Tributes have been paid to actor Louis Mahoney, who appeared in Fawlty Towers and Doctor Who, following his death aged 81. Mahoney, who was born in The Gambia and lived in Hampstead, London, was a long-standing anti-racist activist and campaigned for racial equality within the acting profession.
He was one of the first black actors to join the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1960s. Writer and producer Jack Thorne said: “Louis Mahoney was one of those actors who could carry a whole world through his eyes. “Perhaps because he led such an extraordinary life. “Worked with him on @kibwetavares’s film Jonah (where he played Daniel Kaluuya’s older self) and he was so magnificent.” Mahoney worked as part of the Equity actors union to improve the
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