Actor Maurice Roëves has died aged 83 as tributes for the star of TV and film pour in.The 83-year-old enjoyed roles in the likes of Skins, Doctor Who and EastEnders.
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Earl Cameron,thepioneering Black actor from Bermuda who starred in the 1951 British filmPool of Londonand later appeared in movies fromThunderballtoInception, has died. He was102.
Cameron died Friday at his home in Kenilworth, England, his agent toldThe Guardian. Director Basil Dearden cast Cameron as a sailor who romances a white girl (SusanShaw) against thebackdrop of racism and crime inPool of London.
Actor Maurice Roëves has died aged 83 as tributes for the star of TV and film pour in.The 83-year-old enjoyed roles in the likes of Skins, Doctor Who and EastEnders.
Jack Charlton, the former Leeds and England defender who won a World Cup winner’s medal in 1966, has died.
Earl Cameron, a trailblazing actor known for appearing in the James Bond flick "Thunderball," has died at 102. Cameron's rep offered a statement to Entertainment Tonight, saying the actor "passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his wife and family on Friday in Kenilworth in Warwickshire." Cameron is considered one of Britain's first black mainstream movie stars.
reports Deadline.Cameron was born in Bermuda in 1917, moving to the U.K in 1939. He joined the British Merchant Navy and by 1941 had his first role in a play called “Chu Chin Chow”. “When I arrived in London, I had no qualifications for anything.
Earl Cameron, one of the first black actors to break through in British cinema, has died at the age of 102.The man “with the voice of God and the heart of a kindly prince” passed away at his home in Warwickshire on Thursday.Cameron’s six-decade career began with a breakthrough role in 1951 starring in Pool of London, which was credited as being the first British film to feature an interracial relationship.He would later appear as James Bond’s assistant, Pinder in Thunderball, in Sidney Poitier’s
Also Read: Byron 'Reckful' Bernstein, Popular Twitch Streamer, Dies at 31He went on to appear in TV series like “Doctor Who” in 1966 and “ITV Playhouse” and “ITV Play of the Week” in the 1960s, as well as the series “Jackanory” from 1971 to 1975.In 1965, he played James Bond’s assistant Pinder in “Thunderball.” He later went on to appear in films like 1955’s “Simba” as Karanja, in 1965’s “Guns at Batasi” as Captain Abraham, in 1956’s “Safari” as Jeroge, and in 1976’s “The Message,” as
has died. He was 102.
Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerEarl Cameron, who was among the first Black actors to break into significant roles in British film, died on Friday at age 102. His agent confirmed his death and said he “passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his wife and family” in Kenilworth in Warwickshire.Born in Bermuda in 1917, Cameron came to the U.K.
Jordan Moreau Earl Cameron, one of the first major Black actors in British cinema, died on Friday at his home in England, his representative confirmed to Variety. He was 102.Cameron was born in Pembroke, Bermuda, on Aug.
Doctor Who and the James Bond movie Thunderball, Cameron arrived in the UK in 1939 after joining the British merchant navy.He first appeared on screen in the 1951 movie Pool Of London, which at the time was a rare starring role for a black actor.In 2009, Cameron was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).His final acting credit saw him appear in the 2010 movie Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page.Beckett said that Cameron
Tributes have been paid to screen “pioneer” Earl Cameron, one of the first black actors to make it in British cinema.