Louis Mahoney
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.
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Movies (27)

National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
2018 · Neville

Capitán Phillips
2013 · Maersk Alabama Crew

Jonah
2013 · Old Mbwana

Random
2011 · Dad

Victoria Falls: The Smoke That Thunders
2009 · Narrator, Writer

All In The Game
2006 · Arthur

Shooting Fish
1997 · Magistrate

A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave
1996 · Father

One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve
1993 · Humphrey

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990 · Train Attendant (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")

White Mischief
1987 · Abdullah

Cry Freedom
1987 · Lesotho Goverment Official

Death Is Part of the Process
1986 · Sipho

Sheena
1984 · Elder 1

Desert of Lies
1984 · Sylveste

A Woman Called Golda
1982 · Journalist

Amin: The Rise and Fall
1981 · Freedom fighter Ofumbi

The Final Conflict
1981 · Brother Paulo
Life for Christine
1980 · Doctor, Holloway
Kiss and Tell
1980 · Conference Director

Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
1975 · Ponti

Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973 · Newscaster

Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
1970 · Julius

Slave Girls
1967 · Head Boy

The Plague of the Zombies
1966 · Servant

Curse of the Voodoo
1965 · African Expert

Guns at Batasi
1964
TV shows (29)

River
2015 · Lumo

You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015 · Cardinal Anderson

The Trials of Jimmy Rose
2015 · Charlie Cook

Being Human
2009 · Leo

Doctor Who
2005 · Old Billy

New Tricks
2004 · Harry Page

Waking the Dead
2001 · Reverend Dennis Grant

Urban Gothic
2000 · Old Man / Papa Legba

Harbour Lights
1999 · Elvis
Turning World
1997 · Mr. Roberts
Runaway Bay
1992 · Jahman

South of the Border
1988 · Clifford Stone

The Lenny Henry Show
1987 · Jake

Casualty
1986 · Tom Cavanagh

The Brothers McGregor
1985 · Mr Osborne

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985 · Dr. French

Miss Marple
1984 · Dr French

Natural World
1983 · Narrator
The Old Men at the Zoo
1983 · Reporter

Bergerac
1981 · Kofi Mensah

The Professionals
1977 · Doctor

Fawlty Towers
1975 · Doctor

Born Free
1974 · Chief Olotuno

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973 · Frank

Crown Court
1972 · Thuo Kamuny
Menace
1970 · Lusaka's Secretary

ITV Playhouse
1967 · Conference director

The Troubleshooters
1965 · John Ndanga

Doctor Who
1963 · Ponti, Newscaster
