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

Doctor Who
2007
Doctor Who
1975
Casualty
2007
Crown Court
1973
ITV Playhouse
1980
Waking the Dead
2011
Natural World
2009
New Tricks
2014
The Professionals
1978
Bergerac
1990
Being Human
2012
Fawlty Towers
1975

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
56
Writing
1
2018
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
as Neville
2015
The Trials of Jimmy Rose
as Charlie Cook
2015
You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Cardinal Anderson
2015
River
as Lumo
2014
New Tricks
as Harry Page
2013
Jonah
as Old Mbwana
2013
Captain Phillips
as Maersk Alabama Crew
2012
Being Human
as Leo
2011
Random
as Dad
2011
Waking the Dead
as Reverend Dennis Grant
2009
Victoria Falls: The Smoke That Thunders
as Narrator
2009
Natural World
as Narrator
2007
Doctor Who
as Old Billy
2007
Casualty
as Tom Cavanagh
2006
All In The Game
as Arthur
2000
Urban Gothic
as Old Man / Papa Legba
1999
Harbour Lights
as Elvis
1997
Shooting Fish
as Magistrate
1997
Turning World
as Mr. Roberts
1996
A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave
as Father
1993
One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve
as Humphrey
1992
Runaway Bay
as Jahman
1990
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
as Train Attendant (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")
1990
South of the Border
as Clifford Stone
1990
Bergerac
as Kofi Mensah
1987
White Mischief
as Abdullah
1987
Cry Freedom
as Lesotho Goverment Official
1987
The Lenny Henry Show
as Jake
1986
Death Is Part of the Process
as Sipho
1985
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
as Dr. French
1985
The Brothers McGregor
as Mr Osborne
1985
Miss Marple
as Dr French
1984
Desert of Lies
as Sylveste
1984
Sheena
as Elder 1
1983
The Old Men at the Zoo
as Reporter
1982
A Woman Called Golda
as Journalist
1981
Amin: The Rise and Fall
as Freedom fighter Ofumbi
1981
The Final Conflict
as Brother Paulo
1980
Life for Christine
as Doctor, Holloway
1980
Kiss and Tell
as Conference Director
1980
ITV Playhouse
as Conference director
1978
The Professionals
as Doctor
1975
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
as Ponti
1975
Doctor Who
as Ponti
1975
Fawlty Towers
as Doctor
1974
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
as Frank
1974
Born Free
as Chief Olotuno
1973
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
as Newscaster
1973
Doctor Who
as Newscaster
1973
Crown Court
as Thuo Kamuny
1970
Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
as Julius
1970
Menace
as Lusaka's Secretary
1967
Slave Girls
as Head Boy
1966
The Plague of the Zombies
as Servant
1965
Curse of the Voodoo
as African Expert
1964
Guns at Batasi