- 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
- In the early 60s he co-founded an African-Asian committee of the actors' union Equity.
- Joined Littlewood's Theatre Workshop and lived communally with the company in Edinburgh.
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