Errol John
| Errol John | |
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| Born |
20 December 1924 Port of Spain, Trinidad |
| Died | 10 July 1988 (aged 63) London, England, UK |
| Occupation |
Actor Playwright |
| Years active | 1951–88 |
Errol John (20 December 1924 – 10 July 1988) was a Trinidadian actor and playwright who emigrated to the UK in 1951.
Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, John was home-schooled, then began his career as an artist and journalist. Deciding to pursue a career in acting, he joined the Whitehall Theatre Group in Trinidad.
Following the Second World War, John moved to Britain in 1951 and continued to work in the theatre, appearing on the London stage in productions including Salome (1954), Carson McCullers' play, The Member of the Wedding at the Royal Court Theatre (directed by Tony Richardson, 1957), The Merchant of Venice (1962), Measure for Measure (1963) and Othello (at the Old Vic, with Leo McKern and Adrienne Corri in the cast). He had several small roles in films such as The African Queen (1951), The Heart of the Matter (1953), The Emperor Jones (1953), Simba (1955), The Nun's Story (1959) and Guns at Batasi (1964). He gained a major role in the BBC's A Man from the Sun (1956), alongside Cy Grant, Nadia Cattouse and Colin Douglas, and later had a significant role in the television series No Hiding Place (ITV, 1961) and in the five-part series Rainbow City written for him by John Elliott.
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