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Paul Danquah
human
Sex or gendermale Edit
Country of citizenshipUnited Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edit
Given namePaul Edit
Date of birth25 May 1925 Edit
Place of birthLondon Edit
Date of death13 August 2015 Edit
Place of deathTangier Edit
Languages spoken, written or signedEnglish Edit
Occupationactor, lawyer, television actor Edit
Notable workA Taste of Honey Edit

Paul Danquah, dɔgɩbʋ yuori ɩ la Joseph Paul Walcott (25 May 1925 – 13 August 2015),[1] da ɩ a British sini dieng-dienna, ka nuba bamuu neŋ o tuma aŋ i film A Taste of Honey (1961), aŋ da yi 1958 yieme ŋmeɛbu yuori aŋ i Shelagh Delaney. O da ta wagre kaŋa a leɛ barrister ane a bank consultant. [2]O Ba da iye Ghana yiri ningkpong J. B. Danquah.[3][4]

Vorihuŋ anɩŋ Tʋma

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Ba da dɔguu ung i Joseph Paul Walcott aŋ be London, England, beng ung da baa[5]. O ma, Bertha May Walcott, da iye Bɔrefɔ, kyɛ ka o Ba Joseph Boakye "J.B." Danquah da i a Ghanaian politiisa ane lasiri bundaana ; Paul da iye bikpoŋ a biihi jamaa poɔ yi kultaa jamaa ane sɛnne jamaa.[6]

Danquah da danhee law bang DA boɔna a bar aŋ be a Inner Temple, meŋ aŋ i Ghana ane Washington, D.C. O da tuŋnɛɛ tuma kyaahi peihibu neŋ a World Bank kyɛ da wa gaa pɛnhuu a 1986, kyɛ da gaa Washington befriended African-American arts practitioners aŋ paahe Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Roberta Flack ane Nina Simone.[7]

Ung da i karembie, Danquah da iye diengdienna ‘mumpiilee aŋ be a British film A Taste of Honey (1961), ka o tuma da e Jimmy.[8] O taree kiss neŋ co-star Rita Tushingham, ung da yeli ka o na la a dɛndɛŋ interracial kiss on screen.[9] A leɛ kaabu kyaahi a The New York Times noted: "Paul Danquah o sinii munpiilee aŋ i Negro sailor, iye bi-poli yengbangina ane subtle aŋ i bile kyɛ tare a boɔbu tuma".[10] O da terɛɛ a BBC Two television series Play School aŋ i 1965 o da iye a black presenter dɛndɛŋ daana kyaahi a bibilee dieng yeli tarihi aŋ be UK.[11]

Painter Francis Bacon da laŋ kpɛ neŋ a Danquah ane Danquah's partner Peter Pollock (19 November 1919 – 18 July 2001)[12] kyaahi a ba Battersea flat yi 1956 te ta 1961. A wagre ga poɔ, a late 1961, Danquah da kyɔɔre ko la Don Bachardy to draw Bacon. Danquah laŋ gaaneŋ la Pollock te ku Tangier, Morocco, a late 1970s. A late 1990s, Danquah ane Pollock da nyɛ la a suitcase aŋ tare seuri neŋ Bacon; a seuri ama da nyɛe iibu yi Tate aŋ da i 1996 ane ihiwulibu a 1999.

Danquah kūū jie da iye Tangier a 13 August 2015 ung da i yuomo 90; yi o yaaŋa Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, ka ba da ūūmu a Boubana Cemetery, aŋ peɛle Peter Pollock, yi ung da teri noɔri o vorihung saŋa.

Filimogeraafi

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Sinihi mine

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Year Title Role Notes
1961 A Taste of Honey Jimmy Directed by Tony Richardson
1966 That Riviera Touch Hassim Morecambe and Wise comedy directed by Cliff Owen

Uncredited

1967 Maroc 7 Police Officer Directed by Gerry O'Hara
1967 Smashing Time 2nd Exquisite Directed by Desmond Davis

(final film role)

Tiivi

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Year Title Role Notes
1965 Armchair Theatre Flecker Series 5, episode 17: "A Voice in the Sky"
1965 Danger Man James Owen Series 2, episode 22: "Parallel Lines Sometimes Meet"
1965 Play School Himself Presenter
1966 Danger Man Cleaner Series 3, episode 6: "The Mercenaries"
1966 Danger Man Barman Series 3, episode 12: "The Man on the Beach"
1966 The Avengers Lieutenant Razafi Series 4, episode 16: "Small Game for Big Hunters"

Tarɩjiihi mine mɩŋ

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Tarɩjiihi

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  1. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39059/page/5514/data.pdf
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Isherwood
  3. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=202066
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_South_Bank_University
  5. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0200497/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
  6. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/actor-lawyer-lover-of-the-arts-her-uncle-defied-category/2016/06/01/a28668c4-17a0-11e6-9e16-2e5a123aac62_story.html
  7. https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/05/28/what-i-learned-from-my-auntie-maya/
  8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0893562300
  9. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jan/28/rita-tushingham-interview-taste-of-honey-shock-60s
  10. https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B00E6DA1E31E63ABC4953DFB3668389679EDE
  11. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/oct/15/how-we-made-play-school
  12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Hall