Gordon Salkilld

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".

Known For

EastEnders

Driver

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Commissionaire

Red Dwarf

Gordon

Terry and June

Lorry Driver

Never the Twain

Desk Clerk

Mike Yarwood In Persons

Jeeves and Wooster

Station Master

Five Children and It

Police Inspector

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1993	Royal Celebration	Neighbour
1991	Close My Eyes	Hotel Porter
1991	Under Suspicion	Prison Governor
1987	Two of Us	Car Driver
1987	Cause Célèbre	Foreman of the Jury
1986	Hard Travelling	Ticket Clerk
1982	Ties	Father
1978	The Playbirds	Police Photographer

Year	TV Show	Role
1993	Frank Stubbs Promotes	2nd Journalist
1991	Five Children and It	Police Inspector
1990	Jeeves and Wooster	Station Master
1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Commissionaire
1988	Red Dwarf	Gordon
1985	EastEnders	Driver
1984	The Prisoner of Zenda	Second Customs Official
1981	Never the Twain	Desk Clerk
1979	Terry and June	Lorry Driver
1976	Mike Yarwood In Persons
1975	Survivors	Jack