Английская Википедия:Gyearbuor Asante
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Frederick Christopher Kwabena Gyearbuor Asante (4 November 1941 – 2 August 2000) was a Ghanaian actor best remembered for his role in the Channel 4 situation comedy Desmond's, in which he played the role of Gambian mature student Matthew.[1]
Life and career
Born in Accra, Asante moved to the United Kingdom in 1967 and trained to be an actor at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. A "Gyearbuor Asante Prize for Acting" was subsequently instituted at the academy following his death.[2] He appeared in a number of British TV shows during the 1970s and '80s, where he was billed as Christopher Asante. His credits included episodes of Space: 1999, Mind Your Language, Hazell and The Professionals as well as a TV performance of Ubu Roi in 1976. He also played the minister in the 1983 film Local Hero.[3]
He came from a long line of chiefs of his hometown Kwahu Tafo but ruled himself out of carrying on the tradition in favour of pursuing a career in acting; the chieftaincy Asante was offered was taken up by his friend, television producer Humphrey Barclay.[4]
He returned to his birthplace Ghana in 1995 where he was made a Cultural Ambassador. He died in the capital city of Accra with his funeral held in his ancestral village of Tafo Kwahu in the Eastern Region of Ghana.[5]
Partial filmography
- The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977) – African Delegate
- Mind Your Language(1977-1986) - Roger Kenyon
- Space:1999 (1978) (accredited as Christopher Asante); episode "The Seance Spectre" – Guard
- The Dogs of War (1980) – Geoffrey[6]
- Local Hero (1983) – Rev Macpherson
- Desmond's (1989-1994) – Matthew
References
External links
- ↑ Horace Newcomb, Encyclopedia of Television, Routledge, 2014, p. 690.
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- 20th-century Ghanaian male actors
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