Ken Gampu
Ken Gampu (born 28 August 1929 in Germiston, South Africa; died 4 November 2003 in Vosloorus, South Africa) was a South African actor. Before he began his career, Gampu was a physical training instructor, salesman, interpreter and police officer. His first acting job was in Athol Fugard's play, No Good Friday (1958). His big break came in the 1965 film Dingaka by Jamie Uys. The same year, he had a significant role in Cornel Wilde's African adventure film, The Naked Prey.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.0038 |
| Birthday | 1929-08-28 |
| Place of Birth | Germiston, South Africa |
| Also Known As |
1980
The Gods Must Be Crazy
7.256/1304
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods...
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The Gods Must Be Crazy
1990
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
5.241/168
The two American Ninjas, Joe Armstrong and Sean Davidson, team up to do battle against a terrorist and his band of Ninjas.
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American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
1985
King Solomon's Mines
5.421/468
Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who...
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King Solomon's Mines
1992
Lethal Ninja
4.5/12
An American ninja's wife is held hostage by a sadistic Nazi chemist on an Asian island. He teams up with an African-American ninja to rescue her.
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Lethal Ninja
1987
John Ross: An African Adventure
0/0
Zulu tribesmen escort a shipwrecked 19th-century English sailor on a 600-mile round trip for supplies.
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John Ross: An African Adventure
1990
Oh Schucks...! Here Comes UNTAG
6.042/12
Kwagga Robertse owns a farm shop in the fictional Southern African country of Nambabwe and usually cons foreign tourists by pretending to kill a lion,...
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Oh Schucks...! Here Comes UNTAG
1965
The Naked Prey
6.653/108
A group of men are on safari. One of the party refuses to give a gift to a tribe they encounter. The tribe is offended, seizes the party, and one-by-o...
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The Naked Prey
1987
City of Blood
4.222/9
A medical examiner investigating a series of prostitute murders discovers that the culprit is an ancient tribal witch doctor come back to life.
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City of Blood
1976
Black Trash
5.2/5
A white cop and a black reporter join forces to investigate apparent vigilante killings in the South African underworld.
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Black Trash
1981
Kill and Kill Again
4.591/22
Dr. Horatio Kane has been kidnapped, and is being forced to create an army of martial artists who will help take over the world. His daughter, Kandy K...
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Kill and Kill Again
1999
A Reasonable Man
5.667/3
With issues of his own, an ex-army officer-turned-lawyer defends an impoverished young cowherd of killing a baby.
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A Reasonable Man
1997
Fools
9/1
Charterston Township 1990. Professor Zamani is respected in the township. To be sure, he once raped one of his students but the community turned a bli...
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Fools
2001
Askari
7/3
Set on a game reserve in Africa. Askari is an angry old elephant, the only survivor of the "A' family group which has been anhilitated in a government...
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Askari
1978
Slavers
4/4
A story about slave hunting, colonialism, revenge and love.
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Slavers
1975
Forever Young, Forever Free
7.778/9
A poignant tale of friendship and resilience between two South African children, Tsepo and Jannie, set against the contrasting backdrops of rural Afri...
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Forever Young, Forever Free
1982
Claws
7/3
Set on a lonely South African farm, in the 1920’s. The film revolves around a young boy who is forced into manhood when his father is injured in a rid...
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Claws
1974
The Virgin Goddess
5.643/7
Reworking of H. Ridder Haggard's SHE with softcore sex star Sarli as the white "goddess" who lives among the tribes of South Africa and can enjoy eter...
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The Virgin Goddess
1979
Game for Vultures
5.167/6
The South African businessman David Swansey is delivering illegal German helicopters to Rhodesia. That makes the patriot Gideon Marunga an angry man.
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Game for Vultures
1973
Joe Bullet
5.1/5
When local soccer team The Eagles fall prey to a series of onslaughts from a mysterious gangster only a week before the championship final, the team t...
