Career
Campbell served in the Royal Canadian Army during World War I. He later worked in Hollywood, California as a technical and action assistant director, including the films Wings, Dawn Patrol, Hell"s Angels, Air Circus, Legion of the Condemned, Forced Landing and Ceiling Zero, and as an assistant to Cecil B. DeMille and Howard Hawks. He also had minor acting roles in the films Forced Landing, Hands Across the Table, Professional Soldier and Love Is News. He subsequently returned to Canada, where he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World World War World War II With Geoffrey Wood, Larry Cromien and Austin Willis, Campbell launched Dominion Productions in 1946.
Bush Pilot was the company"s first film.
Due to poorer than expected revenues, however, the company never released another film under their management, and was subsequently acquired by Arthur Gotlieb. Campbell ran for a Toronto City Council seat in the 1956 municipal election, but fell while campaigning, exacerbating an old war injury and remaining bedridden for several months.
Despite having effectively dropped his campaign, he finished third behind the winners, William Dennison and May Birchard, and ahead of incumbent councillor Edgar Roxborough. In the subsequent 1958 municipal election, Margaret Campbell ran for council instead, winning the seat and beginning her own long career in politics.
He died on September 6, 1990 in Toronto.
