Clifton Jones

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Clifton Jones (born July 26, 1937 in Saint Andrew , Jamaica ) is a British actor .

Life

Jones began his career in the late 1950s. After he had already been seen in an uncredited, minor role in the soap opera Emergency - Ward 10 in 1959 , he received the role of Dr. Jeremiah Sanders . In this he appeared for a year, making it the first colored actor in a recurring series role on British television.

Jones had his greatest successes in the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in guest roles in numerous British series productions that were also successful in German-speaking countries, including secret commission for John Drake , Jason King , Die 2 and Die Profis . He became famous with the television audience through the series Moon Base Alpha 1 , in which he played David Kano in the first season . After a large-scale replacement of the second season, however, like numerous other actors, he lost his engagement.

His screen appearances include a small supporting role in Anthony Asquith's drama Hotel International alongside Hollywood stars such as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton and the musical film Joanna alongside Donald Sutherland and Christian Doermer . In 1968 he starred alongside Richard Attenborough and David Hemmings in Basil Dearden's adventure comedy Just About a Corpse , and in Peter Collinson's action film Last Lives Lives Best , he starred alongside Geraldine Chaplin and Donald Pleasence . In 1975 he stood next to Peter Sellers in the biopic The Great McGonagall in front of the camera. His only work as a voice actor was Watership Down - Down by the river , here he spoke the role of Blackavar in 1978 .

In the 1980s and 1990s, his appearances became rarer. The fantasy film Sheena - Queen of the Jungle , in which Jones played King Jabalani , and a smaller role in John Bailey's thriller China Moon are worth mentioning . This was, as it were, his last acting appearance.

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  1. ↑ Stephen Bourne: Black in the British Frame: Black People in British Film and Television, 1896-1996, 2005, pp. 172,182
personal data
SURNAME Jones, Clifton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Andrew , Jamaica