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Joe Bullet
1997
Aristotle's Plot
6.333/6
Tourneur, a self-proclaimed cinéaste, feuds with Cinema and his gang, who are obsessed with foreign action movies.
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Aristotle's Plot
1985
Van der Merwe PI
1/1
South African beauty and former Miss World, Anneline Kriel stars in this action comedy about Van der Merwe, a struggling private eye. The detective’s...
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Van der Merwe PI
1988
Bush Shrink
8/1
In an unstable African country, US psychiatrist Martin Cypher teams up with a street-smart poacher to save his patient and her uncle Kingsley, who run...
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Bush Shrink
1982
Bullet on the Run
0/0
Bullet is back, and this time he will have to stake his entire reputation on the line as he goes deep undercover in prison to unfold the mystery of a...
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Bullet on the Run
1964
Dingaka
7.333/3
An African tribesman seeks revenge against the people who murdered his daughter.
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Dingaka
1987
Scavengers
9/1
A college professor and his ex-girlfriend find themselves being hunted by the CIA, the KGB and an African drug smuggler. Seems they have inadvertently...
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Scavengers
1988
Act of Piracy
3.917/6
A large motor yacht becomes the focal point in this action tale when a group of mercenaries decide to capture the vessel. The original owner, who was...
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Act of Piracy
1978
The Wild Geese
6.8/281
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and s...
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The Wild Geese
1979
Zulu Dawn
6.097/113
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
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Zulu Dawn
1982
The Chain Gang Killings
8/1
Two prisoners, a white racist and a black man escape. They discover that the only way to survive is to bury their prejudice and rely on one another.
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The Chain Gang Killings
1980
Flashpoint Africa
8/1
A black revolutionary group kidnaps a couple of young white women in a southern African state in the 1970s. They ask for a specific female reporter to...
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Flashpoint Africa
1989
Enemy Unseen
4/3
A couple of young scientists, Mel Noble and Roxeanne Tangent, travel to an island in Africa thought to be deserted in search of crocodile life, when A...
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Enemy Unseen
1988
Quiet Thunder
6/2
A bush pilot and a senator's wife try to survive in the jungles of Africa after witnessing an assassination.
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Quiet Thunder
1986
Jake Speed
4.647/17
Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves live...
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Jake Speed
1994
Cyborg Cop II
4.432/37
Jack, a cop, loses his partner to a crazed terrorist during a hostage rescue sending the man to death row. What Jack doesn't know is that the terroris...
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Cyborg Cop II
1977
Mister Deathman
4/9
Geoffrey Graves is a secret agent who comes ourt of retirement for a mission in South Africa. Stella Stevens stars as an enemy agent.
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Mister Deathman
1979
King Solomon's Treasure
4.875/4
Three adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoe...
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King Solomon's Treasure
1977
Target of an Assassin
5.111/9
An ailing African leader is kidnapped by a nurse after being admitted to hospital, and finds himself stuck between two men who have different ideas of...
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Target of an Assassin
1966
All the Way to Paris
8/1
When the Russian and American delegates at a global peace conference can't compromise on a conflict, they find themselves tricked into settling the ma...
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All the Way to Paris
1997
Black Velvet Band
7.667/3
Period drama Black Velvet Band takes us back to Victorian times when a gang of petty crooks find themselves sentenced to transportation to Australia,...
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Black Velvet Band
1987
Operation Hit Squad
0/0
A couple of rich women get captured by a group of terrorists, a crack team of mercenaries called Operation Hit Squad are called in to rescue them.
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Operation Hit Squad
1972
Rogue Lion
5.5/2
In South Africa a new young ranger is transferred to a troubled game reserve. He struggles to be accepted by, and help, his boss, fending off poachers...
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Rogue Lion
1982
Tuxedo Warrior
5.5/4
A jaded soldier-of-fortune who runs a bar in Zimbabwe aids a bank-robbing couple in their attempt to evade the authorities.
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