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Thomas Baptiste (17 March 1929 – 6 December 2018) was a Guyanese-born British actor and opera singer.
Thomas Baptiste was a British actor born in 1929 in British Guiana. He appeared in films such as The Wild Geese, Amin: The Rise and Fall, and The Ipcress File, and died in 2018 in England.
Dec 26, 2018 · Thomas Baptiste, the actor and singer, who has died aged 89, played the first black character to appear in Coronation Street – Johnny Alexander, a bus conductor who accused a racist Len ...
Thomas Baptiste was born on 17 March 1929 in Georgetown, British Guiana. He was an actor, known for The Wild Geese (1978), Amin: The Rise and Fall (1981) and The Ipcress File (1965). He died on 6 December 2018 in Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.
Dec 15, 2018 · In sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, Baptiste played a doctor in a scene when Warren Mitchell’s Alf Garnett turns up for treatment after initiating a racist punch-up at the football. Baptiste fought prejudice off screen too, co-founding an African-Asian committee of the actors’ union Equity.
Thomas Baptiste. Actor, Singer. 17 March 1929 to 6 December 2018. A Guyanese actor and singer who moved to Britain aged 21, Baptiste began his career in entertainment as a baritone singer before discovering the theatre.
Thomas Baptiste was a leading figure in Britain's post-war cultural landscape, appearing in plays by Pinter, O'Neill and Walcott. He also co-founded Equity's Afro-Asian committee and challenged casting norms in Coronation Street and Empire Road.
