of Barry Mackenzie, and later in the 1970s had minor parts in more notable programmes such as All Creatures Great and Small (series 3, 1979) The Sweeney, Minder and Danger UXB. In 1985 and 1986, he appeared as Cadman in six episodes of Mapp & Lucia.

In 1988, he played Giant Rumblebuffin in the BBC's adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

He has also had three minor parts in Coronation Street, the most recent being an appearance as Marty Kelly in a single 2001 episode.

He made recurring appearances as a policeman in Last of the Summer Wine, appearing in 88 episodes of the programme between December 1983 and April 2010. He played Sgt. Martin in Ruth Rendell's Inspector Wexford series.[1]

References

  1. ^ Atkinson, Neil (31 October 2014). "Actors Ken Kitson and Louis Emerick launch appeal to fund Last Of The Summer Wine comedy spin-off". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 31 October 2017.