Gordon Heath
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Gordon Heath was an African-American actor and musician who appeared in feature film Animal Farm
, and the British made for TV movie Othello, directed by Tony Richardson
. Together with his lover Lee Payant
, he ran a Left Bank café called L'Abbaye later in his life. After a long illness, he died on August 27, 1991, while living in Paris
.
Animal Farm (1954 film)
Animal Farm is a 1954 British animated film by Halas and Batchelor, based on the book of the same name by George Orwell. It was the first British animated feature released worldwide, though Handling Ships was the first British animated feature ever made...
, and the British made for TV movie Othello, directed by Tony Richardson
Tony Richardson
Cecil Antonio "Tony" Richardson was an English theatre and film director and producer.-Early life:Richardson was born in Shipley, Yorkshire in 1928, the son of Elsie Evans and Clarence Albert Richardson, a chemist...
. Together with his lover Lee Payant
Lee Payant
Lee Payant , was an actor and film director perhaps best known for voicing the title role of the 1960s TV serial The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe in English....
, he ran a Left Bank café called L'Abbaye later in his life. After a long illness, he died on August 27, 1991, while living in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
Filmography
- The Emperor Jones (TV movie 1953)
- BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series 1950-1954)
- Animal FarmAnimal Farm (1954 film)Animal Farm is a 1954 British animated film by Halas and Batchelor, based on the book of the same name by George Orwell. It was the first British animated feature released worldwide, though Handling Ships was the first British animated feature ever made...
(1954) - Mr. ArkadinMr. ArkadinMr. Arkadin is a French-Spanish-Swiss coproduction film, written and directed by Orson Welles and shot in several Spanish locations, including Segovia, Valladolid and Madrid.Its history is convoluted...
(1955) - Captain Gallant of the Foreign LegionCaptain Gallant of the Foreign LegionCaptain Gallant of the Foreign Legion was a half-hour black-and-white television series about the French Foreign Legion starring Buster Crabbe in the title role. Crabbe's real-life son Cullen Crabbe played the Legion mascot, with cowboy sidekick Fuzzy Knight playing himself as Legion comedy relief...
(TV series 1955) - Heroes and Sinners (1955)
- Othello (TV movie 1955)
- Le secret de soeur Angèle (1956)
- Man of AfricaMan of AfricaMan of Africa is a 1953 British drama film directed by Cyril Frankel. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Frederick Bijuerenda - Jonathan* Gordon Heath - Narrator * Violet Mukabuerza - Violet...
(1956) - Storm Over Jamaica (1958)
- SapphireSapphire (film)Sapphire is a 1959 British crime drama. It focused on racism in London toward immigrants from the West Indies. The film was directed by Basil Dearden, and stars Nigel Patrick, Earl Cameron and Yvonne Mitchell. It received the BAFTA Award for Best Film and screenwriter Janet Green won a 1960 Edgar...
(1959) - My Baby Is Black! (1961)
- My Uncle from Texas (1962)
- Lost CommandLost CommandLost Command is a 1966 war film directed by Mark Robson and filmed in Spain. The screenplay was written by Nelson Gidding, based on the 1960 novel The Centurions by Jean Lartéguy...
(1966) - StaircaseStaircase (film)Staircase is a 1969 film adaptation of a two-character play, also called Staircase, by Charles Dyer. The film, like the play, is about an aging gay couple who own a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police officer...
(1969) - The Madwoman of ChaillotThe Madwoman of Chaillot (film)The Madwoman of Chaillot is a 1969 American satirical comedy-drama film made by Commonwealth United Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. It was directed by Bryan Forbes and produced by Ely A. Landau with Anthony B. Unger as associate producer...
(1969) - La nuit Bulgare (1972)
- L'aventure, c'est l'aventureL'aventure, c'est l'aventureL'aventure, c'est l'aventure is a 1972 French film directed by Claude Lelouch. The film was screened at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition.- Plot :...
(1972) - L'africainL'Africain"The African" is a short autobiographical essay written by French author and Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio.-Subject:In writing "L'Africain", Le Clézio reflects on his childhood in 1948 when he was 8 years old. According to the publisher he left Nice with his mother and brother to meet his...
(1983) - Asterix Versus CaesarAsterix Versus CaesarAsterix Versus Caesar is the first of the 1980s Asterix films and the fourth film adaption based on the Asterix comic books...
(1985) - Asterix in BritainAsterix in Britain (film)Asterix in Britain is an animated film released in 1986; the fifth Asterix feature film, and the last from Dargaud Films. It is based on the book of the same name...
(1986) - Samuel Fuller's Street of No Return (1989)