Phil Campbell

Phil Campbell

History

Phil Campbell is a British actor working in film and television. Philip is best known for playing the lead role of Dave John in film The Hide. Other film work includes roles in the short film Senet, The Late Twentieth, A Short Stop on the Way and War School. His appearances on television include roles in Casualty, Merseybeat and Brookside.

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Phil Campbell

Movies

The Hide
Dave John
On the windswept Suffolk mudflats creaks a bird-hide, inside which hovers Roy Tunt, a prematurely aged, mildly obsessive-compulsive birder. With one more sighting - the elusive sociable plover - he will have 'twitched' the entire British List. Tunt has his shortwave radio, packed-lunch and a portrait of his ex-wife Sandra for company. Suddenly, in the midst of a conversation with Sandra's portrait, the hide door blows open and a bedraggled stranger - unshaven, edgy and bloodied introduces himself as Dave John, a fugitive from the storm. After a tense introduction, the two men discover that they have a good deal in common, sharing sandwiches, tea and personal exchanges which are frank, poignant and often funny. As the two men begin to form a close bond news of a police manhunt sets them both on edge driving their fragile relationship to a tragic conclusion.