Thomas Baptiste

Known for: Acting
Born: March 17, 1929, Georgetown, British Guiana
Died: December 6, 2018
Movies: 34

Thomas Baptiste was born on March 17, 1929 in Georgetown, British Guiana. He was an actor, known for The Wild Geese (1978), The Ipcress File (1965) and for playing Coronation Street's first black character. He died on December 6, 2018 in Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, England.

Best-Known Movies

6.8

The Ipcress File

1965

6.9

Help!

1965

6.8

The Wild Geese

1978

6.5

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

1965

5.8

The Dogs of War

1980

6.5

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971

6.1

Shaft in Africa

1973

7.0

Sapphire

1959

6.1

The Comedians

1967

5.3

Black Snake

1973

Filmography

1999	The Secret Laughter of Women	Papa Fola
1993	The Attendant	The Attendant
1992	Black and White in Colour	Self
1991	Ama	Babs
1991	Escape From Kampala	Minawa
1986	Drums Along Balmoral Drive	Badinga
1984	King	Mr. King
1984	Nairobi Affair
1981	Amin: The Rise and Fall	Dr. Michael Oloya
1980	The Dogs of War	Dexter
1979	The Music Machine	Claire's Father
1978	The Class Of Miss MacMichael	Visitor
1978	The Wild Geese	Col. Mboya
1976	Countdown at Kusini	John Okello
1974	Honeybaby, Honeybaby	Gen. Christian Awani
1973	Shaft in Africa	Kopo
1973	Black Snake	Isiah
1973	Ghost in the Noonday Sun	Abdullah
1972	In the Beautiful Caribbean	Zikky
1971	Pal	Norman
1971	Sunday Bloody Sunday	Prof. Johns
1969	Two Gentlemen Sharing	Mutt, Moving Man
1967	The Comedians	Haitian Soldier (uncredited)
1966	Jemima + Johnny	Jemima's Dad (as Tommy Baptiste)
1965	Help!	Bahamian Police Chief (uncredited)
1965	The Ipcress File	Barney
1965	Dr. Terror's House of Horrors	Dambala (Segment 3 "Voodoo")
1965	Fable	Mark
1964	Guns at Batasi
1963	In the Cool of the Day	Murray Logan's chauffeur (uncredited)
1963	The Small World of Sammy Lee	Café Patron
1961	Flame in the Streets	Boyfriend
1959	Sapphire	Man on the Street
1959	Web of Evidence	Haydock

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