The Galloping Major

Credits include: Braveheart, Escape from Alcatraz, Scanners, The Phantom and Silver Streak

He is known as one of the first black actors to break the "colour bar" in the United Kingdom. He also had repeated appearances on many British science fiction programmes of the 1960s, including Doctor Who, The Prisoner and The Andromeda Breakthrough. From the 1950s to the present day Cameron has had major parts in many films, including: The Heart Within (1957) in which he played a character Victor Conway in a crime movie yet again set in the London docklands; and Sapphire (1959) in which played

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa,actor Zakes Mokae was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and became one of the most distinguished thespians in South Africa for over two decades. Mokae was one of the few actors capable of crossing the divided racial sections, punctuated by his collaborations with white writer Athol Fugard. Together they founded the radical theater group The Rehearsal Room in the 50s that specifically dealt with his country's injustices. In fact, over the years his pe

Dynamic African American leading man and characters actor William Marshall trained in Grand Opera, Broadway and Shakespeare. In films from the 50s and 60s including: Lydia Bailey (1952), Something of Value (1957), To Trap a Spy (1964) and finally known for being in The Boston Strangler (1968) with Tony Curtis. Marshall really didn't hit it big until the "blaxplotation" era of the 70s. He starred in the contemporary vampire melodrama, Blacula (1972), and its sequel, Scream Blacula Scream (1973),

Credits include: A Stitch in Time, I Want What I Want, The Galloping Major and Father Dear Father

Credits include: Devil Doll, Fools Rush In, Dangerous Afternoon and The Galloping Major

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.[1] Following the Second World War, John moved to England 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), The Merchant of Venice (1962), Measure for Measure

Credits include: Night Caller from Outer Space, Hostile Witness, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Proof of Guilt and The Galloping Major

Credits include: Sympathy for the Devil, Carry on Up the Jungle, Woman of Straw, Curse of the Voodoo and The Galloping Major

West Indian actor and singer in British films of the 1950's and 60's. He was a pioneer of the calypso style of music and fronted a band, called 'The Caribbeans'. He began his international career on British BBC radio in 1944. Connor was later the first black actor to work with the Royal Shakespeare Company. With his wife Pearl, he established the Negro Theatre Workshop in 1963, one of Britain's first black theatre groups.

Credits include: The Maniac, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Masters of Venus, The Galloping Major and The Breaking Point

Credits include: What a Whopper, The Lunatic and The Galloping Major