Louis Mahoney

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Louis Mahoney

Acting September 8, 1938

The Gambia

Gambian Louis Felix Danner Mahoney came to England ostensibly to train as a doctor. However, he abandoned medicine for the stage, probably his original intention. He enrolled at a…

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Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips

7.5 2013 Movie
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.6 2005 TV Show
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers

8.3 1975 TV Show
The Final Conflict

The Final Conflict

5.8 1981 Movie
Casualty

Casualty

6.2 1986 TV Show
Crown Court

Crown Court

5.7 1972 TV Show
Being Human

Being Human

7.1 2009 TV Show
New Tricks

New Tricks

7.3 2004 TV Show
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

7.2 2001 TV Show
Natural World

Natural World

7.4 1983 TV Show
Bergerac

Bergerac

7.0 1981 TV Show

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Gambian Louis Felix Danner Mahoney came to England ostensibly to train as a doctor. However, he abandoned medicine for the stage, probably his original intention. He enrolled at acting school in the 1970s and was a tireless campaigner for racial equality in his profession.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2018
    National Theatre Live: Allelujah!

    Movie Neville

  2. 2015
    River

    TV show Lumo

  3. 2015
    You, Me and the Apocalypse

    TV show Cardinal Anderson

  4. 2015
    The Trials of Jimmy Rose

    TV show Charlie Cook

  5. 2013
    Captain Phillips

    Movie Maersk Alabama Crew

  6. 2013
    Jonah

    Movie Old Mbwana

  7. 2011
    Random

    Movie Dad

  8. 2009
    Victoria Falls: The Smoke That Thunders

    Movie Narrator

  9. 2009
    Being Human

    TV show Leo

  10. 2006
    All In The Game

    Movie Arthur

  11. 2005
    Doctor Who

    TV show Old Billy

  12. 2004
    New Tricks

    TV show Harry Page

  13. 2001
    Waking the Dead

    TV show Reverend Dennis Grant

  14. 2000
    Urban Gothic

    TV show Old Man / Papa Legba

  15. 1999
    Harbour Lights

    TV show Elvis

  16. 1997
    Shooting Fish

    Movie Magistrate

More credits
  1. 1997
    Turning World

    TV show Mr. Roberts

  2. 1996
    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave

    Movie Father

  3. 1993
    One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve

    Movie Humphrey

  4. 1992
    Runaway Bay

    TV show Jahman

  5. 1990
    Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

    Movie Train Attendant (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")

  6. 1988
    South of the Border

    TV show Clifford Stone

  7. 1987
    White Mischief

    Movie Abdullah

  8. 1987
    Cry Freedom

    Movie Lesotho Goverment Official

  9. 1987
    The Lenny Henry Show

    TV show Jake

  10. 1986
    Casualty

    TV show Tom Cavanagh

  11. 1986
    Death Is Part of the Process

    Movie Sipho

  12. 1985
    The Brothers McGregor

    TV show Mr Osborne

  13. 1985
    Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

    TV show Dr. French

  14. 1984
    Miss Marple

    TV show Dr French

  15. 1984
    Sheena

    Movie Elder 1

  16. 1984
    Desert of Lies

    Movie Sylveste

  17. 1983
    Natural World

    TV show Narrator

  18. 1983
    The Old Men at the Zoo

    TV show Reporter

  19. 1982
    A Woman Called Golda

    Movie Journalist

  20. 1981
    Bergerac

    TV show Kofi Mensah

  21. 1981
    Rise and Fall of Idi Amin

    Movie Freedom fighter Ofumbi

  22. 1981
    The Final Conflict

    Movie Brother Paulo

  23. 1980
    Life for Christine

    Movie Doctor, Holloway

  24. 1980
    Kiss and Tell

    Movie Conference Director