Acting

Louis Mahoney

Born 1938-09-08 · The Gambia

Died 2020-06-30

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.

Credits

Newest first

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