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Film & TV
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Distinctive character actor, born in Calcutta and educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge. His acting career was interrupted by wartime service (for six years) in the British Army. He then joined the Old Vic Company and subsequently appeared on screen. With his hooked nose and furtive eyes, he made the perfect sinister villain, playing an assortment of Arabic or Central Asian diamond smugglers,…
Known for
- Cellini: A Violent Life — Blind cardinal1990
- The King's Whore — Conte Trevi1990
- And the Violins Stopped Playing — Sandu1988
- Appuntamento a Liverpool — Pilar1988
- The Belly of an Architect — Battistino1987
- The Assisi Underground — Rabbi1985
- I Am an ESP1985
- The Key to Rebecca — Gaafar1985
- Pope John Paul II — Mountain Sacristan1984
- Memed My Hawk — Suleyman1984
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Kolkata
- Place of death
- Tyne and Wear
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Magdalene College
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1914-12-18
- date of death
- 1991-12-01
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
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