Acting
Community Rating
5.9
Initial estimate
Born
May 9, 1927
Died
May 17, 2003 (age 76)
Born in
St. Pancras, London, England, UK
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".

Royal Celebration
as Neighbour
1993

Frank Stubbs Promotes
as 2nd Journalist
1993

A Touch of Frost
as Patient
1992

Close My Eyes
as Hotel Porter
1991

Under Suspicion
as Prison Governor
1991

Five Children and It
as Police Inspector
1991

Jeeves and Wooster
as Station Master
1990

Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Commissionaire
1989

The Franchise Affair
as Bus Inspector
1988

Red Dwarf
as Gordon
1988

Cause Célèbre
as Foreman of the Jury
1987

Two of Us
as Car Driver
1987

A Very Peculiar Practice
as Salop
1986

Hard Travelling
as Ticket Clerk
1986

EastEnders
as Driver
1985

The Prisoner of Zenda
as Second Customs Official
1984

Ties
as Father
1982

Never the Twain
as Desk Clerk
1981

Terry and June
as Lorry Driver
1979

The Playbirds
as Police Photographer
1978