Louis Mahoney
Born: 1938-09-08 in The Gambia
Died: 2020-06-30
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2018
- National Theatre Live: Allelujah! as Neville
2015
- River as Lumo
- You, Me and the Apocalypse as Cardinal Anderson
- The Trials of Jimmy Rose as Charlie Cook
2013
- Captain Phillips as Maersk Alabama Crew
- Jonah as Old Mbwana
2011
- Random as Dad
2009
- Being Human as Leo
- Victoria Falls: The Smoke That Thunders as Narrator
2006
- All In The Game as Arthur
2005
- Doctor Who as Old Billy
2004
- New Tricks as Harry Page
2001
- Waking the Dead as Reverend Dennis Grant
2000
- Urban Gothic as Old Man / Papa Legba
1999
- Harbour Lights as Elvis
1997
- Shooting Fish as Magistrate
1996
1993
- One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve as Humphrey
1992
- Runaway Bay as Jahman
1990
- Women and Men: Stories of Seduction as Train Attendant
1988
- South of the Border as Clifford Stone
1987
- White Mischief as Abdullah
- Cry Freedom as Lesotho Goverment Official
- The Lenny Henry Show
1986
- Casualty as Tom Cavanagh
- Death Is Part of the Process as Sipho
1985
- Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye as Dr. French
- The Brothers McGregor as Mr Osborne
1984
- Sheena as Elder 1
- Desert of Lies as Sylveste
1983
- Natural World as Narrator
- The Old Men at the Zoo as Reporter
1982
- A Woman Called Golda as Journalist
1981
- Bergerac as Kofi Mensah
- The Final Conflict as Brother Paulo
- Rise and Fall of Idi Amin as Freedom fighter Ofumbi
1980
- Life for Christine as Doctor, Holloway
- Kiss and Tell as Conference Director
1977
- The Professionals as Doctor
1975
- Fawlty Towers as Doctor
- Doctor Who: Planet of Evil as Ponti
1974
- Born Free as Chief Olotuno
1973
- Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? as Frank
- Doctor Who: Frontier in Space as Newscaster
1972
- Crown Court as Thuo Kamuny
1970
- Menace as Lusaka's Secretary
- Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition as Julius
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Conference director
- Slave Girls as Head Boy
1966
- The Plague of the Zombies as Servant
1965
- Curse of the Voodoo as African Expert
1964
1963
- Doctor Who as Ponti