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name: "Ian Campbell"
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roles: ["Actor"]
died: "10 January 1993"
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# Ian Campbell

Actor. Born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Died 10 January 1993.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Died:** 10 January 1993

## Biography

Ian Campbell (1924–1993) was a Scottish actor and professional wrestler. Born in Dunfermline, Fife, he competed as a heavyweight, briefly holding the British Heavyweight Championship in 1966.

Campbell appeared in several television programmes, including as himself on *Coronation Street* in 1964 and in episodes of *How We Used to Live* (1969), *Nearest and Dearest* (1973) and *Crown Court* (1976). He is best known for playing Oak in the 1973 film *The Wicker Man*, on which he also contributed to the soundtrack.

He was involved in charity work and was inducted posthumously into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame for Scotland.

*Sources: imdb.com, thecourier.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Wicker Man* (1973), Fi1m 90, as Oak — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wicker-man.md)

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