Louis Mahoney

Known for: Acting

Born: 1938-09-08 – 2020-06-30 (aged 81)

From: The Gambia

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.

Filmography (53)

MOVIE
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
2018
as Neville
TV★ 7.4
River
2015
as Lumo
TV★ 6.8
You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015
as Cardinal Anderson
TV★ 4.8
The Trials of Jimmy Rose
2015
as Charlie Cook
MOVIE★ 7.5
Captain Phillips
2013
as Maersk Alabama Crew
MOVIE★ 5.6
Jonah
2013
as Old Mbwana
MOVIE★ 3.5
Random
2011
as Dad
MOVIE★ 6.0
Victoria Falls: The Smoke That Thunders
2009
as Narrator
TV★ 7.1
Being Human
2009
as Leo
MOVIE★ 6.1
All In The Game
2006
as Arthur
TV★ 7.6
Doctor Who
2005
as Old Billy
TV★ 7.3
New Tricks
2004
as Harry Page
TV★ 7.2
Waking the Dead
2001
as Reverend Dennis Grant
TV★ 4.8
Urban Gothic
2000
as Old Man / Papa Legba
TV★ 7.0
Harbour Lights
1999
as Elvis
MOVIE★ 6.3
Shooting Fish
1997
as Magistrate
MOVIE
A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave
1996
as Father
MOVIE★ 8.5
One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve
1993
as Humphrey
TV★ 7.0
Runaway Bay
1992
as Jahman
MOVIE★ 4.4
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
as Train Attendant
TV★ 10.0
South of the Border
1988
as Clifford Stone
MOVIE★ 6.1
White Mischief
1987
as Abdullah
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cry Freedom
1987
as Lesotho Goverment Official
TV★ 7.2
The Lenny Henry Show
1987
TV★ 6.2
Casualty
1986
as Tom Cavanagh
MOVIE★ 8.0
Death Is Part of the Process
1986
as Sipho
TV★ 5.7
The Brothers McGregor
1985
as Mr Osborne
TV★ 7.3
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985
as Dr. French
MOVIE★ 5.7
Sheena
1984
as Elder 1
MOVIE★ 7.0
Desert of Lies
1984
as Sylveste
TV★ 7.4
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
TV★ 6.5
The Old Men at the Zoo
1983
as Reporter
MOVIE★ 7.7
A Woman Called Golda
1982
as Journalist
TV★ 6.7
Bergerac
1981
as Kofi Mensah
MOVIE★ 7.6
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
1981
as Freedom fighter Ofumbi
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Final Conflict
1981
as Brother Paulo
MOVIE★ 6.5
Life for Christine
1980
as Doctor, Holloway
MOVIE
Kiss and Tell
1980
as Conference Director
TV★ 7.6
The Professionals
1977
as Doctor
MOVIE★ 6.9
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
1975
as Ponti
TV★ 8.3
Fawlty Towers
1975
as Doctor
TV★ 7.0
Born Free
1974
as Chief Olotuno
MOVIE★ 7.5
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973
as Newscaster
TV★ 7.7
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Frank
TV★ 5.7
Crown Court
1972
as Thuo Kamuny
TV
Menace
1970
as Lusaka's Secretary
MOVIE★ 3.0
Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
1970
as Julius
TV★ 7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Conference director
MOVIE★ 5.0
Slave Girls
1967
as Head Boy
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Plague of the Zombies
1966
as Servant
MOVIE★ 3.4
Curse of the Voodoo
1965
as African Expert
MOVIE★ 7.1
Guns at Batasi
1964
TV★ 7.9
Doctor Who
1963
as Ponti