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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.1516 |
| Birthday | 1938-09-08 |
| Place of Birth | The Gambia |
| Also Known As |
1990
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
4.1/9
This trio of tales, based on classic short stories, chronicles the complicated relations between the sexes.
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Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
2009
Victoria Falls: The Smoke That Thunders
6/1
A tale of life on the Zambezi River, set against the epic backdrop of Victoria Falls. The story is told from the point of view of a local fisherman, M...
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Victoria Falls: The Smoke That Thunders
2013
Jonah
5.7/20
Mbwana and his best friend Juma are two young men with big dreams. These dreams become reality when they photograph a gigantic fish leaping out of the...
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Jonah
1964
Guns at Batasi
7.1/27
An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
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Guns at Batasi
2011
Random
3.5/2
Interspersed with a commentary by a female narrator,who at times assumes their roles,the father,mother and daughter and son of a black,South London fa...
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Random
1980
Life for Christine
6/1
A teenage girl is sent to a women's prison, but should she really be there?
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Life for Christine
2013
Captain Phillips
7.539/7439
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship...
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Captain Phillips
1996
A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave
0/0
A documentary following the life of Olaudah Equiano, based on his autobiography "The Interesting Narration of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus...
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A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave
2006
All In The Game
6.1/6
A passionate manager is torn apart between loyalty to his son, a dodgy football agent, and his hometown club. This football drama gives you insight to...
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All In The Game
1982
A Woman Called Golda
7.7/10
The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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A Woman Called Golda
1966
The Plague of the Zombies
6.357/150
Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting the population. He discovers that one of the squires i...
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The Plague of the Zombies
1980
Kiss and Tell
0/0
Quin and Sophie are happily married but haven't been abroad since their honeymoon. When Quin is sent to Paris on business he finds the experience unse...
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Kiss and Tell
1987
White Mischief
6/58
A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the...
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White Mischief
1981
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
7.2/3
The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.
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Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
1970
Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
1/2
A Marxist-Leninist expelled from the British Communist Party joins the Revolutionary Party of the Third World, sleeps around, and attempts to rethink...
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Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
1975
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
6.9/7
Picking up a distress call from the edge of the known universe, the Doctor and Sarah Jane find themselves on Zeta Minor where a geological team has ru...
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Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
1997
Shooting Fish
6.3/85
Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.
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Shooting Fish
1984
Desert of Lies
0/0
The fortunes of two expeditions a century and a half apart become mysteriously linked in the same desolate stretch of Kalahari Desert. In 1848 the Bro...
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Desert of Lies
2018
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
0/0
Filmed live at London’s Bridge Theatre during its limited run. The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town in Yorkshire, is th...
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National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
1965
Curse of the Voodoo
2.5/6
In Africa, a professional hunter kills a male lion which is sacred to a local tribe which also practices voodoo; and when he returns to England, he fi...
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Curse of the Voodoo
1993
One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve
8.3/3
The Meldrews go on holiday to Portugal with Mrs Warboys, who is hoping for romance with her penpal Alfonso. Photographer Martin Trout follows them the...
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One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve
1984
Sheena
5.658/155
Sheena's parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe. When her foster mother is framed for the m...
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Sheena
1981
The Final Conflict
5.825/630
Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the...
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The Final Conflict
1973
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
7.5/5
In the 26th century, the Doctor and Jo uncover a plot by the Master to provoke an interplanetary war between Earth and Draconia.
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Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1986
Death Is Part of the Process
0/0
South Africa in the 60s. The campaign of sabotage is halted and the arrests continue. The Special Branch obviously have inside Information.
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Death Is Part of the Process
1987
Cry Freedom
6.996/230
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods...
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