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