Kenneth Alan Richmond (10 July 1926 – 3 August 2006) was an English heavyweight wrestler.

He stayed fit enough into his later years to win medals for rollerblading and windsurfing in his 60s.

[citation needed] Though he appeared as the wrestler Nikolas in Jules Dassin's film noir, Night and the City (1950),[1] Richmond was perhaps most recognisable as the shirtless gongman banging the enormous gong preceding the opening credits for films produced or distributed by the Rank Organisation.

According to the BBC, he had revealed to friends that the gong seen in the Rank Organisation's opening never rang, as it was a papier-mâché stage prop and he never actually struck it with any force, joking "If you hit that gong, you would have gone straight through.

"[2] He was a Jehovah's Witness for most of his life, being jailed as a conscientious objector during World War II.