Ken Gampu was a South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n actor.

Before he began his career, Gampu was a physical training instructor, salesman, interpreter and police officer. His first acting job was in Athol Fugard

Athol Fugard

Athol Fugard is a South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director who writes in English, best known for his political plays opposing the South African system of apartheid and for the 2005 Academy-Award winning film of his novel Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood...

's play, No Good Friday (1958). His big break came in in the 1965 film Dingaka

Dingaka

Dingaka is a 1965 film by South African director Jamie Uys with the soundtrack by Bertha Egnos, Eddie Domingo and Basil Gray.-Synopsis:Dingaka tells the story of a tribesman, Ntuku Makwena, who avenges the murder of his daughter according to custom tribal laws...

 by Jamie Uys

Jamie Uys

Jacobus Johannes Uys , better known as Jamie Uys, was a South African film director.-Early life:Prior to his foray into film, Uys was a math teacher in his hometown of Boksburg. He then married Hettie, a fellow math teacher and the couple started farming and opening trading posts along the Palala...

. The same year, he had a significant role in Cornel Wilde

Cornel Wilde

Cornel Wilde was an American actor and film director.-Early life:Kornél Lajos Weisz was born in 1912 in Prievidza, Hungary , although his year and place of birth are usually and inaccurately given as 1915 in New York City...

's African adventure film, The Naked Prey

The Naked Prey

The Naked Prey is a 1966 adventure film starring Cornel Wilde, who also directed and produced. It was released by Paramount Pictures. Set in the South African veld, the film is a wilderness survival story loosely based on the experiences of explorer John Colter, who was pursued by Blackfoot...

.

Selected filmography

• The Naked Prey
  The Naked Prey
  The Naked Prey is a 1966 adventure film starring Cornel Wilde, who also directed and produced. It was released by Paramount Pictures. Set in the South African veld, the film is a wilderness survival story loosely based on the experiences of explorer John Colter, who was pursued by Blackfoot...
  
   (1965)
• Zulu Dawn
  Zulu Dawn
  Zulu Dawn is a 1979 war film about the historical Battle of Isandlwana between British and Zulu forces in 1879 in South Africa. The screenplay was by Cy Endfield, from his book, and Anthony Story. The film was directed by Douglas Hickox...
  
   (1979)
• The Gods Must Be Crazy
  The Gods Must Be Crazy
  The Gods Must Be Crazy is a 1980 film, written and directed by Jamie Uys. The film is the first in The Gods Must Be Crazy series of films. Set in Botswana and South Africa, it tells the story of Xi, a Sho of the Kalahari Desert whose band has no knowledge of the world beyond...
  
   (1980)
• City of Blood
  City of Blood
  City of Blood is a 1983 South African thriller film directed by Darrell Roodt and starring Joe Stewardson, Ian Yule, Ken Gampu.-Plot:A coroner becomes involved with a prostitute, while investigating a series of murders.-Cast:...
  
   (1983)
• Act of Piracy
  Act of Piracy
  Act of Piracy is a 1990 American thriller film directed by John Cardos and starring Gary Busey, Belinda Bauer and Ray Sharkey. While enjoying an exotic cruise to Australia, a family yacht is taken over by terrorists...
  
   (1990)
• American Ninja 4(1990)
• John Ross: An African Adventure (1987)

External references

• Obituary in The Times
  The Times
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• Obituary in The Guardian
  The Guardian
  The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
  
  
• Filmography in the New York Times
• Rotten Tomatoes