Louis Mahoney
- Acting
- September 8, 1938 · The Gambia
- June 30, 2020
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- National Theatre Live: Allelujah! · Neville
- River · Lumo
- You, Me and the Apocalypse · Cardinal Anderson
- The Trials of Jimmy Rose · Charlie Cook
- Captain Phillips · Maersk Alabama Crew
- Jonah · Old Mbwana
- Random · Dad
- Victoria Falls: The Smoke That Thunders · Narrator, Writer
- Being Human · Leo
- All In The Game · Arthur
- Doctor Who · Old Billy
- New Tricks · Harry Page
- Waking the Dead · Reverend Dennis Grant
- Urban Gothic · Old Man / Papa Legba
- Harbour Lights · Elvis
- Shooting Fish · Magistrate
- Turning World · Mr. Roberts
- A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave · Father
- One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve · Humphrey
- Runaway Bay · Jahman
- Women and Men: Stories of Seduction · Train Attendant (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")
- South of the Border · Clifford Stone
- White Mischief · Abdullah
- Cry Freedom · Lesotho Goverment Official
- The Lenny Henry Show · Jake
- Casualty · Tom Cavanagh
- Death Is Part of the Process · Sipho
- The Brothers McGregor · Mr Osborne
- Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye · Dr. French
- Miss Marple · Dr French
- Sheena · Elder 1
- Desert of Lies · Sylveste
- Natural World · Narrator
- The Old Men at the Zoo · Reporter
- A Woman Called Golda · Journalist
- Bergerac · Kofi Mensah
- Amin: The Rise and Fall · Freedom fighter Ofumbi
- The Final Conflict · Brother Paulo
- Life for Christine · Doctor, Holloway
- Kiss and Tell · Conference Director
- The Professionals · Doctor
- Doctor Who: Planet of Evil · Ponti
- Fawlty Towers · Doctor
- Born Free · Chief Olotuno
- Doctor Who: Frontier in Space · Newscaster
- Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? · Frank
- Crown Court · Thuo Kamuny
- Menace · Lusaka's Secretary
- Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition · Julius
- ITV Playhouse · Conference director
- Slave Girls · Head Boy
- The Plague of the Zombies · Servant
- Curse of the Voodoo · African Expert
- Guns at Batasi
- Doctor Who · Ponti, Newscaster