Earl Cameron (actor)
Earl Cameron, CBE (born 8 August 1917) is a Bermudian actor. Along with Cy Grant, he is known as one of the first black actors to break the "colour bar" in the United Kingdom. According to Screenonline, "Earl Cameron brought a breath of fresh air to the British film industry's stuffy depictions of race relations. Often cast as a sensitive outsider, Cameron gave his characters a grace and moral authority that often surpassed the films' compromised liberal agendas." He also had repeated appearances on many British science fiction programmes of the 1960s, including Doctor Who, The Prisoner, and The Andromeda Breakthrough.
Early career
Cameron was born in Pembroke, Bermuda. As a young man, he joined the British Merchant Navy, and sailed mostly between New York and South America. When the Second World War broke out he found himself stranded in London, arriving on the ship The Eastern Prince on 29 October 1939. As he himself put it in an interview for The Royal Gazette newspaper: "I arrived in London on 29 October 1939. I got involved with a young lady and you know the rest. The ship left without me, and the girl walked out too."
Cameron, Earl Filmography
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1970, role: actor , character name: Anchor
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1962, role: actor , character name: Himself
Cameron, Earl Filmography
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2013, role: actor , character name: Grandad
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2011, role: actor , character name: Williams
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2010, role: actor , character name: Elderly Bald Man
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2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2006, role: actor , character name: Portrait Artist
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2005, role: actor , character name: Zuwanie
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2001, role: actor , character name: Cardinal Chisamba
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1998, role: actor , character name: Rui
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1997, role: actor , character name: Doctor
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1996, role: actor , character name: The Abbott of the Black Friars
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1995, role: actor , character name: Carlton
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1979, role: actor , character name: Col. Leyva
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1977, role: actor , character name: Annajashi
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1976, role: actor , character name: Annajashi
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1973, role: actor , character name: Ambassador George Oswandu
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1973, role: actor , character name: Black employee in toilet
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1970, role: actor , character name: Verger
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1970, role: actor , character name: Speaker
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1969, role: actor , character name: Charles Marriott - Jane's Step-father
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1967, role: actor , character name: Sgt. Seth Hawkins
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1966, role: actor , character name: Bus Conductor
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1965, role: actor , character name: Pinder
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1964, role: actor , character name: Captain Abraham
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1963, role: actor , character name: Mang
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1962, role: actor , character name: Chard
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1961, role: actor , character name: Gabriel Gomez
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1961, role: actor , character name: Black father
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1960, role: actor
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1960, role: actor , character name: Tate
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1959, role: actor , character name: Dr. Robbins
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1959, role: actor , character name: Witchdoctor
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1957, role: actor , character name: Prosecutor
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1957, role: actor , character name: Victor Conway
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1956, role: actor , character name: Joseph Brent
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1956, role: actor , character name: Hank Christians
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1956, role: actor , character name: Hassan
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1956, role: actor , character name: Jeroge
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1955, role: actor , character name: Earl Rutters
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1955, role: actor , character name: Karanja
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1955, role: actor , character name: Lemmie
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1955, role: actor , character name: Johnny Brown, POW
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1953, role: actor , character name: Ali
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1952, role: actor , character name: George Robinson
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1951, role: actor , character name: Johnny Lambert
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1951, role: actor , character name: Ginger Jones
