Post by teleadm on Aug 8, 2018 11:28:27 GMT
Happy 101st Birthday Earl Cameron!!! 
Born on August 8, 1917 in Pembroke, Bermuda
Thanks for everything, so far...
Bermuda-born British actor, who is one of the first black actors to break the "colour bar" in the United Kingdom.
Cameron who worked in the merchant marine, got stranded in London at the outbreak of WWII. He got his first acting job at the theatre in 1941. According to Cameron, he had a less difficult time than other black actors because his Bermudian accent sounded American to British ears.
In 1945 and 1946 he took on the role of one of the Dukes in the singing trio "The Duchess and Two Dukes", which toured with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) to play to British armed forces personnel in India in 1945, and the Netherlands in 1946.
Cameron made his movie debut 1951, and has continued to play character parts since then, and has said that he hasn't retired yet.
Some samples from his career:
Making his movie debut in Pool of London 1951, with James Robertson Justice
Simba 1955, about the Mau Mau uprisings
Sapphire 1959, with Nigel Patrick
Flame in the Streets 1961, with John Mills
Thunderball 1965, as Pinder
Battle Beneath the Earth 1967
The Message 1976, as Abyssinian King Najashi
Cuba 1979, with Martin Balsam
The Interpreter 2005, with Nicole Kidman
The Queen 2006, with Helen Mirren
Earl Cameron has acted in over 90 movies and television productions, including being The Storyteller on Jackanory in 1971.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE, in 2009.
The Earl Cameron Theatre in Hamilton, Bermuda was named in his honour at a ceremony he attended there in December 2012.
Born on August 8, 1917 in Pembroke, Bermuda
Thanks for everything, so far...
Bermuda-born British actor, who is one of the first black actors to break the "colour bar" in the United Kingdom.
Cameron who worked in the merchant marine, got stranded in London at the outbreak of WWII. He got his first acting job at the theatre in 1941. According to Cameron, he had a less difficult time than other black actors because his Bermudian accent sounded American to British ears.
In 1945 and 1946 he took on the role of one of the Dukes in the singing trio "The Duchess and Two Dukes", which toured with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) to play to British armed forces personnel in India in 1945, and the Netherlands in 1946.
Cameron made his movie debut 1951, and has continued to play character parts since then, and has said that he hasn't retired yet.
Some samples from his career:
Making his movie debut in Pool of London 1951, with James Robertson Justice
Simba 1955, about the Mau Mau uprisings
Sapphire 1959, with Nigel Patrick
Flame in the Streets 1961, with John Mills
Thunderball 1965, as Pinder
Battle Beneath the Earth 1967
The Message 1976, as Abyssinian King Najashi
Cuba 1979, with Martin Balsam
The Interpreter 2005, with Nicole Kidman
The Queen 2006, with Helen Mirren
Earl Cameron has acted in over 90 movies and television productions, including being The Storyteller on Jackanory in 1971.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE, in 2009.
The Earl Cameron Theatre in Hamilton, Bermuda was named in his honour at a ceremony he attended there in December 2012.
