Earl Cameron: Pioneering black film star famed for Thunderball and Doctor Who dies aged 102
msn.comEarl Cameron, one of the first black actors to break through in British cinema, has died at the age of 102.The man “with the voice of God and the heart of a kindly prince” passed away at his home in Warwickshire on Thursday.Cameron’s six-decade career began with a breakthrough role in 1951 starring in Pool of London, which was credited as being the first British film to feature an interracial relationship.He would later appear as James Bond’s assistant, Pinder in Thunderball, in Sidney Poitier’s 1973 film A Warm December, going on to star alongside Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman in The Interpreter in 2005.He also notched up appearances in Doctor Who and a final cameo in the mind-bending 2010 blockbuster Inception, shortly after being awarded a.
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