He was assisted by Alec Newman and Lionel Fleming, recruited Patrick Campbell and enlisted Flann O’Brien to write his thrice-weekly column “Cruiskeen Lawn” as Myles na gCopaleen.
Baron | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Patrick Henry | Patrick Swayze | Daniel Patrick Moynihan | Glen Campbell | Naomi Campbell | Bruce Campbell | Joseph Campbell | William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley | Saint Patrick | Patrick Dempsey | South Carolina's 3rd congressional district | Patrick Ewing | Patrick | Robert Patrick | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | Patrick Leahy | baron | Patrick Stewart | Patrick Moore | Sacha Baron Cohen | Michigan's 3rd congressional district | Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron | Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister | Joey Baron | Alastair Campbell | Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell | Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux | Patrick Kane |
It saw the first appearances on television of John Bird, Eleanor Bron, Roy Hudd, Patrick Campbell and John Fortune.
He was the vocalist and a founder member of a locally-popular R&B band Second Thoughts whose lineups included future record producer Chris Thomas, Thunderclap Newman founder/drummer Speedy Keen and two future members of prog-rock band Jade Warrior (Jon Field and Tony Duhig).
Campbell suffered from a stammer, but nevertheless delighted television audiences with his wit, notably as a regular team captain on the long-running show Call My Bluff, opposite his longtime friend, Frank Muir.
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He lived for many years in the South of France, and died in Cannes on 10 November 1980.