- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 31, 1934
- Place of Birth
- Georgetown, Guyana
- Died
- December 13, 1994
Norman Beaton
Norman Beaton was a popular and much loved Guyanese born British actor. He arrived in the UK in 1960 and worked as a calypso singer and musician and a teacher - being the first black teacher employed by the education authority in Liverpool. His heart set on a career in showbusiness, he moved to Bristol and became a presenter on the regional news magazine Points West, before a two week prison sentence curtailed his presenting career. He subsequently found work in London's West End, appearing in The Tempest as Ariel, a role he subsequently cited as the most important in his career. He helped set up the Black Theatre in Brixton in the mid 70s and broke into television with the first black British sitcom, The Fosters in 1976, playing Lenny Henry's father. A star turn in the movie Black Joy followed a year later, as did the principal role in the fledgling black soap Empire Road for the BBC. B…
Filmography
Busker's Odyssey
movieBusker's Odyssey
1994 · Mr. Robertson
tvLittle Napoleons
1994 · N.K. Edwards
movieBlack and White in Colour
1992 · Self
movieWhen Love Dies
1990 · Pastor
movieThe Mighty Quinn
1989 · Governor Chalk
tvDesmond's
1989 · Desmond Ambrose
movieEndgame
1989 · Hamm
movieAirbase
1988 · Voice
tvThe Play on One
1988
tvDispatches
1987 · Robert Mugabe
Big George Is Dead
movieBig George Is Dead
1987 · Boogie
tvRockliffe's Babies
1987 · Mal
moviePlaying Away
1987 · Willie Boy
Mark of the Hand
movieMark of the Hand
1987 · Narrator
tvDead Head
1986 · Caractacus
movieRachel and the Roarettes
1985 · Priest
movieNice
1984
tvThe Cosby Show
1984 · Carleton
movieReal Life
1984 · Leon McDonald
movieEureka
1983 · Byron Judson
movieEasy Money
1982 · Trevor
movieGrowing Pains
1980 · Ngenko
tvHammer House of Horror
1980 · Mr. Ngenko
tvMinder
1979 · Billy
The Last Window Cleaner
movieThe Last Window Cleaner
1979 · Leroy
tvEmpire Road
1978
movieBlack Christmas
1977 · Bertie
movieBlack Joy
1977 · Dave King
moviePressure
1976 · Preacher
tvThe Fosters
1976 · Samuel Foster
movieIn Sickness and in Health
1975 · Mr Byron
A Man in the Zoo
movieA Man in the Zoo
1975 · Joe Tennison
Graceless Go I
movieGraceless Go I
1974 · Hospital Doctor
tvPlayhouse
1974 · Trevor All
tvThe Protectors
1972 · Chauffeur
tvSykes
1972 · Richard Kydd
movieUp the Chastity Belt
1972 · Blacksmith