Earl Cameron,thepioneering Black actor from Bermuda who starred in the 1951 British filmPool of Londonand later appeared in movies fromThunderballtoInception, has died.
He was102. Cameron died Friday at his home in Kenilworth, England, his agent toldThe Guardian. Director Basil Dearden cast Cameron as a sailor who romances a white girl (SusanShaw) against thebackdrop of racism and crime inPool of London.
His was the first major role for a Black actor in a British mainstream film, and the interracial relationship depicted in the movie broke ground as well. "Certainly, I was aware that films didn't at that time have any romantic scenes betweenblacks and whites,"he said in a 2017 interview withTheTelegraph.
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