Thursday, 30 August 2012

Rodney Campbell -Play As Staggerback in Royal Palm Estate

Rodney Campbell
STAGGERBACK aka PHILLOP EGBERT THOMAS aka MARCUS MARTIN IRVING - played by RODNEY CAMPBELL - a long time associate of Jason "Sonny T" Tavares'  in his drug trade days.  When a cocaine deal Staggerback was carrying out for Sonny T's went bad, Staggerback protected Sonny T by taking all the blame.  Staggerback went to prison for many years and was only recently released.  Sonny T felt very grateful and wanted to reward Staggerback's loyalty.  When Leslie Irving died and left a fortune of US$15 million without any apparent heir Sonny T devised a way to help out Staggerback as well as himself.  With Staggerback posing as Leslie Irving's fictitious son, Marcus Irving, the two hope to claim the fortune right from  Jennifer Chambers' - Irving's companion and business assistant - clutches.  With Sonny T providing all the necessary legal documents, Staggerback's only obstacle appeared to be the feisty Ms. Chambers and her lawyer, Stacey Bennett Q.C.. 
Just when it seemed Jennifer would have to comply, she devised a plan whereby she acquired a strand of Staggerback's hair via a bogus robbery involving Jennifer's bodyguard Bruno.  Jennifer had a DNA comparison done with Leslie Irving and found out that not only was Leslie Irving and Staggerback not related, but that Staggerback was actually a convicted felon and ex associate of Sonny T.  Armed with this vital information, Jennifer has lured Staggerback into a trap to destroy his and Sonny T's grab for Leslie Irving's millions.  She's used both Sonny T and Staggerback's greed to undermine their plan.  She told 'Marcus' that she would give him what was rightfully his but that he would have to go to New York first.  Staggerback agreed and in the process also agreed to keep this information to himself.  What's in store for him isn't clear but it's certainly not good.  Before he comes to terms with Jennifer's vengeance Staggerback harassed the ex-lover of Sonny T, Apollonian about her new boyfriend Jordan Dubois who was an agent trying to entrap Sonny T.
Rodney Campbell works in all aspects of the entertainment industry.  He is best known as a popular radio personality in Jamaica.  
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Rodney Campbell: Biography

Rodney Campbell: Biography

Rodney Campbell: BIO

Born in Kingston, Rodney Campbell grew up between Havendale, Barbican and Constant Spring Gardens until age 18. Shortly after, he took on the life of an adult or should I say 'rolling stone'. Campbell attended St. George's College and Jamaica College and later went on to do a stint at the University of the West Indies (UWI), where he started the Degree programme in Mass Communications with Radio as his production technique, but did not complete it. However, being a persistent individual, he completed the Diploma Course instead; "Let's face it, I had years and years of experience under my belt in Media and found CARIMAC to be....I was just going through the motions for the paper," says Campbell.

The 35-year-old began his foray in Media when he submitted an article to the now defunct Jamaica Record newspaper. "Primarily, I was a writer in school, I used to do a lot of poetry (which I still do) and stories. While I was in second form, my English teacher, Ms. Stafford, suggested that I enter a piece in a competition. I came second in the competition, but couldn't collect the prize because the competition was for sixth formers. However, I got little assignments here and there, something like a stringer to go along with the daily news or a bigger reporter would say, 'yuh waan do this? Get a story and come nuh.'

OFFICIAL STORY

Eventually, I wrote an article and submitted it to the Jamaica Record and at that point, Vincent Tulloch (now deceased) called me and said he read the piece and asked if I was interested in going around, yuh nuh... My first official newsworthy story was a story that I travelled to Great Pond in Ocho Rios and covered. It was the opening of a basic school. I took my little camera and took a picture of the school and the balloons and wrote a story and it was published. It was the greatest thing in the world, though it was not my first piece that was being published, it really felt like my first 'real' piece. And one thing led to another... I've done everything in media except technical production."

The 'Ram', who was born on April 18, has three children: 14- and eight-year-old sons and a four-year-old daughter, but says he's, luckily, not married.

According to Campbell, if he had been married already, he would not have been ready. "I would have been divorced, separated or miserable or all three. Marriage is such a wonderful thing that you should only be able to get married when the woman you want to cheat with is your wife. When you look at your wife and say 'I would give my wife bun with this woman', she is the number two woman for the same number one woman."

When not involved in Journalism, Campbell relaxes by listening to 'oldies', writing poems and fishing with his children. His favourite pet is a dog because he believes dogs are loyal and honest. On the other hand, he detests cats because he thinks they are hypocrites.