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- Birth nameFrederick Eustance Thomas Anthony Baptiste
- Thomas Baptiste was born on March 17, 1929 in Georgetown, British Guiana. He was an actor, known for The Wild Geese (1978), Amin: The Rise and Fall (1981) and The Ipcress File (1965). He died on December 6, 2018 in Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Actually made his film debut in Simba (1955), but was sacked after a dispute with the assistant director.
- Inspired by Paul Robeson, he started his professional life as a baritone singer.
- Became the first black character in Coronation Street (1960), appearing in several episodes as a bus conductor.
- Born in Georgetown (then British Guiana, now Guyana), one of the many children of a wealthy landowner who rented parts of his estate to tenant farmers.
- Also a singer
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