Joan Hooley

Date of Birth: 13 Nov 1936
Country: Jamaica
Total Credits at Criticker: 7 (Actor)
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Disturbed by the problems within his own community, naive black Londoner Joe Pascale decides to become personally involved by sacrificing his high-paying tech job to become a teacher at an urban high school. In order to improve the prospects of his students, he utilizes a philosophy of "enforced education," determined to make these teens learn whether they want to or not. (Yahoo! Movies)
The London police is having trouble with organized crime commited by juvenile delinquents. Their leader is an American who is an expert at turning young men into ruthless gangsters. American cop John Harris is asked to help the London police to break up the organization. (imdb)
Michael Morgan operates a pneumatic drill with a road resurfacing crew. He also operates on the girls in whatever street he happens to be working on. When a job takes him to London's Soho he is soon up to his usual games, but starts to realise there is something special about Julie, who is preparing with her Italian family to emigrate to Canada. (imdb)
A Man from the Sun (1956) - TV Movie
A mixed party of West Indian settlers arrives in London, where they encounter prejudice from the white population and integrate themselves into the existing West Indian community. An exploration of the difficulties faced by West Indians new to Britain. Racism in the workplace was overt and often physical. Yet as a documentary drama purporting to portray the harsh realities of life for the first Caribbean settlers in this country, it pulls many punches.
A young woman becomes involved with a man who not only may be an art thief, but a murderer.
An aspiring singer wins a trip to London and is promised a record deal, but when she gets there an underhanded American record producer spirits her off to New York and away from her boyfriend.
Emergency-Ward 10 (1957) - TV Series
This well-liked series was a drama/soap set in a hospital. It attracted attention for its portrayal of an interracial relationship between surgeon Louise Mahler (played by Joan Hooley) and Doctor Giles Farmer (played by John White), showing the second kiss on television between black and white actors in July 1964,[3] the first such kiss being in a Granada TV play You in Your Small Corner in 1962.