| LC control no. | no2007051511 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mahoney, Louis |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1938-09-08 |
| Death date | 2020-06-28 |
| Place of birth | Banjul (Gambia) |
| Field of activity | Acting |
| Profession or occupation | Actors |
| Found in | Shooting dogs, 2006: credits (Louis Mahoney; cast) Internet movie database, May 2, 2007 (Louis Mahoney; actor) Guardian WWW site, viewed July 9, 2020 (Louis Mahoney; Louis Felix Danner Mahoney, actor, born 8 September 1938, in Bathurst (now Banjul), in the Gambia; died 28 June 2020; one of the first black actors to appear regularly on British television, becoming a recognisable face during a successful 55-year career on the small screen; in 1967 became one of the first black actors to work with the Royal Shakespeare Company; he returned to the RSC exactly 30 years later. As well as being a founder member, in 1976, of the Black Theatre Workshop he worked at venues including the National theatre, the Royal Court, the Almeida and, in 2018, the Bridge. His big screen work echoed the subjects of his activism) |
| Associated language | eng |
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